Yuvin Adnarain Chinniah
Ph.D. (U of Sask.)
Department Director
Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering
Full Professor
Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering
Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering
Full Professor
Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering
Research interests and affiliations
Research interests
Occupational health and safety (OHS), industrial safety, safety of machinery, machinery risk assessment (ISO 12100, CSA Z432), machinery risk reduction methods (type A, B, C standards), safety in the design of machinery, standards and regulations on machine safety, condition-based maintenance for hydraulic systems, design of safety control systems using ISO 13849 and IEC 62061, design of electrical, electronic programmable, hydraulic and pneumatic safety control systems, lockout/tagout and other methods using CSA Z460 (control of hazardous energies in equipment), risk management for confined spaces, OHS in facility planning, OHS and continous improvement (Deming), robot safety (conventionnel and collaborative), OHS and Industry 4.0
Affiliation(s)
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
- 1600 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
- 1605 Human factors engineering
- 1703 Occupational safety
Publications
Recent publications
Journal article
Journal article
Journal article
Report
Colombathanthri, P. K. A., Jomaa, W., & Chinniah, Y. A. (2025). Human-centered cyber-physical systems in manufacturing industry: a systematic search and review. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
Kheirabadi, M., Keivanpour, S., Frayret, J.-M., & Chinniah, Y. A. (2025). Safety-driven optimisation of human–robot collaborative assembly line balancing. International Journal of Production Research, 1-26.
Alenjareghi, M. J., Keivanpour, S., Chinniah, Y. A., & Jocelyn, S. (2024). Computer vision-enabled real-time job hazard analysis for safe human–robot collaboration in disassembly tasks. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing.
Jocelyn, S., Ledoux, É., Burlet-Vienney, D., Berger, I., Marrero, I. A., Law, C. H., Chinniah, Y. A., Mosbah, A. B., Bonev, I. A., Denis, D., & Giraud, L. (2024). Identification en laboratoire des éléments essentiels au processus d'intégration sécuritaire de cellules cobotiques. (Technical Report n° R-1197-fr).
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Teaching
IND 1901 -First year industrial engineering project (ergonomic design of workstations)
IND 4109 - Maintenance and safety engineering
IND 8841 - Safety engineering
IND 6403 - Ergonomics and safety engineering
Supervision at Polytechnique
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Ph.D. Thesis (9)
- Gonzalez Cortes, A. F. (2024). Réduire les risques en espace clos: Construction d'une base de connaissances pour la mise en application d'une prévention intrinsèque [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Alencar de Paula, R. (2022). Contributions to Continuous Improvement Management Using its Variables to Measure Productivity, Employee Engagement and Participatory Management [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Haghighi, A. (2020). Understanding and preventing bypassing of safeguards on machinery through an assessment tool based on probability levels [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Karimi, B. (2019). Understanding the Control of Hazardous Energies on Machinery: Using Lockout and Alternative Methods in Organizations and Developing a Self-Audit Tool [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Sekkay, F. (2019). Portrait de la santé musculosquelettique et analyse ergonomique du travail pour les conducteurs de poids lourds transportant des matières dangereuses [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Jocelyn, S. (2017). Estimation quantitative du risque lié aux machines en exploitant des rapports d'enquête d'accident et l'analyse logique de données [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Poisson, P. (2016). Analyse et évaluation de l'application du cadenassage sur des machines dans des entreprises du Québec [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Burlet-Vienney, D. (2015). Conception et évaluation d'un outil pour analyser et catégoriser les risques multifactoriels encourus par les travailleurs lors des interventions en espace clos au Québec [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Moatari Kazerouni, A. (2014). Integrating Occupational Health and Safety in Facility Planning and Layout Design [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
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Master's Thesis (10)
- Mahdiun, A. (2022). Identification of Contributing Factors in Occupational Accidents in the Food and Beverage Industry and Proposing Solutions to Overcome Them [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Mirzaei, F. (2022). Developing a Decision Support Tool for Co-Design of Open-Architecture Products Considering Sustainability Criteria [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Hamdavi Mohammad Pure, S. (2021). Proposal of a Model to Enhance Safety of Machinery during Operation and Maintenance in the Era of Digitalization and Connectivity [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Rezazadeh, M. (2021). Opportunities and Challenges of Industry 4.0 in OH&S Management System: A Critical Review [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Nokra, A. (2020). Étude exploratoire des pratiques de contrôle des énergies dangereuses dans le secteur de la construction au Québec [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Belmekki, T. (2017). Analyse des accidents graves et mortels engendrés par les machines mobiles [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Gonzalez Cortes, A. F. (2017). Prévention de risques en santé et sécurité du travail chez les chauffeurs-livreurs dans une compagnie œuvrant dans le secteur des gaz sous pression [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Sohani, M. (2013). Improvement of Risk Allocation Methods and Choosing PL and SIL for Safety Functions in Machine Industry by Using Fuzzy Logic [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Jocelyn, S. (2012). Identification et réduction du risque pour les interventions de maintenance et de production sur des presses à injection de plastique en entreprises [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Burlet-Vienney, D. (2011). Développement de connaissances sur la pratique et les spécificités du cadenassage dans le secteur des affaires municipales au Québec [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Mahdiun, A. (2022). Identification of Contributing Factors in Occupational Accidents in the Food and Beverage Industry and Proposing Solutions to Overcome Them [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
