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Thomas K. Ferris 1 updated November 2017

THOMAS KEITH FERRIS

Associate Professor Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University

3131 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843-3131

Email: [email protected] Phone: 979-458-2340 http://ise.tamu.edu/people/faculty/ferris

EDUCATION

PhD, Industrial and Operations Engineering (Cognitive Ergonomics) December 2010 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Dissertation: Informative vibrotactile displays to support attention and task management in anesthesiology (http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/78911) Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nadine Sarter

MS, Industrial and Operations Engineering (Cognitive Ergonomics) December 2006 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

GPA: 8.125 / 8.0

BS, Industrial Engineering December 2003 Minor, Computer Science

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA GPA: 4.09 / 4.0

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Associate Professor with Tenure September 2017 - present Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Texas A&M University

Joint appointment (courtesy), Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center 2016 - present

Assistant Professor January 2011 - August 2017

Affiliate Researcher, Texas A&M Transportation Institute 2017 - present

Director, Human Factors & Cognitive Systems Lab 2011 - present

FUNDING

Research Grants and Contracts (total for Ferris: $1.08 Milllion)

1. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability (PEGASAS): Human Performance Impacts of Head-Worn Displays for General Aviation, Phase 1 (J. Valasek, PI; T. Ferris, Co-PI): $227,025 ($80,071 for Ferris) 2017-2018

2. U.S. Department of Transportation Safe-D National University Transportation Center: Countermeasures to Detect and Combat Inattention While Driving Partially Automated Systems (T. Ferris, PI; M. Song, M. Mollenhauer, and Z. Doerzaph of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Co-Is): $178,162 ($119,884 for Ferris) 2017 - 2018


3. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability (PEGASAS): Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) Project 4, Phase 3 (T. Ferris, TAMUS PI): $105,628 2016 - 2017

4. U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (SBIR Phase 1): Evaluation of Electrovibration Feedback System for Wayfinding Applications (C. Bruccoleri of Lynntech, Inc., PI; T. Ferris, Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) PI): $100,000 + $50,000 option ($17,883 + $11,269 option for Ferris) 2016

5. National Science Foundation (NSF): Collaborative Research: Integrated Data-Driven Methodologies to Addressing the Driver Turnover and Shortage Problems in Truckload Transportation (H. Uster of Southern Methodist University, PI; T. Ferris, TAMUS PI; J. Warner of Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Co-I): $423,370 ($186,879 for Ferris) 2015 - 2018

6. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability (PEGASAS): Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) Project 4C: General Aviation Weather Alerting; Phase 2 (T. Ferris, TAMUS PI; L. Brown, W. Rantz, and G. Whitehurst of Western Michigan University, Co-Is): $449,604 ($121,868 for Ferris) 2015 - 2016

7. U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center (UTC): Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS): Investigating the Roles of Touchscreen and Physical Control Interface Characteristics on Driver Distraction and Multitasking Performance (T. Ferris, TAMUS PI, C. Yager of Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Co-PI): $72,750 ($68,698 for Ferris) 2014 - 2015

8. Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Awards Grant Program: Systems analysis of ambulatory remote monitoring and inpatient care to support scalability and adaptation to continuing care paradigms (T. Ferris, S.C. Peres of Texas A&M Health Science Center, Co-PIs, P. Brady and M.S. Hallbeck of Mayo Clinic, Co-Is): $10,000 ($5,000 for Ferris) 2014 - 2015

9. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability (PEGASAS): Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) Project 4C: General Aviation Weather Alerting (J. Valasek, PI; T. Ferris, Co-PI; L. Brown, W. Rantz, and G. Whitehurst of Western Michigan University, Co-Is): $669,996 ($36,541 for Ferris) 2014 - 2015

10. Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA): Emergency Vehicle Operator On-Board Device Distractions (C. Yager of Texas A&M Transportation Institute, PI; T. Ferris, Co-PI; L. Higgins of TTI, Co-I; J. Wall of Texas Center for Applied Technology, Co-I): $25,273 ($24,000 for Ferris) 2014

11. Toyota Class Action Settlement Safety Research and Education Program: Toyota Economic Loss Settlement Safety Research (R. Wunderlich of Texas A&M Transportation Institute, PI; T. Ferris, Co-PI; R. Langari, Co-PI; S. Bao of University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Co-PI; L. Higgins of TTI, Co-I): $3,168,000 ($213,973 for Ferris) 2014 - 2016

12. Honda Research Institute (HRI): Evaluation of an In-Vehicle Multimodal Interaction System (C. Yager of Texas A&M Transportation Institute, PI, T. Ferris, Co-PI): $122,082 ($61,041 for Ferris) 2013 - 2014

13. National Science Foundation (NSF) RAPID: Identifying Social Network and Mobile Technology Use and Its Correlation with Individual Evacuation Behavior in Hurricane Sandy (J. Yates, PI; T. Ferris, D. Matarrita-Cascante, and E. Moreno-Centeno, Co-PIs): $32,540 ($8,135 for Ferris) 2012 - 2014

14. NSF I/UCRC Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT): Reducing unnecessary disruptions of REM sleep for pre-term infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) (L. Gamm, Center PI; T. Ferris, Project PI): $18,000 2012 - 2014


Other Support National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing

Faculty affiliate of the Texas A&M Center for Innovation in Advanced Development & Manufacturing (CIADM) 2012 - present

CIADM course preparation: Human Error and Resilience in Biomanufacturing Systems: 1.5 months of salary support 2012 - 2015

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (Human Factors & Cognitive Systems Lab members in bold)

1. Taamneh, S., Tsiamyrtzis, P., Dcosta, M., Buddharaju, P., Khatri, A., Manser, M., Ferris, T., Wunderlich, R., and Pavlidis, I. (2017). A multimodal dataset for various forms of distracted driving. Nature: Scientific Data, 4, 170110. DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2017.110

2. Tippey, K., Sivaraj, E., and Ferris, T.K. (2017). Driving while interacting with Google Glass: Investigating the combined effect of head-up display and hands-free input on driving safety and multitask performance. Human Factors, 59(4), 671-688. DOI: 10.1177/0018720817691406

3. Yang, S. and Ferris, T.K. (2017). Cognitive efficiency in human-machine systems: Metrics of display effectiveness for supporting multitask performance. The Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, DOI: 10.1177/1555343417712464

4. Ferris, T., Matarrita-Cascante, D., Moreno-Centeno, E., Yates, J., El-Sherif, M., and Sung, K. (2016). Studying the usage of social media and mobile technology during extreme events and their implications for evacuation decisions: A case study of Hurricane Sandy. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 34(2), 204-230.

5. Marsalia, A.C., Ferris, T.K., Benden, M.E., & Zheng, Q. (2016). Evaluation of vibrotactile alert systems for supporting hazard awareness and safety of distracted pedestrians. IIE Transactions on Occupational Safety and Human Factors, 4(4), 222-235. DOI:10.1080/21577323.2016.1214767

6. Pavlidis, I., Dcosta, M., Taamneh, S., Manser, M., Ferris, T., Wunderlich, R., Akleman, E., Tsiamyrtzis, P. (2016). Dissecting driver behaviors under cognitive, emotional, sensorimotor, and mixed stressors. Nature: Scientific Reports, 6, 25651. DOI: 10.1038/srep25651

7. Cabrera, M.V., Bastos da Fonseca, B., Vidal, M.C., Ferris, T.K. and Carvalho, P.V. (2016). Modelling performance variabilities in oil spill response to improve system resilience. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 41, 18-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2016.02.018

8. Ardoin, W.V. and Ferris, T.K. (2016). Investigating redundant encoding methods for tactile messaging in multitask scenarios. IEEE: Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 46(3), 451-459. DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2015.2483372

9. Ferris, T.K. and Shepley, M.M. (2013). The design of neonatal incubators: A systems-oriented, human-centered approach. Nature: Journal of Perinatology, 33(Suppl 1), S24-S31. (2015 Impact Factor: 2.087)

10. Ferris, T.K. (2013). Evidence-based design and the fields of human factors and ergonomics: Complementary systems-oriented approaches to health care design. Health Environments Research and Design, 6(3), 3-5.

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11. Ferris, T.K. and Shepley, M.M. (2013). Encouraging developments in incubator design. Journal of Perinatology, 33, 989-990.

12. Ferris, T.K. and Sarter, N. (2011). Continuously-informing vibrotactile displays in support of attention management and multitasking in anesthesiology. Human Factors, 53(6), 600-611. Finalist, 2011 Human Factors Prize

13. Ferris, T. and Sarter, N. (2010). When content matters: The role of processing code in tactile display design. IEEE: Transactions on Haptics, 3(3), 199-210.

14. Hameed, S., Ferris, T., Jayaraman, S., and Sarter, N. (2009). Using informative peripheral visual and tactile cues to support task and interruption management. Human Factors, 51 (2), 126-135.

15. Ferris, T. and Sarter, N. (2008). Crossmodal links among vision, audition, and touch in complex environments. Human Factors, 50 (1), 17-26. 135.

(1.) Suh, Y. and Ferris, T. (submitted). What did I press?: On-road evaluation of in-car interface characteristics and their effects on driving safety and multitask performance. Submitted to Human Factors in October, 2017.

(2.) Tippey, K.G., Roady, T., Rodriguez-Paras, C., Ferris, T.K., Brown, L.J., and Rantz, W.G., (revision submitted). General aviation weather alerting: The effectiveness of different visual and tactile display characteristics in supporting weather-related decision-making. Submitted to the International Journal of Aviation Psychology.

Book Chapters (HF&CS lab members in bold)

1. Ferris, T. (2014). Systems-oriented design considerations for the NICU. In M.M. Shepley (Ed.) Design for Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care. Routledge Architectural Press.

2. Ferris, T., Sarter, N., and Wickens, C. D. (2010). Cockpit automation: Still struggling to catch up…. In E. Salas, T. Allard, and D. Maurino (Eds.) Human Factors in Aviation (2nd edition). Elsevier Science Publishers.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings (HF&CS lab members in bold)

1. Suh, Y., and Ferris, T.K. (2017). Examining change sensitivity to vibrotactile beats in a hand-held touchscreen device. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 61st Annual Meeting. Austin, TX, October. 1569-1569.

2. Rodriguez-Paras, C., Susindar, S., Lee, S., and Ferris, T.K. (2017). Age effects on drivers’ physiological response to workload. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 61st Annual Meeting. Austin, TX, October. 1886-1886.

3. Johnson, I., Whitehurst, G., Risukhin, V.N., Brown, L.J., Rantz, W., Ferris, T.K., Roady, T., Rodriguez Paras, C., Tippey, K., and Futrell, M.J. (2017). PEGASAS: Weather Technology in the Cockpit. Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, OH, May.

4. Tippey, K.G., Dinakar, S., Sivaraj. E., and Ferris, T.K. (2017). Supporting Safety for Emergency Response Drivers when Using Mobile Command Terminals for In-Vehicle Interactions. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board’s 96th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, January.


5. Yang, S., Raeis Hosseiny, S.A., Susindar, S., and Ferris, T.K. (2016). Investigating sympathetic arousal under short-term loads and acute stress events. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 60th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, September.

6. Yang, S. and Ferris, T.K. (2016). Measuring cognitive efficiency of novel speedometer displays. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 60th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, September.

7. Ardoin, W.V., Hoyle, W., Bewaji, T., Ferris, T., Peres, S.C., Hallbeck, S., and Brady, P.A. (2016). Real-time remote physiological monitoring: The role of communication in three paradigms of inpatient care. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 60th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, September.

8. Dinakar, S., Edery, J., Roady, T., Tippey, K.G., and Ferris, T.K. (2016). Using Modern Social Network Techniques to Expand Link Analysis in a Nuclear Reactor Console Redesign. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 60th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, September.

9. Rodriguez Paras, C., Yang, S., and Ferris, T.K. (2016). Using Pupillometry to Indicate the Cognitive Redline. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 60th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, September.

10. Suh, Y., and Ferris, T.K. (2016) The Impacts of Touchscreen and Physical Control Interface Characteristics on Driver Distraction and Attention Management. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 60th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, September.

11. Rodriguez Paras, C., Yang, S., Tippey, K., and Ferris, T.K. (2015). Physiological indicators of the cognitive redline. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Los Angeles, CA. October.

12. Yang, S., Nevins, L., and Ferris, T. (2015). Investigating redundant multimodal speedometer displays for a concurrent lane and speed tracking task. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 59th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October.

13. Tippey, K.G., Ritchey, P., and Ferris, T. (2015). Crossover Repeated Measures Designs: Clarifying Common Misconceptions for a Valuable Human Factors Statistical Technique. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 59th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October.

14. Mehta, R., Riddell, M., Ferris, T., and Peres, S.C. (2014). Investigating display-related cognitive fatigue in oil and gas operations. Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center 17th Annual International Symposium, College Station, TX, October 28-30.

15. Ardoin, W. and Ferris, T.K. (2014). Redundancy gain or cost? Performance effects of redundantly-encoded tactile displays in multitask scenarios. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 58th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October.

16. Roady, T. and Ferris, T.K. (2014). Speeded vibrotactile navigation with gestural control in a multiple choice environment. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 58th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October.

17. Tippey, K.G., Sivaraj, E., Ardoin, W., Roady, T., and Ferris, T.K. (2014). Texting while driving using Google Glass: Investigating the combined effect of heads-up display and hands-free input on driving safety and performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 58th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October.


18. Yang, S., Tippey, K., and Ferris, T.K. (2014). Exploring the emergent perception of haptic beats from paired vibrotactile presentation. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 58th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October. Finalist, HFES 2014 Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award

19. Ferris, T. and Yang, S. (2014). Development of a novel measure of display effectiveness for supporting operators under high cognitive load. Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Symposium. College Station, TX. June 6, 2014.

20. Tippey, K., Sivaraj, E., Ardoin, W., Roady, T., and Ferris, T. (2014). Using Google Glass in visually-demanding environments: Investigating the combined effect of heads-up display and hands-free input on driving safety and performance. Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Symposium. College Station, TX. June 6, 2014.

21. Yang, S., Ardoin, W., and Ferris, T. (2014). The physiological representation of the red-line of mental workload. Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Symposium. College Station, TX. June 6, 2014.

22. Carvalho, P.V.R., Cabrera, M.V., Vidal, M.C.R., and Ferris, T.K. (2014). Modeling oil spill defense system using functional resonance analysis method. Proceedings of the 10th Global Congress on Process Safety. New Orleans, LA, March 30 - April 9, 2014.

23. Ferris, T., and Roady, T. (2013). Development of a novel communication system to facilitate navigational guidance for operators in emergency situations. Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center 16th Annual International Symposium, College Station, TX, October 22-24. 729.

24. Yang, S., You, N.Y., and Ferris, T.K. (2013). Supporting drivers in concurrent lane and speed tracking tasks with novel visual, auditory, and tactile speedometer displays. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 57th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. October. 1918-1922.

25. Roady, T. and Ferris, T.K. (2013). Supporting speeded navigational communication via gesture-controlled vibrotactile displays. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 57th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. October. 1144-1148. Winner of the HFES 2013 Perception & Performance Technical Group Best Student Paper Award

26. Rajaraman, S. and Ferris, T. (2013). Reducing unnecessary sleep disruption for neonatal patients. HFES 2013 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Advancing the Cause. Baltimore, MD. March. 154-159.

27. Baldwin, C.L., Spence, C., Bliss, J.P., Brill, J.C., Wogalter, M.S., Mayhorn, C.B., and Ferris, T.K. (2012). Multimodal cueing: The relative benefits of the auditory, visual, and tactile channels in complex environments. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. September. 1431-1435.

28. Roady, T. and Ferris, T.K. (2012). An analysis of static, dynamic, and saltatory vibrotactile stimuli to inform the design of efficient haptic communication systems. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. September. 2075-2079.

29. Yang, S., Shukla, K., and Ferris, T.K. (2012). “Cognitive efficiency” in display media: A first investigation of basic signal dimensions. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. September. 1371-1375.


30. Ferris, T. and Shepley, M. (2012). A multidisciplinary human-centered approach to the design of incubation systems. 2012 Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Bridging the Gap. Baltimore, MD. March. 187-191.

31. Ferris, T. and Sarter, N. (2011). Evaluation of multiparameter vibrotactile display designs to support physiological monitoring performance in anesthesiology. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. September. 515-519.

32. Ferris, T., Stringfield, K., and Sarter, N. (2010). Tactile “change blindness” in detection of vibration intensity. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. September. 1316-1320.

33. Ferris, T. and Sarter, N. (2009). Supporting anesthetic monitoring through tactile display of physiological parameters. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53rd Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. October. 1664-1668.

34. Ferris, T., Hameed, S., and Sarter, N. (2009). Tactile displays for multitask environments: The role of concurrent task processing code. Proceedings of the Third Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (WorldHaptics ‘09). Salt Lake City, UT. March. 160-165. Winner of the WorldHaptics ’09 Award for Best Paper in Haptics Science

35. Tilak, R., Xholi, I., Schowalter, D., Ferris, T., Hameed, S., and Sarter, N. (2008). Crossmodal links in attention in the driving environment: The roles of cueing modality, signal timing, and workload. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting. New York, NY. September. 1815-1819.

36. Ferris, T., Hameed, S., Penfold, R., and Rao, N. (2007). Tactons in multitask environments: The interaction of presentation modality and processing code. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. October. 1481-1485. Winner of the HFES 2007 Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award

37. Ferris, T., Penfold, R., Hameed, S., and Sarter, N. (2006). The implications of crossmodal links in attention for the design of multimodal interfaces: A driving simulation study. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. October. 406-409.

38. Hameed, S., Ferris, T., Jayaraman, S., and Sarter, N. (2006). Supporting interruption management through informative tactile and peripheral visual cues. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. October. 376-380.

Technical Reports (HF&CS lab members in bold)

1. Wunderlich, R.C., Manser, M.P., Ferris, T.K., Pavlidis, I., Langari, R., Bao, S., Higgins, L.L., and Quinn, S.A. (2017). Toyota Economic Loss Settlement Safety Research Final Technical Report. Submitted to the Toyota Economic Loss Settlement KPMG project management group, February.

2. Caldwell, B., Pruchnicki, S., Young, S., Carney, T., Johnson, M., Ferris, T., Brown, L., Risukhin, V., Whitehurst, G. (2016). Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) PEGASAS Project 4 NCE Summary. Submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, August.


3. Wunderlich, R.C., Manser, M.P., Ferris, T.K., Pavlidis, I., Langari, R., and Bao, S. (2016). Toyota Economic Loss Settlement Safety Research Year 2 Narrative Report. Submitted to the Toyota Economic Loss Settlement KPMG project management group, February.

4. Ferris, T.K., Suh, Y., & Miles, J.D. (2016). Investigating the Roles of Touchscreen and Physical Control Interface Characteristics on Driver Distraction and Multitasking Performance (Report # ATLAS-2015-08). Submitted to the ATLAS Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety, US Department of Transportation, January.

5. Ferris, T. (2016). Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) Project 4, Team C: General Aviation Weather Alerting, Phase II Final Report. Submitted to the United States Federal Aviation Administration, January.

6. Valasek, J., Ferris, T., Brown, L., Rantz, B., & Whitehurst, G. (2015). Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) Project C: General Aviation Weather Alerting Phase 1 Final Report. Submitted to the United States Federal Aviation Administration, April.

7. Yates, J., Ferris, T., Matarrita-Cascante, D., and Moreno-Centeno, E., (2015). Identifying Social Network and Mobile Technology Use and Its Correlation with Individual Evacuation Behavior in Hurricane Sandy. Submitted to the National Science Foundation.

8. Yager, C., Dinakar, S., Sanagaram, M., & Ferris, T. (2015). Emergency Vehicle Operator On-Board Device Distractions. Submitted to the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America).

9. Ferris, T. (2015). Control design to support human workers in complex work environments. Scientific report and statement of expert opinion prepared for the Larry G. Black Law Firm, Austin, TX, May.

10. Wunderlich, R.C., Manser, M.P., Ferris, T.K., Pavlidis, I., Langari, R., and Bao, S. (2015). Toyota Economic Loss Settlement Safety Research Year 1 Narrative Report. Submitted to the Toyota Economic Loss Settlement KPMG project management group, February.

11. Ferris, T. (2014). PEGASAS FAA Market Survey Response. Human Factors R&D Services for Improved Rotorcraft Operational Safety. Submitted to PEGASAS members and the FAA on October 17, 2014.

12. Valasek, J., Ferris, T., Brown, L., Rantz, B., & Whitehurst, G. (2014). Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) Project C: General Aviation Weather Alerting. Submitted to the United States Federal Aviation Administration, April.

13. Yager, C. and Ferris, T. (2014). Townsurfer Evaluation: Phase 1 Study. Submitted to Honda Research Institute, Mountain View, CA, March.

14. Ferris, T. (2013). Report on the science of distracted driving and the dangers of texting while driving. Submitted as expert testimony for the Franklin Law Firm, Dallas, TX, June.

15. Shepley, M. and Ferris, T. (2012). Incubator Design. Center for Health Systems & Design technical report. January.

16. Ferris, T. (2010). Informative vibrotactile displays to support attention and task management in anesthesiology. (Doctoral dissertation - University of Michigan). Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/78911.


17. Sarter, N., Ferris, T., and Hameed, S. (2009). Multimodal information exchange and dynamic adaptation. U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL; Ed.), Final Report on Collaborative Technology Architecture ADA (published as a book).

18. Sarter, N., Hameed, S., Jayaraman, S. and Ferris, T. (2006). Supporting preattentive reference and interruption management through multimodal notifications. Report prepared for NASA Johnson Research Center (under ESR&T (Exploration Systems Research and Technology) SISM (Software, Intelligent Systems, and Modeling) Project. June.

Presentations (without associated peer-reviewed proceedings) and Invited Lectures (HF&CS members in bold)

1. Ferris, T. (2017). Human-centered design for “cognitively-challenging” worker states. Invited Keynote Address, International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) Human Factors Conference and Exhibition, October 18, 2017, Galveston, TX.

2. Tippey, K., Rodriguez-Paras, C., Roady, T., Ferris, T., Rantz, W., and Brown, L. (2017). General Aviation Weather Alerting: Effectiveness of Display Characteristics in Supporting Weather-Related Decision Making. Presented at the 19th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, May 10, 2017, Dayton, OH.

3. Ferris, T. (2017). Integrating human physiological and behavioral data to drive adaptive automation. Invited panelist for Advances in Human-Automation Interaction Research panel at 2017 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May.

4. Ferris, T. (2016). Display design and evaluation for supporting cognition and multitask performance. Invited seminar for NSF I/UCRC CyBHOR: Cyberphysical Systems for the Hospital Operating Room, Houston Methodist Hospital. October 11, 2016. Houston, TX.

5. Brown, L., Ferris, T., Tippey, K., Rantz, W., and Nicolai, D. (2016). Vibrotactile feedback in support of weather related notifications and inflight decision making for pilots. The European Association for Aviation Psychology’s 32nd EAAP Conference, September 26-30, Cascais, Portugal.

6. Suh, Y., Ferris, T. K., & Miles, J. D. (2016) On-Road Experiment with Distracted Drivers: The Effects of In-Vehicle Touchscreen on Visual Attention Management. 2016 Traffic Safety Conference, College Station, TX.

7. Ferris, T., Rusnock, C., Kim, J-H., and Kaber, D. (2016). Challenges and advances in cognitive workload assessment techniques. Organized and chaired panel at 2016 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, May.

8. Ferris, T. (2016). System development for online detection of problematic driver cognitive states. 2016 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, May.

9. Ardoin, W.V., Rodriguez Paras, C., Ferris, T.K., and Hallbeck, M.S. (2016). Investigating nonvisual displays in overview monitoring: Designing to support monitoring operator efficiency and patient care. 2016 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, May.

10. Ardoin, W.V., Hoyle, W., Bewaji, T., Ferris, T., Peres, S.C., Hallbeck, M.S., and Brady, P.A. (2016). Real-time remote physiological monitoring: The role of communication in three paradigms of


inpatient care. 2016 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, May.

11. Tippey, K.G., Rodriguez Paras, C., and Ferris, T. (2016). General aviation weather alerting: Evaluating display complexity and tactile alerts to support weather-related decision-making. 2016 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, May.

12. Yang, S., Raeis Hosseiny, S.A., Susindar, S., and Ferris, T. (2016). Exploring the physiological monitor of cognitive states in driving. 2016 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, May.

13. Ferris, T. (2016). Designing to support human performance in cognitively-challenging contexts. Texas A&M University HCI Seminar Series, April 20, 2016.

14. Ferris, T. (2016). Human-centered design to support human performance in cognitively-challenging contexts. Invited seminar for the University of Iowa Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Seminar, April 7, 2016.

15. Dinakar, S., Tippey, K., Sivaraj, E., and Ferris, T. (2015). Evaluating the risks of cellphone versus Mobile Computing Terminal use on driving performance. Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Traffic Safety Conference. Corpus Christi, TX, June, 2015.

16. Yager, C., Dinakar, S., Sanagaram, M., and Ferris, T. (2015). Emergency vehicle operator on-board device distraction. Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Traffic Safety Conference. Corpus Christi, TX, June, 2015.

17. Ferris, T. (2015). Quantifying display effectiveness in human-machine systems. Invited contribution for Emerging Research Trends in Human-Systems Interaction, the 2015 Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference. Nashville, TN, May-June, 2015.

18. Ferris, T. (2015). Designing to support the human component in healthcare systems design. 2015 Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference. Nashville, TN, May-June, 2015.

19. Yager, C., Dinakar, S., Sanagaram, M., and Ferris, T. (2015). Emergency vehicle operator on-board device distraction. Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HHFES) 2015 Annual Symposium. Houston, TX, May 29, 2015.

20. Dinakar, S., Tippey, K., Venkatesh, S., and Ferris, T. (2015). Human Factors Evaluation of the Texas A&M University AGN-201 Nuclear Reactor Console. Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HHFES) 2015 Annual Symposium. Houston, TX, May 29, 2015. Winner of Best Student Presentation Award

21. Tippey, K.G., Mehta, R., and Ferris, T. (2015). Bridging the gap between behavioral performance metrics and subjective user ratings: A neuroergonomic approach using fNIRS (poster). Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HHFES) 2015 Annual Symposium. Houston, TX, May 29, 2015.

22. Tippey, K.G., Ritchey, P., and Ferris, T. (2015). Crossover repeated measures designs: Clarifying common misconceptions for a valuable human factors statistical technique. Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HHFES) 2015 Annual Symposium. Houston, TX, May 29, 2015.


23. Raeis Hosseiny, S.A., Tippey, K.G., and Ferris, T. (2015). Investigating tactile object-proximity feedback for gestures in virtual environments. Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HHFES) 2015 Annual Symposium. Houston, TX, May 29, 2015.

24. Ferris, T. (2015). WTIC Team 4C: General Aviation Weather Alerting. Partnership for Enhanced General Aviation Safety and Sustainability (PEGASAS) 2015 Annual Meeting. Purdue University, May 28, 2015.

25. Ferris, T. (2015). Supporting human information processing and performance in cognitively-challenging environments. Texas A&M Department of Kinesiology Seminar, March 27, 2015.

26. Ferris, T. (2015). Evaluating communication effectiveness and designing to support human-machine system performance in cognitively-challenging environments. Research seminar sponsored by Texas A&M INFORMS Student Chapter. February 20, 2015.

27. Ardoin, W., Hoyle, W., Ferris, T., and Peres, S.C. (2015). Understanding workload for remote physiological monitoring workers: Maximizing worker efficiency and maintaining patient safety. HFES 2015 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Improving the Outcomes. Baltimore, MD. April.

28. Mehta, R., and Ferris, T. (2015). Mental workload assessment methods. Invited webinar given for the Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium, Jan 22, 2015.

29. Ferris, T.K., Yager, C., Dinakar, S., and Sanagaram, M. (2015). Emergency vehicle operator on-board device distractions. Invited webinar for the Transportation Safety Advancement Group (TSAG) of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA), Jan 22, 2015. Webinar available for download at: http://www.itsa.org/events/webinarseries

30. Ferris, T. (2015). Supporting the Human Component in Healthcare Systems Design. Invited speaker for Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC’15). Nashville, TN. May 31, 2015.

31. Ferris, T. (2015). Quantifying the effectiveness of displays in human-machine systems. Invited panelist for “Current Issues and Future Trends in Human-Systems Engineering Research”. Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC’15). Nashville, TN. June 2, 2015.

32. Ferris, T. (2014). Evaluating communication effectiveness and designing to support human-machine system performance in cognitively-challenging environments. Invited seminar for the Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University. Clemson, SC. December 5, 2014.

33. Ferris, T. (2014). Designing to Support the Human Component in Healthcare Systems. Invited lecture for the Healthcare Design Conference. San Diego, CA. November 15, 2014.

34. Ferris, T. and Koppa, R. (2014). Human-Machine Interaction. Invited lecture for SYEN 689: Theory of Sociotechnical Systems. Texas A&M University. September 10, 2014.

35. Ferris, T. (2014). Cognitive human factors research in the driving domain. Seminar for the Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station, TX, July.

36. Ardoin, W., and Ferris, T. (2014). Redundant encoding methods for vibrotactile displays to support multitask processing. Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC’14). Montreal, Quebec, CA. June.


37. Ferris, T. and Yang, S. (2014). Development of novel metrics for measuring display effectiveness in context. Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC’14). Montreal, Quebec, CA. June.

38. Roady, T. and Ferris, T. (2014). Complex tactile interactions over distance to support collaborative navigation tasks. Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC’14). Montreal, Quebec, CA. June.

39. Yang, S., Tippey, K., and Ferris, T. (2014). Emergent patterns in multi-location vibration presentation: Implications for tactile displays. Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC’14). Montreal, Quebec, CA. June.

40. Ferris, T. (2014). Supporting human information processing and multitasking performance via novel display design. Invited lecture and webinar for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Houston Chapter, Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, George Bush Presidential Library, College Station, TX. May 12, 2014.

41. Eibling, D., Ferris, T., Seagull, F.J., Bliss, J., & Williams, L. (2014). Debunking 5 myths about clinical alarms to achieve sustained patient safety. HFES 2014 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Leading the Way. Chicago, IL. March.

42. Ferris, T. (2014). Cognitive efficiency in human-machine systems: Development of a construct for evaluating communication effectiveness in cognitively-challenging environments. Texas A&M Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Seminar. February 3, 2014.

43. Ferris, T. (2013). “Cognitive Efficiency” in display media: Development of a method and metric for evaluating display effectiveness in cognitively-demanding environments. Texas A&M Psychology Department Cognoscenti Seminar. November 4, 2013.

44. Ferris, T. (2013). Development of a novel communication system to facilitate navigational guidance for operators in emergency situations. Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center 2014 International Symposium. October 24, 2013.

45. Ferris, T. (2013). Supporting human information processing and multitasking performance via novel display design. Texas A&M Department of Kinesiology Seminar, Sept 9, 2013.

46. Ferris, T. (2013). Investigating ambient speedometer displays to support speed tracking and eyes-on-road driving. Texas A&M Transportation Institute 2013 Traffic Safety Conference, Fort Worth, TX. June 3-5, 2013.

47. Ferris, T. (2013). Reducing unnecessary sleep disruptions for NICU patients. NSF Center for Health Organization and Transformation (CHOT) Industry Advisory Board Spring Meeting. Atlanta, GA. April 11, 2013.

48. Ferris, T. (2013). HF&CS research: Analysis and design of novel displays to support human information processing. Research seminar sponsored by Texas A&M INFORMS Student Chapter. January 25, 2013.

49. Ferris, T. (2013). In-vehicle displays to support driver attention. Texas A&M Transportation Institute. January 8, 2013.

50. Ferris, T. and Shepley, M. (2012). Design considerations for a human-centered incubator. 25th Annual Gravens Conference on the Physical and Developmental Environment of the High Risk Infant. Clearwater Beach, FL. January 27, 2012.


51. Ferris, T. (2012). Design to support operator attention management and multitasking performance. Texas A&M Psychology Department Cognoscenti Seminar. January 23, 2012.

52. Ferris, T. (2011). Continuously-informing vibrotactile displays in support of attention management and multitasking in anesthesiology. Human Factors Prize award session, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. September 21, 2011.

53. Ferris, T. (2011). Supporting cognitive efficiency in communication via novel display technologies. TEES Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) meeting, June 20, 2011.

54. Ferris, T. (2011). Multitasking and Interruption Management. Texas A&M Biomedical Engineering Monthly Staff Meeting. June 6, 2011.

55. Ferris, T. (2011). Design of semicontinuous vibrotactile displays to support multitasking. Institute of Industrial Engineers 61st Annual Research Conference and Expo. Reno. May.

56. Ferris, T. (2011). Design to support operator attention management and multitasking performance. Texas A&M Industrial and Systems Engineering Seminar sponsored by Parsons. April.

57. Ferris, T. (2011). Design challenges and successes in supporting operator attention management and multitasking performance. Research seminar sponsored by Texas A&M INFORMS Student Chapter. February.

58. Ferris, T. and Sarter, N. (2011). Novel vibrotactile displays to support monitoring and multitasking during anesthesia. Poster presented at IIE Society for Health Systems (SHS) Conference. Orlando, FL. February.

59. Ferris, T. (2010). Tactile “change blindness”: Implications for vibrotactile display design. IOE 836: Ergonomics Seminar. October.

60. Sarter, N. and Ferris, T. (2010). Multimodal/Tactile Interfaces in Support of Attention Management in Event-Driven Data-Rich Domains. Industrial and Systems Engineering Department Weekly Seminar, The Ohio State University. February.

61. Ferris, T. and Sarter, N. (2009). Initial successes in the development of complex vibrotactile displays for anesthetic monitoring. 2009 University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium. November. First place, Oral presentation competition in Industrial, Operations, and Financial Engineering

62. Ferris, T. (2009). Tactile displays to support attention management in data-rich environments: An application in anesthetic monitoring. IOE 836: Ergonomics Seminar. September.

63. Li, H., Ferris, T., and Sarter, N. (2009). The semantics of touch: How people intuitively perceive and interpret tactile signals. Poster presented at the 10th International Multisensory Research Forum. City College of New York, NYC. June.

64. Ferris, T., Xholi, I., Phillips, J., and Sarter, N. (2009). Supporting attention management and decision making for UAS operations. Michigan/AFRL Collaborative Center in Control Science(MACCCS) Review. Ann Arbor, MI. April.

65. Ferris, T., Takona, L., O’Reilly, M., Szocik, J., and Sarter, N. (2008). Toward the design of complex vibrotactile displays for anesthesia providers. 2008 University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium. November.


66. Ferris, T. (2008). Tacton displays and (machine-mediated) communication via the sense of touch. IOE 491: Multimodal Interfaces. March.

67. Ferris, T. (2007). Tactons in multitask environments: The role of processing code. 2007 University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium. November. First place, Oral presentation competition in Modeling, Operations, and Ergonomics

68. Ferris, T. and Rao, N. (2007). Tacton displays: A novel communication method. Application in multitask environments. IOE 836: Ergonomics Seminar. November.

69. Ferris, T. and Sarter, N. (2006). Crossmodal cuing of visual targets in complex, data-rich domains. Army Research Laboratory Advanced Decision Architectures FY07 Planning and RMB Meeting, Westminster, Colorado. February.

70. Sarter, N., Ferris, T., and Hameed, S. (2006). How to design adaptive multimodal interfaces for future combat operations: Empirical findings and guidelines. Army Research Laboratory Collaborative Technology Alliances Conference (CTAC). Adelphi, MD. April.

71. Sarter, N., Ferris, T., Hameed, S., and Penfold, R. (2006). Adaptive multimodal information presentation. Army Research Laboratory Advanced Decision Architectures FY07 Planning and RMB Meeting, Westminster, Colorado. February.

72. Thomas, G., Fienup, M., Gray, P., Changnon, N., Debbins, P., Dixon, R., Ferris, T., Hirshy, L., Jongedyk, H., Locke, A., Perry, D. Symonds, M., and Tahir, R. (2001). Human control of cooperative robots working on Mars. 11th annual Iowa Space Grant Consortium Conference. Marshalltown, IA.

Features

1. Jones, S. (2016). Ferris develops new course on human error and resilience in biomanufacturing systems for NCTM. Texas A&M Dwight Look College of Engineering News and Events, February 3, 2016. (http://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2016/02/03/ferris-develops-new-course-on-human-error-and-resilience-in-biomanufacturing-systems)

2. Vazquez, J. (2013). Researchers survey Hurricane Sandy survivors to determine how social media is used during crisis. Texas A&M Dwight Look College of Engineering News and Events, August 2, 2013. (http://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2013/08/02/researchers-survey-hurricane-sandy-survivors-to-determine-how-social-media-is-used-during-crisis)

3. Schnettler, T. (2012). A new sense of direction: Pushing the limits of touch to guide individuals in stressful situations (Featured researcher: Thomas Ferris). Texas A&M Engineer Magazine. Fall 2012. (http://engineering.tamu.edu/research/2012/a-new-sense-of-direction).

4. Sparagen, S. L. (2008). HF/E on the college campus: An interview with Thomas Ferris. Ergonomics in Design, Winter 2008.


TEACHING

Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Industrial and Systems Engineering Classes:

Cognitive Systems Engineering (ISEN 631, graduate course): Fall 2012, 2013, 2014; Spring 2015, 2016, 2017

Human Information Processing (ISEN 635, graduate course): Spring 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018

Special Topics in Cognitive Ergonomics (ISEN 689, graduate course): Fall 2011

Human Operator in Complex Systems (ISEN 630, graduate course): Spring 2012, 2013, 2014, Fall 2015, 2016; Summer 2017; Fall 2017

Human Factors and Ergonomics (ISEN 430, undergraduate course): Spring 2015

Human Systems Integration (ISEN 330, undergraduate course): Fall 2016, 2017

Directed Studies (ISEN 685): o D. Kirk Hamilton, Spring 2012 o Swaroop Rajaraman, Spring 2013 o Jayanth Jayaraman, Summer 2013 o Madhuri Sanagaram, Spring 2014 o Soorya Venkatesh, Fall 2014

Directed Studies (ISEN 285, undergraduate) o Matthew Baumgartner, Spring 2013, Spring 2014 o Mahmoud El-Sherif, Spring 2013 o Sarah Mack, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017

Committee Chair:

Shiyan Yang, PhD in ISE, 2016. PhD Thesis: “Quantifying Cognitive Efficiency of Display in Human-Machine Systems” (Post-Doctoral Researcher at Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology in the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California-Berkeley)

Kathryn Tippey, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, PhD in ISEN, 2016. PhD Thesis: “Supporting Multitasking: Evaluation of Novel Input and Output Characteristics to Support Primary and Secondary Task Performance Using Situation Awareness and Mental Workload” (Post-Doctoral Researcher at Vanderbilt University’s Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety)

William (“Trey”) Roady, PhD in ITDE, expected 2017. PhD Thesis: “Creating Intuitive Communication via Vibrotactile Stimuli”

Wil-Johneen Ardoin, Bill and Melinda Gates Scholar, TAMU Diversity Fellow, PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering (ITDE), expected 2018

Youngbo Suh, PhD in ISE, expected 2018

Carolina Rodriguez Paras, PhD in ISE, expected 2018; MS Thesis: “Exploring Physiological Measures for Prediction and Identification of the Redline of Cognitive Workload”, 2015

Sahinya Susindar, PhD in ISE, expected 2019

Johnathan McKenzie, PhD in ISE, expected 2019

Karan Shukla, ME in ISE, 2012

Alan Sonntag, MS (Master of Science) in ISE, 2012

Li Cao, MS in ISE, 2012 (PhD in 2017 from Auburn University, now at Google)

Ricardo Nava, ME in ISE, 2013


Arun Lakshmanan, MS in ISE, 2013

Karthikeyan Kalidasan, MS in ISE, 2013

Albert F Diaz-Fernandez, ME in ISE, 2013

Madhuri Sanagaram, MS in ISE, 2014 (Cummins)

Mayur Pujari, MS in ISE, expected 2014

Vignesh Muralidharan, ME in ISE, 2014

Deepaknatraj Selvaraj, MS in ISE, 2014

Polycarp Kamau, MS in ISE, 2014

Ashwin Krishnamoorthy, MS in ISE, 2014

Martha Lucia Amaya-Rodriguez, ME in ISE, expected 2014

Ting Jiang (co-chair), MS in Mechanical Engineering, 2014

Abinaya Ulagappa, MS in ISE, 2014

Shachi V Pande, MS in ISE, 2014

Sarath Sudhish, MS in ISE, 2014

Noopur Kulkarni, ME in ISE, 2015

Julien Edery (co-chair), MS in ISE, 2015

Swaroop Dinakar, MS in ISEN, 2015 (Crash Safety Research Center, E. Hampton, CT)

Zi Yin, MS in ISEN, 2015

Anshul Mehta, MS in ISEN, 2015 (Xilinx, San Jose, CA)

Lashawn Nevins, GEM Fellow, MS in ISE, 2015 (Michelin, Greenville, SC)

Elayaraj Sivaraj, ME in ISE, 2015 (Tesla Motors)

Armin Seyed Raeis Hosseiny, MS in ISE, 2016 (Ford Motor Company)

Stephanie Casper, MS in Engineering Systems Management (ENSM), 2016

Simon Boyd, MS in ISE, 2016

Seulchan Lee, MS in ISE, 2017

Jili Peng, ME in ISE, expected 2017

Thesis Committee Member:

Gregory Go, MS in Civil Engineering (CVEN), expected 2018

Prerna Jain, PhD in Chemical Engineering (CHEM), expected 2018

Adam Stacy, MS in CVEN, expected 2017

Zachary Burke, MS in Mechanical Engineering (MEEN), expected 2017

Tracey Hanna, MS in CHEM, expected 2018

Marcus Brewer, PhD in CVEN, expected 2017

Wimberly Sloane Hoyle, Doctorate of Public Health (DRPH) in EPIE, expected 2017

Anna Paula Galvao Scheidegger, PhD in ISEN, expected 2018

Shelby Hopkins, MS in Mechanical Engineering, 2017

Hana Warren, MS in CHEM, 2016

Cortlan Wickliff, PhD in ITDE, 2016

Chaoyi Wang, PhD in Kinesiology, 2016

Frank Volpicella, Master of Architecture, 2016

Folami Alamudun, PhD in Computer Science, 2016

Brittany Duncan, PhD in Computer Science Engineering, 2015

Bradford Brimley, PhD in Civil Engineering, 2015

Casady Bowman, PhD in Psychology, 2015

Vasant Srinivasan, PhD in Computer Science Engineering, 2014


Manoj Prasad, PhD in Computer Science Engineering, 2014

Ming Zeng, MS in Chemical Engineering, expected 2016

Antoinette Bumatay, MS in Visualization, 2015

Eric Burke, MS in Visualization, 2015

Grant A. Wilde, MS in Computer Science, 2015

Rhushabh Bhandari, MS in Computer Science, 2015

Angela Marsalia, MS in Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2013 (Texas Instruments)

Undergraduate Research Scholar Advisor:

Mahmoud Mohsen El-Sherif, 2013-2014

William (“Trey”) Roady, 2011-2012

Visiting Researchers Hosted:

Maria Victoria Cabrera, PhD student in Ergonomics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2012 – October 2013 (funded by CAPES: Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education)

Bernardo Bastos da Fonseca, PhD student in Ergonomics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2012 – October 2013 (funded by CAPES)

Short Course Instructor “Human Error and Resilience in Biomanufacturing Systems. Course created for the National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing CIADM Workforce Development Program. Taught at NCTM on January 14-15, 2016 2016

“Clinical Alarm Management and Design” and “Adaptive/adaptable displays”. Courses created for and taught at Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN. (August 11-12, 2014). 2014

“An Introduction to Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing to Support Human Cognition and Performance in the Healthcare Domain”. Course co-created and taught with S. Hameed for Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN. (August 15-16, 2013). 2013

Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan 2008 - 2009 Cognitive Ergonomics (IOE 536, Fall 2008; graduate course) Human Error & Complex System Failures (IOE 434, Winter 2009; graduate/upper-level undergraduate course)

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa 2001 - 2003 Engineering Problem Solving I (Fall 2002 & Fall 2003; undergraduate course)

Faculty Supervisors: Dr. Dennis Bricker (2002) & Dr. Gary Fischer (2003) Engineering II (Spring 2001; undergraduate course)

Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Geb Thomas

Seminar Leader, University of Iowa Fall 2003 Industrial Engineering Freshman and Sophomore Seminar

Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Gary Fischer

Laboratory Manager 2006 - 2010 The Human-automation Interaction and Cognition (THInC) Lab, University of Michigan


HONORS AND AWARDS

Marquis Who’s Who in America 2015

Best Student Paper Award, (co-authored with PhD student Trey Roady), HFES Perception & Performance Technical Group 2013

Finalist, Human Factors Award, annual best paper award for submissions to the journal Human Factors 2011

Distinguished Achievement Award, University of Michigan College of Engineering 2010

WorldHaptics ’09 Award for Best Paper in Haptics Science 2009

HFES Student Member with Honors recognition 2009

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship 2005 - 2008

HFES Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award 2007

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) Ergonomics Center Faculty affiliate 2013 - present

Texas A&M Center for Innovation in Advanced Development & Manufacturing (CIADM), Faculty affiliate 2012 - present

Texas A&M Center for Health Systems & Design (CHSD), Faculty Fellow 2011 - present

Texas A&M Center for Remote Healthcare Technologies and Systems (CRHTS), Faculty affiliate 2015 - present

Alpha Pi Mu Faculty advisor, Texas A&M student chapter 2012 - present

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) 2004 - present Editorial Board, Human Factors Journal 2014 - present Ely Award Selection Committee, Human Factors Journal 2014 Program Committee, HFES Symposium on HF&E in Healthcare, Baltimore, MD Health Information Technology track 2012 Operating Room Human Factors/Ergonomics track 2013, 2014, 2015 Student Member with Honors recognition 2009 Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group (CEDM) 2007 - present

Education Technical Group (ETG) 2007 - present Student Representative, HFES ETG Board 2007 - 2009

Health Care Technical Group (HCTG) 2009 - present Perception and Performance Technical Group (PPTG) 2012 - present Surface Transportation Technical Group (STTG) 2013 - present Session Chair, HCTG, ETG, Student Forum, HFES Ann Mtgs 2008, 2009, 2011 - present HFES Ann Mtg Reviewer (CEDM, ETG, HCTG, PPTG, Student Forum) 2008 - present Volunteer and Events Committee Chair, 2015 Houston-HFES Annual Symposium 2015

Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries Journal Editorial Board 2017 - present


Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) 2002 - 2003, 2011 - present Chair, Human Factors and Ergonomics Track, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research

Conference (ISERC ’14, Montreal) 2013 - 2014 Co-chair, Safety, Human Factors, and Ergonomics Track, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Conference and Exposition (ISERC ’18, Orlando) 2017 - 2018 Proceedings reviewer 2014 - present IIE Society for Health Systems (SHS) 2011 - 2013

Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA) 2009 - 2011

IEEE 2008 - 2011 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) 2008 - 2011 Reviewer, WorldHaptics (sponsored by IEEE RAS) 2009, 2011

American Society for Engineering Education 2011 - 2014

Journal Reviewer Human Factors 2009 - present IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2011, 2013 - present IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A 2011, 2012 IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems 2014, 2015 IEEE Transactions on Haptics 2016 - present Applied Ergonomics 2012, 2014 - present Journal of Laboratory Automation 2013 Journal of Motor Learning and Development 2015 Ergonomics in Design 2013, 2015 Ergonomics 2013, 2014 Presence 2010 Health Environments Research & Design 2013, 2016

Proposal Reviewer National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering (CISE) Directorate 2012, 2016, 2017

Book Reviewer Ergonomics: Foundational Principles, Applications, and Technologies (P. McCauley Bush, Ed.) CRC Press. 2012 American Psychological Association Handbook of Human Systems Integration. (D.A. Boehm-Davis, F.T. Durso, J.D. Lee, Eds.) APA. 2013 Design for People: An Introduction to Human Factors Engineering. (J.D. Lee, C.D. Wickens, Y. Liu, and L. Ng Boyle, Eds.) CreateSpace. 2017

OTHER ACTIVITIES, LEADERSHIP, AND SERVICE

Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering professional fraternity Faculty advisor, Texas A&M student chapter 2012 - present Student member, University of Iowa student chapter 2001 - 2003 President 2003 Vice President 2002

Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISEN) Graduate Committee Member 2011 - 2012


ISEN Undergraduate Committee Member 2012 - present

ISEN PhD Qualifying Exam Committee Member 2015 - 2016

ISEN Faculty-Students Interaction Committee Member 2012 - 2014

ISEN Departmental Growth Committee Member 2013 - 2014

ISEN Faculty Search Committee Member 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 Chair, Cognitive Systems position (2012 - 2013)

Faculty advisor, Aggie Disc Golf Association 2014 - present

Panelist, Interviewing Dos and Don’ts, HFES 55th Annual Meeting 2011

American Red Cross Volunteer 2004 - present Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, office work, featured pianist at ARC events

College Station Independent School District (CSISD) Volunteer 2015 - present Celebrity Chef representing Rock Prairie Elementary School in CSISD’s 50 Men Who Can Cook fundraiser benefiting CSISD’s Educational Foundation) 2016, 2017, 2018

NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

Thomas K. Ferris, Private Consultant 2014 – present Expert witness testimony, industry short course developer

Process Engineer January - August 2004 John Deere Engine Works, Waterloo, IA

Manufacturing Engineering Intern Summer 2000 Telex Communications, Inc., Lincoln, NE

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