Dr. Jo Anne Balanay was featured today in the ECU News Services website on an article about her involvement with the development of the newly released American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Heat Stress app. The article stated:

East Carolina University is acknowledged in the settings of an American Industrial Hygiene Association heat stress mobile app, which uses weather forecasts and emphasizes wet bulb globe temperature as the environmental heat metric to caution and protect outdoor workers in high-heat environments. ECU faculty members Drs. Jo Anne Balanay and Sinan Sousan, joined by ECU director of licensing and commercialization Carlyle Rogers, have been instrumental in this advancement in collaboration with AIHA and software development company Dualboot Partners.

Dr. Balanay explained the beneficial features of the app as a heat stress assessment tool for outdoor workers. She also expressed how rewarding her experience was in the process of app development and in seeing her team’s vision become a reality.

Read the full article: ECU researchers guide heat stress app development