Ralph Mosser Barnes (October 17, 1900 - November 5, 1984) was an American

industrial engineer Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the

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, and the

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. He is known as author of the 1937 "Motion and Time Study," which would become standard work for industrial engineers for generations,Karasek, Robert, and Tores Theorell.'' Healthy work: stress, productivity, and the reconstruction of working life.'' Basic books, 1992. and as recipient of the 1941

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Biography

Born in Clifton Mills, West Virginia, Barnes was the son of John J. Barnes and Martha (Mosser) Barnes. He obtained his BSc and his MA in mechanical engineering from the

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Ins ...

, and his PhD from the

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

. After his graduation in 1923 Barnes started his career at the U.S. Window Glass Co. in

Morgantown, West Virginia Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. It is situated along the Monongahela River in North Central West Virginia and is the home of West Virginia University. The population was 30,347 at the 2 ...

for a year. In 1924-25 he was Assistant Engineer at

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in Rochester, New York, working in Product Development. in 1925-26 he worked another year as Industrial Engineer at

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also in Rochester, New York. In 1926 Barnes started his academic career as instructor at the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...

. In 1928 he was appointed assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at

, working his way up to associated Professor of Industrial Engineering in 1930 and Professor of Industrial Engineering in 1934. In 1949 he moved to the

, where he was Professor of Engineering and Production Management until his retirement in the late 1960s. Barnes was awarded the

in 1941, the Industrial Incentive Award in 1951, and the Frank and Lillian Industrial Engineering Award after his retirement in 1969.

Reception

Ralph M. Barnes is noted for his work in the fields of industrial engineering and management. The Work-Factor Council summarized:

Selected publications

* Barnes, Ralph M. ''Industrial Engineering and Management,'' 1931. * Barnes, Ralph M. ''Motion and time study.'' 1937. 3rd ed. 1949. * Barnes, Ralph Mosser. ''Work methods manual.'' 1944. * Barnes, Ralph M. ''Motion and Time Study Problems and Projects'' 1949. * Barnes, Ralph Mosser. ''Work sampling.'' WC Brown Company, 1956.

References

External links

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