Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on MMESE, 1st ed. 2022
Commemorative Conference for the 110th Anniversary of Xuesen Qian’s Birth and the 40th Anniversary of Founding of Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Series, Vol. 800

MMESE focus mainly on the relationship between Man, Machine and Environment. It studies the optimum combination of man-machine-environment systems. In the system, the Man means the working people as the subject in the workplace (e.g. operator, decision-maker); the Machine means the general name of any object controlled by the Man (including tool, Machinery, Computer, system and technology), the Environment means the specially working conditions under which Man and Machine occupy together(e.g. temperature, noise, vibration, hazardous gases etc.). The three goals of the optimization of the system are safety, efficiency and economy.

In 1981 with direct support from one of the greatest modern Chinese scientists, Qian Xuesen, Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering (MMESE), the integrated and advanced science research topic was established in China by Professor Shengzhao Long. In the letter to Shengzhao Long, in October 22nd, 1993, Qian Xuesen wrote: ?You have created a very important modern science subject and technology in China!?. 

Professor Shengzhao Long is the founder of the Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering (MMESE)，the Chairman of the Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering (MMESE) Committee of China, the Chairman of the Beijing Kecui Man-Machine Environment System Engineering Technology Research Institute and the Former Director of Ergonomics Lab of Astronaut Centre of China. In October 1992, he’s honored by the Chinese Government National Specific Allowance.

Professor Shengzhao Long graduated from the Shanghai Science and Technology University in 1965, China. In 1981, supported by the famous modern scientist Qian Xuesen, he founded MMESE theory. 

In 1982, he proposed and developed Human Fuzzy Control Model using fuzzy mathematics. From August 1986 to August 1987, he conducted research in Man-Machine System as a visiting scholar at Tufts University, Massachusetts, U.S.A. In 1993, he established Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering (MMESE) Committee of China. He published “Foundation of theory and application of Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering”(2004) and “Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering”(1987). He’s the chief editor from the 1st to the 20th conference proceeding on Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering from 1993 to 2020.

Professor Balbir S. Dhillon

Professor Dhillon is a professor of Engineering Management in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He has served as a Chairman/Director of Mechanical Engineering Department/Engineering Management Program for over 10 years at the same institution. He has published over 345 (i.e., 201 journal + 144 conference proceedings) articles on reliability, safety, engineering management, etc. He has been on the editorial boards of 9 international scientific journals. In addition, Dr. Dhillon has written 34 books on various aspects of reliability, design, safety, quality, and engineeri