Senior Lecturer

Email: mariachiara.leva@TUDublin.ie

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Dr Maria Chiara Leva (PI in ESHI) is the co-chair of the technical committee on Human Factors for the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA), former chair of the Irish Ergonomics Society and co-chair of the Symposium on Human Mental Workload. In 2016 she was awarded a Female Founder Competitive Start Fund by the National Digital Research Centre and Enterprise Ireland for her Campus Company ‘Tosca Human Factors Solutions’. The company is a spin out of one of the EU project Dr Leva led as a PI, She currently holds a scientific advisory role in the business. Dr Leva has more than 60 publications on Human Factors (HF), Operational Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Science and Engineering Journals. She is a Lecturer in TU Dublin and visiting lecturer for Risk Assessment and Safety Management in the School of Engineering, associated PI in the Science and Technology in Advanced Manufacturing research centre and in the Centre for Innovative Human Systems in Trinity College Dublin.

Research Interest:

Human Factors, Human Reliability Analysis, Human Machine Interfface Design, Safety Management Systems, Safety Culture.

Sample of Publications:

Books

1. Leva, M. C., Kontogiannis, T., Gerbec, M., & Aneziri, O. 2019. Total Safety and the Productivity Challenge. Routledge.

2. Leva M.C. "Evaluating Human and Organizational Factors in Complex Operations" Lambert Academic Publishing 2012 ISBN 978-3-8454-0134-8,
3. Longo, L. and Leva, M.C. eds., 2017. Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications: First International Symposium, H-WORKLOAD 2017, Dublin, Ireland, June 28-30, 2017, Revised Selected Papers Communications in Computer and Information Science book series (CCIS, volume 726)  Springer.
4. Longo, L.; Leva, M C.; 2018 Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications: Second International Symposium, H-WORKLOAD 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 20-21, 2018,  Revised Selected Papers Communications in Computer and Information Science book series (CCIS, volume 1012) Springer
5. Longo, L., & Leva, M. C. (Eds.). (2019). Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications: Third International Symposium, H-WORKLOAD 2019, Rome, Italy, November 14-15, 2019, Proceedings (Vol. 1107). Springer Nature.

Books chapters

     6. Leva, M. C., Demichela, M., & Baldissone, G. (2020). Monetised Risk Values and Cost-Benefit Evaluation of Maintenance Options for Aging Equipment. In Applications and Challenges of Maintenance and Safety Engineering in Industry 4.0 (pp. 255-273). IGI Global.

     7. Leva, M. C., & Sheehan, R. (2019). Developing a risk register to deliver risk intelligence. In Total Safety and the Productivity Challenge (pp. 105-125). Routledge.

     8. Leva M.C., Hansen P.F., 2018. Use of Bayesian Network for Human Reliability Modelling: Possible Benefits and an Example of Application. Chapter In book: Human Factors and Reliability                 Engineering for Safety and Security in Critical Infrastructures, pp.189-223.

     9. Kartali, A., Janković, M. M., Gligorijević, I., Mijović, P., Mijović, B., & Leva, M. C. (2019, November). Real-Time Mental Workload Estimation Using EEG. In International Symposium on Human           Mental Workload: Models and Applications (pp. 20-34). Springer, Cham.

     10. Comberti L, Leva M.C., Demichela M.,Desideri S., Baldissone G., Modaffari F., 2019 An Empirical Approach to Workload and Human Capability Assessment in a Manufacturing Plant Human           Mental Workload: Models and Applications: Second International Symposium, H-WORKLOAD 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 20-21, 2018,  Revised Selected Papers                       Communications in Computer and Information Science book series (CCIS, volume 1012) Springer

     11. Leva, M C.; Builes, Y.; 2017 The Benefits of Task & Cognitive Workload Support for Operators in Ground Handling International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: 225-238

     12. Trucco P. Leva M.C. 2012. BN Applications in Operational Risk Analysis: Scope, Limitations and Methodological Requirements. Chapter In Bayesian Networks nTech - Open Access Publisher.

 

Extract of Journal papers

1. Walsh, C., & Leva, M. C. (2019). A review of human factors and food safety in Ireland. Safety Science, 119, 399-411.
2. Leva, M.C., Wilkins, M. and Coster, F., 2018, August. Human Performance Modelling for Adaptive Automation Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1065, No. 18, p. 182002). IOP Publishing.
3. Petruni, A., Giagloglou, E., Douglas, E., Geng, J., Leva, M. C., & Demichela, M. (2019). Applying Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to choose a human factors technique: Choosing the suitable Human Reliability Analysis technique for the automotive industry. Safety Science, 119, 229-239.
4. Comberti, L., Demichela, M. and Leva, M.C., 2018. A multi-discipline method to assess the human performance in manufacturing industry for safety and quality optimization. In Safety and Reliability–Safe Societies in a Changing World (pp. 381-386). CRC Press.
5. Leva, M.C., Caimo, A., Duane, R., Demichela, M. and Comberti, L., 2018. Task Complexity, and Operators’ Capabilities as Predictor of Human Error: Modeling Framework and an Example of Application. In Safety and Reliability–Safe Societies in a Changing World (pp. 493-499). CRC Press.
6. Baldissone, G., Comberti, L., Demichela, M., Marcon, T., Plot, E. and Leva, M.C., 2018. Integrated monitoring of risks for Seveso plants. In Safety and Reliability–Safe Societies in a Changing World (pp. 1909-1914). CRC Press.
7. Leva, MC; Balfe, N; McAleer, B; Rocke, M;              2017 Risk registers: Structuring data collection to develop risk intelligence Vol 100, pg 125-234.Safety Science Elsevier
8. Kontogiannis, T; Leva, MC; Aneziris, O.; 2017 Special Issue: Total Safety Management Vol.100 Elsevier
9. Gerbec, M.; Balfe, N.; Leva, M. C.; Prast, S.; Demichela, M.                2017 Design of procedures for rare, new or complex processes: “An iterative risk-based approach and case study. Safety Science. Vol 100 pg195-202
10. Kontogiannis, T; Leva, MC; Balfe, N; 2017 Total safety management: Principles, processes and methods Safety Science Vol 100 pg 128-142 Elsevier
11. Balfe, N; Leva, MC; Ciarapica C; O’Mahoney, S; 2017Total project planning: Integration of task analysis, safety analysis and optimisation techniques               Safety Science     Vol 100 216-224.Elsevier
12. Leva M.C., Mattei F., Del Sordo D. 2015. Day to day Performance Management in a small regional airport for safer operations. Cognition Technology &Work, Vol. 17 pp. 237-248
13. Trucco P. De Ambroggi M., Leva M.C.(2015) Topological Risk Mapping of runway overruns: A probabilistic approach. Reliability Engineering & System Safety Vol. 142, pp.433-443.
14. Demichela M., Pirani R., Leva M.C. 2014. Human factor analysis embedded in risk assessment of industrial machines. International Journal of Performability Engineering 10 (5), 487-496.
15. Leva M.C., Balfe N., Kontogiannis T., Plot E., Demichela M. 2014 Total Safety Management: what are the main area of concern. Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol. 36, 559-564.
16. Balfe N., Leva M.C., McAleer B., Rocke M. 2014. Safety risk registers: Challenges and guidance. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 36, 571-576.
17. Naghdali F., Leva M.C., Balfe N., Cromie S. 2014. Human Factors Engineering at design stage: Is there a need for more structured guidelines and standards? Chemical Engineering Transactions, 36, 577-582.
18. Douglas E., Cromie S., Leva M.C., Balfe N. 2014. Modelling the reporting culture within a modern organisation. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 36, 589-594.
19. Leva M.C., Bermudez Angel C., Plot E., Gattuso M. 2013. When the Human Factor is at the core of the safety barrier, Chemical Engineering Tranactions, 33, 439-444.