Dr. Jerome J. Congleton, Ph.D., PE, CPE, is a Professor of Ergonomics and Safety Engineering at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, Co-Director of the Ergonomics Center at Texas A&M University and serves part-time as a Strength & Conditioning Performance Coach for the Athletic Department. His research interests are in office ergonomics, seated research, workplace design, prevention and control of back injuries, worker physiology, performance measurement and enhancement, and ergonomics.
In 1989 the mother/daughter team of Jaye Congleton and Rebecca Congleton Boenigk (Neutral Posture CEO) recognized an opportunity to manufacture and distribute Dr. Jerome Congleton's concept for the Neutral Posture chair. Congleton's ground-breaking research on a seating system that would support the neutral body posture, discovered by NASA, was the cumulative result of both a distinguished U.S. Air Force career (213 Combat Missions) and a subsequent career in Industrial Engineering and Safety. With his daughter, Rebecca, serving as his research assistant, Congleton developed the seating system of pressure-reducing contours and custom-fitting adjustments that would serve as the basis for the Neutral Posture seating design concept.
Dr. Jerome J. Congleton, Ph.D., PE, CPE, is a Professor of Ergonomics and Safety Engineering at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, Co-Director of the Ergonomics Center at Texas A&M University and serves part-time as a Strength & Conditioning Performance Coach for the Athletic Department. His research interests are in office ergonomics, seated research, workplace design, prevention and control of back injuries, worker physiology, performance measurement and enhancement, and ergonomics.
In 1989 the mother/daughter team of Jaye Congleton and Rebecca Congleton Boenigk (Neutral Posture CEO) recognized an opportunity to manufacture and distribute Dr. Jerome Congleton's concept for the Neutral Posture chair. Congleton's ground-breaking research on a seating system that would support the neutral body posture, discovered by NASA, was the cumulative result of both a distinguished U.S. Air Force career (213 Combat Missions) and a subsequent career in Industrial Engineering and Safety. With his daughter, Rebecca, serving as his research assistant, Congleton developed the seating system of pressure-reducing contours and custom-fitting adjustments that would serve as the basis for the Neutral Posture seating design concept.