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30 Forensic Engineering Welcomes Courtney Kersten-Kwan M.Sc. to Human Factors Group

September 18, 2023 by 30 Forensic Engineering

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TORONTO, ON, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023/insPRESS/ – 30 Forensic Engineering, Canada’s leading and fully-independent multi-disciplinary forensics firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Courtney Kersten-Kwan M.Sc. as Senior Associate within our Human Factors group.

Courtney graduated from McMaster University with an Honours Bachelor of Kinesiology (minor in Psychology) and Master of Science in Human Biodynamics (Psychomotor Behaviour). In 2008, she additionally obtained a Master of Science in Ergonomics (Human Factors) with distinction from Loughborough University, England. Prior to joining 30 Forensic Engineering, Courtney has worked as a Human Factors consultant/specialist providing human factors design and experimental support across a variety of contexts and important sectors including emergency services, healthcare, nuclear, public transit, and armed forces. Additionally, Courtney developed a fatigue management program to proactively mitigate risks associated with fatigue, particularly of importance were those impacting human performance and safety. Courtney has also worked within Canadian regulated safety management systems where she developed and refined her investigative and auditing skill sets.

SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

Human system integration analysis and design
Operator machine interface evaluations
Safety investigations
Transportation safety audits: appropriate root cause identification, correct action conformance and effectiveness verification
Application of Human Factors standards/guides and Transport Canada Regulations
Fatigue management program development within the transportation sector
Safety risk assessments
Large scale usability acceptance testing
Transportation regulatory compliance audits
Mission, function, and task analyses
Ergonomic office workstation assessments
Job demand analyses

Rob Parkinson B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Vice President & Practice Lead, Biomechanics & Personal Injury, says: “We are absolutely thrilled to have Courtney join our team as she brings an incredible depth and breadth of human factors knowledge that will provide our clients with invaluable insight into the human factors concepts underlying driver behaviour, distraction, fatigue, decision making and worker behaviours. Courtney’s international education and years of experience result in a knowledge base and ease of discussion that are instantly obvious in conversation, that will allow our clients to make confident decisions on files involving questions of human behaviour. Welcome to 30 Forensic Engineering Courtney.”

About 30 Forensic Engineering

30 Forensic Engineering is one of Canada’s largest and most respected multidisciplinary forensic firms, with offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Ottawa. Our core team of 80 professional engineers, experts, investigators, engineering technicians and support staff is enhanced through relationships with some of the top scientists, standard-makers and specialized consultants in North America serving a wide variety of industries including: Insurance, Manufacturing, Legal, Construction, Health Care, Commercial and Residential Property, Financial, Government, Hospitality, Mining, Renewable Energy and Transportation.

We provide world-class engineering and consulting expertise in:

Civil/Structural Failure
Building and Fire Code
Geotechnical and Mining
Biomechanics and Personal Injury
Human Factors
Collision Reconstruction
Transportation Safety
Renewable Energy
Environmental Health and Safety
Multi-disciplinary Remediation
Materials and Product Failure / Piping and HVAC
Fire / Electrical and Explosion investigations
Trucking

For the 8th consecutive year, the Canadian Lawyer Magazine readership has voted 30 Forensic Engineering as one of Canada’s best “Litigation Support & Consulting” firms via their annual Readers’ Choice Awards.