Membership of the Committee on Human-Systems Integration

Chair

William S. Marras is a professor and holds the Honda Endowed Chair in the Department of Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering at the Ohio State University. He is also the director of the Biodynamics Laboratory and holds adjunct appointments in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Physical Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering. Professor Marras is the Executive Director of the Ohio State University Institute for Ergonomics and serves as director of the Center for Occupational Health in Automotive Manufacturing (COHAM). His research applies quantitative engineering techniques to occupational surveillance, laboratory studies, and mathematical modeling where he explores the occupational causality of low back pain as well as techniques for the clinical assessment and treatment of low back pain. Professor Marras’ findings have been published in over 185 peer reviewed journal articles and numerous book chapters. He serves as Deputy Editor for the journals Spine and Human Factors. He was recently awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo for his work on the biomechanics of low back disorders. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the International Ergonomics Association, and the Ergonomics Society. Professor Marras has just published a new book entitled “The Working Back: A systems view.”

Members

Deborah Boehm-Davis is a professor of psychology in the Human Factors and Applied Cognitive Program at George Mason University. She has worked on applied cognitive research at General Electric, NASA Ames, and Bell Laboratories. Dr. Boehm-Davis' focus is on how human performance is helped or hindered by the design of tools, and she has a particular interest in how improved display of information can improve human performance. Her research is in the categories of transportation, the influence of interruptions on performance, interpretation of graphical displays, and cognitive workload.

Nancy J. Cooke is a professor of Applied Psychology Unit at Arizona State University and is Science Director and on the Board of Directors of the Cognitive Engineering Research Institute in Mesa, AZ. Dr. Cooke is Editor-in-Chief of Human Factors. Dr. Cooke received a B.A. in psychology from George Mason University and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology in 1983 and 1987, respectively from New Mexico State University. Currently, she supervises graduate and undergraduate research in the Laboratory for Cognitive Engineering Research on Team Tasks. Her research interests include the study of cognition and its application to the development of cognitive and knowledge engineering methodologies, as well as to expertise, intelligent tutors, human-computer interfaces, and team performance. In particular, Dr. Cooke specializes in the development, application, and evaluation of methodologies to elicit and assess individual and team cognition. Her most recent work includes the development and validation of methods to measure  team coordination, team communication and team situation awareness and research on the impact of cross training, distributed mission environments,  intact vs. mixed teams, retention interval  and workload on  these measures, as well as team knowledge, process, and performance  more generally.  Dr. Cooke is the 2006 recipient of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's O. Keith Hansen Outreach Award.

Jonathan Grudin works in the Adaptive Systems and Interaction Group at Microsoft Research, part of the Microsoft Corporation. He was previously Professor of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. Since joining Microsoft Research, Dr. Grudin has published over 40 papers on human-computer interaction and computer supported cooperative work, with a particular emphasis on behavioral and technical factors in the design, adoption, and use of technologies to support people in group and organizational settings. He is the Associate Editor for Human-Computer Interaction of the journal Computing Surveys.

Peter Hancock is Provost Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Psychology, the Institute for Simulation and Training, and in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Central Florida. His experimental work concerns the evaluation of behavioral response to high-stress conditions. His theoretical work concerns human relations with technology and the possible futures of this symbiosis.

Waldemar Karwowski is professor and chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University Central Florida. Dr. Karwowski received an M.S. (1978) in production engineering and management from the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, and a Ph.D. (1982) in industrial engineering from Texas Tech University. He was awarded D.Sc. degree in management science by the Institute for Organization and Management in Industry, Warsaw, Poland (June 2004). Dr. Karwowski also received honorary doctor of science degree from the South Ukrainian State Pedagogical University of Odessa, Ukraine (2004), and honorary doctor of engineering degrees from the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia (2005), and Moscow State Institute of Radio, Electronics and Automation (MIREA Technical University), Russia, (2007). His research focuses on work system design and management, systems engineering and human-systems integration, human-computer interaction, prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and neuro-fuzzy modeling and fuzzy systems. Dr. Karwowski is co-editor of the Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing journal, and editor-in-chief of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science (TIES).

Steven W.J. Kozlowski is a Professor of Organizational Psychology at Michigan State University. He received his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Kozlowski’s research is directed by a theoretical perspective that views organizations as dynamic systems of multilevel processes that link individuals and teams to the organization and which unfold over time. Dr. Kozlowski’s research program is focused on three related facets of learning and adaptation in organizational systems: (1) active learning, self-regulatory processes, and simulation-based training; (2) team learning, multiple goal regulation, and adaptation; and (3) and the role of team leaders in the development of effective teams. The goal of this research is to generate actionable knowledge and tools to promote the development of adaptive individuals, teams, and organizations. Dr. Kozlowski is Incoming Editor (and an outgoing Associate Editor) for the Journal of Applied Psychology and has served on the Editorial Boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Human Factors, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the International Association of Applied Psychology, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Arthur Kramer is a Professor in the University of Illinois Department of Psychology, the Campus Neuroscience Program, the Institute of Aviation, and a full-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute Human Perception and Performance group. Dr. Framer received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1984. Dr. Kramer’s fields of professional interest are cognitive neuroscience, cognitive and brain plasticity, aging, attention, perception and human factors. Dr. Kramer’s research focuses on understanding changes in various aspects of cognition, and the supporting brain structure and function, across the adult lifespan. For example, he has been examining the manner in which executive control processes (e.g. planning, scheduling, working memory, inhibition, task coordination) change from early to late adulthood and has discovered that contrary to the modal view changes in these processes are selective rather than general in nature. Dr. Kramer is also interested in interventions that can capitalize on the cognitive and brain plasticity of older adults in an effort to enhance cognitive vitality throughout the lifespan. Research methodologies include reaction time and accuracy, simulation and mathematical modeling, and neuroimaging techniques, such as event-related brain potentials and functional and anatomical MRI.

John D. Lee is associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He has a Ph.D. in engineering and his special fields of knowledge are cognitive engineering, driver performance, interface design, human adaptation to technology, and modeling human behavior. Dr. Lee's current research interests include driver response to in-vehicle technology, computer models of driver performance, and trust in automation.

Matthew Rizzo is Professor of Neurology, Engineering, Public Policy,at the University of Iowa.  He has an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  He is the Vice Chair for Clinical/Translational Research, and Director if the Division of Neuroergonomics, its Visual Function and (SIREN) Laboratory. and its instrumented vehicles, all in the Department of Neurology. His clinical interests and activities include behavioral neurology and cognitive neuroscience and memory disorders.  His research interests include behavioral disturbances resulting from CNS injury, neural substrates of human vision (including attention and visuomotor control), aging and dementia, driving performance in neurological disease, and driving simulation. Dr. Rizzo is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Society for Neuroscience, and the Vision Sciences Society.

Wendy Rogers is a professor in the School of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology in the Engineering and Experimental Psychology Programs. She received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, and her M. S. (1989) and Ph.D. (1991) from Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interests include skill acquisition, human factors, training, and cognitive aging. Dr. Rogers has published extensively in the field of human factors and cognitive aging with over 60 journal articles and book chapters. She is past president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and past president and fellow of Division 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology) and a fellow of Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) of the American Psychological Association.

Thomas F. Sanquist is a research scientist with the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Seattle, WA. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 1974 and his Ph.D. degree in cognitive and physiological psychology from UCLA in 1980. His research focuses on the use of analytic and experimental methods for designing and evaluating user experiences with complex systems. Application areas include intelligence analysis, security systems, transportation, imaging devices, satellite control systems, nuclear power plants, and military command and control. He has experience in both the research and practice of human factors engineering, having designed and implemented significant large-scale systems such as the Air Force satellite control network user interface and seaport radiation portal monitoring for customs and border protection. Selected areas of expertise include user interface design and evaluation, job/task analysis, work process/schedule design, hardware and software specifications, test and evaluation, and process improvement studies. Dr. Sanquist was a member of the NRC Committee on Human-System Design Support for Changing Technology.

Thomas B. Sheridan (NAE) is Ford Professor of Engineering and Applied Psychology, Emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Senior Transportation Fellow at DoT Volpe Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, his expertise is in human-machine systems, human factors engineering, decision theory, cognitive engineering, and social impacts of technology as applied to aviation, highway systems, rail systems, and telesurgery.

Philip J. Smith is co-director of the Institute for Ergonomics and a professor with the industrial and systems engineering program, biomedical engineering, and the Advanced Computing Center for Arts and Design at The Ohio State University. He also is president of Cognitive Systems Engineering, Inc., a consulting company that provides support for the design and evaluation of distributed work systems, web sites, and decision support tools. Dr. Smith teaches courses in areas of cognitive systems engineering, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction and the design of cooperative problem-solving systems, intelligent information retrieval systems, and intelligent tutoring systems. His research focuses on issues concerned with design of cooperative problem-solving systems to support people in performing complex tasks such as information retrieval, planning, database exploration, teaching and diagnosis, using fields such as aviation, medicine, library systems and education as testbeds.

Joel S. Warm is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. He specializes in sensation/perception, human performance, human factors, and perceived mental workload. Dr. Warm’s current research interests include sustained attention in terms of test of theoretical models, studies of the psychophysical, psychophysiological, and training determinants of performance efficiency and the perceived mental workload of vigilance tasks.

Howard M. Weiss is Professor and Department Head in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University.  He has a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from New York University.  Dr. Weiss’ research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of emotional experiences at work.  Specifically, his research examines variation of emotional states at work, effects of immediate emotional states on job performance, and the cumulative effects of emotional experiences on job satisfaction and burnout. He is co-founder of the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University and currently serves as a Senior Research Scientist.  He is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Behavior, the American Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association. His research has been funded by the Army Research Institute, the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Defense and the Spencer Foundation.

Dr. Barbara Wanchisen –Interim Director

National Research Council