Aura C. Matias (born 11 September 1960) is a Filipino industrial engineer.
Her academic research concerns ergonomics and human–computer interaction; she has also applied her expertise in industrial engineering to issues in the society of the Philippines including the quality of water services, and corruption in government agencies.
She went to Purdue University in the US for doctoral study in industrial engineering, completing her Ph.D. there in 1996.
[1][2] Her research there, conducted with Gavriel Salvendy, involved the development of a model for predicting carpal tunnel syndrome based on data collected from 100 women who used computer keyboards.
[4] As a faculty member at the University of the Philippines Diliman, she chaired the department of industrial engineering and operations research from 2004 to 2010.