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HUMAN FACTORS AND
ERGONOMICS SOCIETY
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PRESIDENT-ELECT
WILLIAM S. MARRAS
SCOTT A. SHAPPELL
JOEL S. WARM
WILLIAM S. MARRAS
Present positions
The Ohio State U. (OSU)
Honda Chair Professor, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering
Director, Spine Research Institute & Biodynamics Laboratory
Executive director, Institute for Ergonomics
Work experience
The Ohio State U. (OSU)
2012-present
Director, Spine Research Institute
2007-present
Director, Center for Occupational Health in Auto Manufacturing
1998-present
Honda Chair Professor, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering,
Joint professorship appointments in Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation)
1992-98
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
1992-present
Executive director, Institute for Ergonomics
1987-92
Associate professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Joint appointment, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1982-87
Assistant professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering,
1982-present
Director, Biodynamics Laboratory
Education
Ph.D.
Bioengineering and ergonomics, Wayne State U., Detroit, MI, 1982
M.S.I.E.
Industrial engineering, Wayne State U., Detroit, MI, 1978
B.S.
Systems engineering/human factors engineering, Wright State U., Dayton, OH 1976
Current HFES activities
Track editor, Human Factors
Chair, Human Factors Prize Committee
HFES delegate to the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) and member, IEA Representatives
Committee
Current activities in other professional organizations
Deputy editor, Spine
Senior editor, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science
Editorial board member, Clinical Biomechanics, The Spine Journal, Occupational Ergonomics, Journal of
Electromyography and Kinesiology, European Spine Journal, and Human Factors and
Manufacturing
Member, National Panel on Ballistics Science and the Army Research Laboratory, National Research
Council, National Academies, Washington, D.C.
Advisory board member, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and
Education, National Research Council, National Academies, Washington, D.C.
Accomplishments and contributions to the profession
HFES
Editor-in-chief, Human Factors, 2010-13
Associate editor, Human Factors, 2001-10
Member, editorial board, Human Factors, 1986-93; 1995-present
Member, Scientific Publications Committee, 2010-13
Secretary-treasurer, 2007
Executive Council, 2006-08
HFES delegate to IEA (IEA Representatives Committee chair), 2006-09
Chair, Industrial Ergonomics TG (IETG) (now Occupational Ergonomics), 1989-90
Program chair, IETG, 1996-97
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS)
Member, Executive Committee, 2001-04
Cochair, Surgical Course Committee, 2006-12
Chair, Scientific Research, 2004-12
National Research Council (The National Academies)
Steering Committee member, Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, 1998-99
Member, Committee on Human Factors, 1999-2012
Member, Musculoskeletal Disorders Committee, National Research Council/Institute of Medicine,
1999-2001
Chair, Committee on Human Factors, 2006-08
Member, Recruitment of Youth in the Military Committee, 2004-06
Chair, Committee on Human-Systems Integration, 2009-10
Chair, Board on Human-Systems Integration, 2010-11
Member, Soldier Systems Panel, 2009-present
Member, The National Academies (National Research Council), Advisory Committee Division of
Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, 2012-present
Member, National Academies (National Academy of Engineering), peer review committee, 2011-14
Chair, Essential Components of Self-Escape in Mining Committee, 2011-13
Member, National Academies Panel on Ballistics Science and Engineering at the Army Research
Laboratory, 2013-14
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Proposal reviewer, Safety and Occupational Health Study Section, 1991-98
North American Research Agenda (NORA) Musculoskeletal Committee, 1997-2003
North American Research Agenda (NORA II) Manufacturing Sector Committee, 2010-11
Publications
More than 210 refereed journal publications
Eight books, including the Occupational Ergonomics Handbook (2 editions) and The Working Back:
A Systems View
Notable presentations (selected)
TEDx Talk: Back Pain and Your Brain, 2013
Commencement address, U. of Waterloo, 2004
Honors and Awards (selected)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE), elected 2009
Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award, HFES, 1999
Paul M. Fitts Education Award, HFES, 2009
Dr. David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1992
Alice Hamilton Science Award (Outstanding Scientific Publication), NIOSH, 2003
Liberty Mutual Prize, 2003
Volvo Award for Low Back Pain Research, 1993; 2002
Dr. Sci. (honoris causa), University of Waterloo, 2004
Fellow, HFES, 1995
Fellow, Ergonomics Society, 1999
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 1999
Fellow, International Ergonomics Association, 2007
Fellow, American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2010
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2013
Certifications
CPE (Certified Professional Ergonomist), BCPE
F. Erg. S. (Professional Ergonomics Registration), The Ergonomics Society, United Kingdom
Statement of goals/directions for HFES
My overarching goal for HFES is to ensure that we remain a relevant society in a rapidly changing
world. In order to do this we need to make sure that HFES provides value to both the academic and applied
membership as well as provide a welcoming environment to those interested in learning about our
profession. I believe this can be accomplished through several efforts:
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Facilitate and disseminate high-quality multidisciplinary research through modern, varied
media mechanisms
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Encourage many more practitioners to interact with HFES
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Focus on translation of research to those who can use it and encourage interaction
between researchers and practitioners
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Reach out to young potential members to get involved in HFES and encourage newer
members to take on leadership roles in the Society
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Ensure that HFES remains relevant on the national and international stages
SCOTT A. SHAPPELL
Current position
Professor and chair, Department of Human Factors and Systems, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U., Daytona Beach, FL
Work experience
2012-present
Professor and chair, Department of Human Factors and Systems, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U.
2005-12
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson U.
2003-09
Captain, U.S. Navy Reserve, U.S. Naval Safety Center, assigned as special assistant to
Commander, Naval Safety Center
1998-2005
Manager, Human Factors Research Branch, FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
1998-2003
Commander, U.S. Navy Reserve, U.S. Naval Safety Center, assigned as Reserve Chief,
Human Factors Branch
1997-98
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval Safety Ctr, assigned as Chief, Human Factors
Branch
1993-97
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, Commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic Fleet assigned as
Force Aerospace Psychologist/Aeromedical Safety Officer
1989-92
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory assigned as Aerospace
Experimental Psychologist
1988-89
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Flight Surgeon/Aerospace
Psychologist training
Education
Ph.D., neuroscience, U. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 1990
B.S., psychology, Wright State U., Dayton, OH, 1983
Current HFES activities
Member, Jerome Ely Human Factors Article Award Subcommittee, 2008-present
Member, Aerospace Systems and Safety Technical Groups
Significant contributions to the profession
HFES offices and positions
Chair, Outreach Division, 2011-13
Secretary-treasurer-elect, 2009
Secretary-treasurer, 2010
Immediate past secretary-treasurer, 2011
Member, Jerome Ely Human Factors Article Award Subcommittee, 2007-present
Member, Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award Subcommittee, 2008
Colloquium chair 1997-2000
Workshops chair 2000-02
Scholarship
Published more than 65 manuscripts, co-authored one best-selling book, and gave more than 150 presentations, invited
papers, and keynote addresses in the field of human factors.
Honors and awards
1996
Society of U.S. Naval Flight Surgeons, Sonny Carter Memorial Award for excellence in aviation safety
1999
Naval Operational Medical Institute Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence (awarded twice)
2002
Aerospace Human Factors Association, Williams E. Collins Award for the outstanding publication in the field of
human factors
2002
Flight Safety Foundation, International, Admiral Louis de Florez Award for significant contributions to aviation
safety and accident prevention
2003
Aerospace Medical Association, Harry G. Moseley Award for significant contributions to human factors and
aerospace safety
2010
Aerospace Medical Association, Henry L. Taylor Founder’s Award for outstanding contributions in the field of
aerospace human factors
2011
Aerospace Medical Association, Raymond F. Longacre Award for outstanding accomplishment in the
psychological and psychiatric aspects of aerospace medicine
Academic journal activities
Consulting editor, The International Journal of Aviation Psychology
Associate editor, Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
Ad hoc reviewer, Human Factors, Military Psychology, Air Traffic Review Quarterly, and International Journal
of Aviation Studies
Book reviewer, American Scientist
Military awards as U.S. Navy Aerospace Psychologist
Navy Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards); Navy Commendation Medal (2 awards); Navy Achievement Medal
Activities in other professional societies
American Psychological Association
Elected Fellow 2009
2008 past president, Division 21 – Applied Engineering and Experimental Psychology
Secretary/treasurer, Division 21, 2003-07; 2010-13
Member, Division 19 – Military Psychology
Aerospace Medical Association
Fellow, elected 2001
Scientific program chair, 2004
Professional member, Association of System Safety Engineers
Member, International Society of Air Safety Investigators
Member, Institute of Industrial Engineers
Goals/direction for HFES
Having served HFES in many positions, most recently as the secretary-treasurer and as chair of the Outreach
Division, I am excited to be running for president at a time when HFES is doing so well. As a past secretary-treasurer, I’m
proud to report that our membership has remained stable, finances are solid, and annual and regional meetings have been a
huge success! However, having been the president of two other organizations, I realize that prosperity can be fleeting.
Unless an organization continues to attract the best and brightest in the field, it runs the risk of becoming stale, leading to
decreases in membership and effectiveness within the community it serves. Therefore, if elected, the cornerstone of my
time in office will be to increase HFES membership, strengthen international outreach, and continue student advocacy.
Indeed, there is very little that we do that is not tied to these three goals.
One way to positively affect these goals is to leverage technology to improve our member services and
dissemination of our science to the rest of the world. Over the last few years, HFES has used technology to "push" relevant
information and resources to our membership, in the form of digital access to publications and free webinars. I hope to
expand on these initiatives and explore new ways to disseminate information, not only between members but also between
our membership and the outside world of designers, lawmakers, regulatory agencies, and end-users. Social networking,
apps, etc., are opening up a whole new world for our community to interact with each other and the world.
So why vote for me when there are two other excellent candidates for president? Good question. What makes me
unique is my diverse background. Although a neuroscientist by training, I have always been a staunch advocate of applied
human factors. For example, I have published in a variety of areas of human factors, including fatigue, performance,
human error, and accident investigation. I also have experience across a broad range of occupations, including the military,
federal government, legal consulting, and academia. As you might expect, my publications and presentations reflect my
diverse interest in human factors and ergonomics, as does my active participation in many organizations within our field
(e.g., HFES, Aerospace Medical Association, Aerospace Human Factors Association; American Psychological
Association, and Association of System Safety Engineers). Within these organizations I have been a vocal advocate of
human factors and have consistently sought and held leadership positions, which have provided me the opportunity to
make a difference within our field.
However, what I am most proud of is that within all of those organizations I have always focused on membership,
students, and international outreach. Frankly, if we don’t attract the best students and members from around the world we
are destined to be a niche group with little power to move our field to the forefront.
I’m very honored to be nominated and running for president of HFES and look forward to serving HFES and the
community for many years to come.
JOEL S. WARM
Present position
Senior scientist (ST), Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
Distinguished Researcher, U. of Dayton, Research Inst. (UDRI), Human Factors Group
Work experience
2013-present
Distinguished Researcher, Human Factors Group, UDRI
2008-present
Professor emeritus of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1975-2008
Professor, Dept. of Psychology, U. of Cincinnati
1972-75
Associate professor, Dept. of Psychology, U. of Cincinnati
1967-72
Assistant professor, Dept. of Psychology, U. of Cincinnati
1965-67
Postdoctoral Fellow in human factors, U. of Louisville
1958-60
Research associate, U.S. Army Medical Research Laboratory, Fort Knox, KY
Education
Ph.D., experimental psychology, U. of Alabama, 1966
M.S., psychology, City College of New York, 1958
B.S., psychology, City College of New York, 1956
Current HFES Offices/Committees/Activities
Associate editor, Human Factors, 2010-present
Current offices other professional organizations
Member, editorial board, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science
Most Significant Contributions to the Profession
Offices held
President, Division 21 Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology, American Psychological
Association, 2011-12
Director, Doctoral Program Specialization in Human Factors, Dept. of Psychology, U. of Cincinnati, 19802005; program founder, 1980
Director of Graduate Studies, Basic Science, Dept. of Psychology, U. of Cincinnati, 1999-2005
Member, National Academy, National Research Council, Committee on Human Systems Integration,
2003-09
Member, National Academy, National Research Council, Committee on Soldier Systems, 2007-09
Member, Annual Meeting Proposal Review Committee, HFES Perception and Performance TG (2000-08)
Chair, HFES Accreditation Review Panel, 2006
Member, Jerome Ely Human Factors Article Award Subcommittee, 2005-08
Chair, HFES Visual Performance TG 1998-99
President, HFES Tri-State Chapter, 1988-89
Secretary, HFES Tri-State Chapter, 1983-87; chapter cofounder 1983
Cochair, Third Mid-Central/Human Factors Conference, Miami U., 1986
Awards
Distinguished Mentoring Award, 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air
Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 2012
Franklin V. Taylor Award for lifetime distinguished contributions to Applied Experimental and
Engineering Psychology, American Psychological Association Division 21, 2010
Admiral Leland S. Kollmorgan Spirit of Innovation Award for outstanding contributions made in the field
of augmented cognition, HFES Augmented Cognition Technical Group, 2010
HFES Jerome Ely Human Factors Article Award, 2006
HFES Paul M. Fitts Education Award, 2005
Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring Award, U. of Cincinnati, 2001
Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Research, U. of Cincinnati, 1995
Hewett Award for distinguished contributions to undergraduate students, Department of Psychology, U. of
Cincinnati, 1986, 2008
Distinguished Faculty Award – Outstanding Scientist – University of Cincinnati Chapter, Psi Chi National
Honorary Society, 1984
Best Paper Award, Society of Cosmetic Chemists, 1992
Distinguished Scientist of the Year Award, Technical Societies Council of Cincinnati, 1989
Honors
Receipt of an IHO (in honor of) on the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and
Brain Sciences Web site (FABBS) honoring eminent senior scientists who have made important
and lasting contributions to the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior, 2014
Membership in the FABBS gallery of scientists
Current appointment in the Air Force Research Laboratory as senior scientist at the ST level (civilian
equivalent of Brigadier General), one of the few such appointment in the Air Force
Current appointment as Distinguished Researcher, Human Factors Group, U. of Dayton Research Institute
Festschrift for Joel S. Warm, U. of Cincinnati 2008, sponsored by the American Psychological Assn., the
Air Force Research Laboratory, and the U. of Cincinnati
Honorary Life Member for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology, Southern Society for Philosophy
and Psychology, 2007
Invited speaker, APA Division of Applied Experimental Psychology (Division 21), 2006
Fellow, HFES, 1997
Fellow, American Psychological Society, 1990
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1986
Fellow, American Psychological Association Divisions, 1, and 3, 1982
Fellow, American Psychological Association Division 21, 2012
Chair, Fellows of the Graduate School, U. of Cincinnati, 1998-99
President, U. of Cincinnati Chapter, Sigma Xi, 1993
President, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1991-92
Member, Panel on Workload Transition, National Academy, National Research Council, Committee on
Human Factors, 1989-90
Member, Fellows of the Graduate School, U. of Cincinnati 1984-present
Distinguished Summer Faculty Fellow, Naval Air Warfare Center, Human Factors Technology Branch,
Warminster, PA, 1992-93
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Council, National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health, W.H. Taft Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, 1986-87
Other
Established the largest laboratory for research on vigilance (sustained attention) in the U.S. Secured 1.5
million dollars in funding, including support from NASA, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development
Command, U.S. Army Multi-University Research Program, Army Institute of Research, U.S. Naval Air
Warfare Center, and the Department of Defense Military Operational Research Program.
Scholarly production
4 books (Psychology of Perception with W. N. Dember; Sustained Attention in Human Performance, J. S.
Warm, editor; Ergonomics and Human Factors: Recent Research, co-edited with L.S. Mark, &
R.L. Huston; and Viewing Psychology as a Whole: The Integrative Science of William N.
Dember, co-edited with R.R. Hoffman & M.F. Sherrick)
40 book chapters
120 articles in refereed journals
65 invited addresses
276 meeting presentations
Special issue of Human Factors (co-edited with R. Parasuraman)
Invited article on vigilance, Human Factors, 50th Anniversary special issue, 2008
Article on stress with Peter Hancock rated among the top ten articles in the history of the Human Factors,
in N. J. Cooke & E. Salas (eds.), Best of Human Factors, HFES, 2008
Referee for 18 journals, including Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied; Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Human Perception and Performance; Attention, Perception and Psychophysics;
Psychological Bulletin; Science; Ergonomics; Applied Ergonomics; Kronoscope;
Canadian Acoustics Journal; American Journal of Psychology, Applied; Cognitive
PsychologyCognition and Consciousness; Journal of Clinical and Experimental
Neuropsychology; and Military Psychology
Chair of 46 doctoral dissertation committees and 56 master’s thesis committees
Many of my students have gone on to very successful careers in the human factors field. They have
positions in eminent academic institutions featuring strong human factors programs including, the
U.S. Air Force Academy, University of Canterbury, University of Central Florida, George Mason
University, Old Dominion University, and Texas Tech. Others have important positions in
industrial organizations such as IBM, Honeywell, and Microsoft, and government and military
operations, including the Air Force Research Laboratory, The Institute for Defense Analysis, The
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, The National Institute of Occupational Health, the
Naval Medical Research Unit-Dayton, and Sandia National Laboratories. Four of my former
students are currently members of the editorial board of Human Factors and a fifth former student
has just completed a long tour on that editorial board.
Statement of goals/directions for HFES
• A primary goal of my presidency will be to enhance the viability of HFES in an increasingly competitive
world in which the term human factors is often poorly understood, and individuals from other disciplines
offer services that we would normally provide. One way would be to work with the Federation of
Associations in Brain and Behavioral Sciences, an organization that seeks human factors solutions to a
variety of problems from many disciplines. Based on talks with colleagues and my own direct observations,
I believe that the number of undergraduate psychology programs that offer courses in human factors and
the number of psychology graduate training programs in human factors is shrinking. This is a serious threat
to the viability of our profession because future generations of students will not be aware of our field. My
own experience as a teacher and invited lecturer indicates that the human factors field can excite
undergraduate students in terms of content and in terms of the choice of a profession. Accordingly, I would
focus on promoting human factors education at the undergraduate and graduate levels and, where possible,
even at the K-12 levels, to ensure recognition of our profession in future generations.
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A related goal concerns the employment of our graduates. The majority of them find positions in industry
or in government. Few young professionals seek positions in academia, and many currently active faculty
are aging. This is a terribly serious concern for our discipline because if there are no faculty to provide
instruction/mentoring there will be no training programs, and our discipline will eventually wither away.
Consequently, a key goal for my presidency will be to replace human factors programs that have been
discontinued and to find ways to encourage young Ph.D.s to pursue academic careers in the human factors
field.
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Scholarly organizations often have either a basic-science or an applied-science focus. HFES is unique
because it represents one of the rare scholarly endeavors in which basic science and professional
application are closely entwined. It is this mutual interaction that gives HFES its power and strength but
also can lead to conflict. Another goal for my presidency would be to bring the two major components of
HFES still closer together by emphasizing the view “Human Factors and Ergonomics One Theme One
Enterprise.” I believe that I am well qualified to accomplish that goal. I have an extensive background in
basic science, and my major contribution to research in HF/E is in vigilance or sustained attention, an area
that necessarily integrates basic science and applied concerns. In addition, I have had wide-ranging
experience in working with diverse interest groups in medicine and engineering, and I have functioned
effectively with a variety of military, federal, and industrial research organizations, including the Taft
Laboratory of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Proctor and Gamble, AT&T, and
JXT Applications, Inc. My current positions in the Air Force Research Laboratory and UDRI provide ideal
opportunities to blend human factors activities in the military, industrial, and academic worlds.
SECRETARY-TREASURER-ELECT
BRUCE BRADTMILLER
CHRISTOPHER B. MAYHORN
ROBERT G. RADWIN
BRUCE BRADTMILLER
Present position
President, Anthrotech, Inc., Yellow Springs, OH
Work experience
1992-present
Anthrotech, Inc.*
President
1987-92
Anthrotech, Inc.
Research principal
1984-87
Anthrotech, Inc.
Research associate
1983-84
Anthrotech, Inc.
Research assistant
1982-83
U. of Tennessee
Visiting assistant professor
1980-81
U. of Wisconsin
Lecturer
1976-82
Northwestern U.
Lecturer
*Until 1999, Anthrotech was known as Anthropology Research Project, Inc.
Education
Ph.D., 1984, physical anthropology, Northwestern U., Evanston, IL
M.A., 1976, physical anthropology, Northwestern U., Evanston, IL
B.A., 1975, anthropology and French, Indiana U., Bloomington, IN
Current HFES activities
Division Chair, Technical Standards Division, 2008–present
Chair, HFES Institute Board of Supervisors, 2008–present
U.S. expert appointed to ISO Technical Committee 159, Ergonomics, Subcommittee 3, Anthropometry and
Biomechanics, 1998–present
Liaison from ISO TC159/SC3 to ISO TC133, 2012–present
Member, U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO TC159/SC3, 1999–present
Contributor to HFES Bulletin
Reviewer for Ergonomics in Design
Reviewer for Human Factors
Current activities in other professional organizations
Member, American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Reviewer, Applied Ergonomics
Reviewer, Ergonomics
Member, SAFE Association
Contributions to the profession
Research areas
Applied anthropometry, anthropometry of people with disabilities, digital human modeling, anthropometric
methods, 3D body-scanning methods, application of anthropometric data to design
Papers, conference proceedings, contract reports, book chapters
Approximately 120; list available upon request
Awards
International Ergonomics Association - Liberty Mutual Prize in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2002
NIOSH – Bullard-Sherwood Award for Research2Practice, 2006
NIOSH – Alice Hamilton Award for Excellence in Occupational Safety and Health, 2006
Best Paper Award – 9th International Congress on Physiological Anthropology, Delft, Netherlands, 2008
Volunteer professional positions
Member, Society of Automotive Engineers International G-13 Committee on Digital Human Modeling,
1994-2003
Program Chair, Society of Automotive Engineers International – Digital Human Modeling Conference,
2005
Session Chair, 1st International Digital Human Modeling Symposium, Lyon, France, 2011
Session Chair, 2nd International Digital Human Modeling Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, 2013
Session Chair, 3rd International Digital Human Modeling Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
Invited lectures
Seoul National U., Seoul South Korea
Korean Clothing and Textile Society
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
Cornell U.
U. of Michigan
Indiana U.
The Ohio State U.
U. of Windsor
Goals/direction for HFES
The secretary-treasurer of HFES (for which the “–elect” position is an understudy) is charged with
“chairing the Finance and Budget Committee” and overseeing the executive director in “managing the finances of
the Society,” and therefore should have a strong competence in financial oversight. For more than 20 years I have
owned and run a successful business, where financial management is key to survival. In addition, for 8 years I was
president of the Yellow Springs Community Foundation (a nonprofit, assets $10M), where oversight of investments
was one of my responsibilities. As a result of these experiences, I have the background in both day-to-day financial
management and long-term strategic investing. Sound financial management and strategic investments – not only in
financial products, but investments in innovative programs and outreach efforts – are key to the Society’s long-term
success, especially in an era of shrinking travel budgets. I believe I can be useful in shaping the changes that will
inevitably occur in the next decade.
Second, I’d like to help the Society explore ways to transition our high-quality science into practice in the
workplace. The creation of standards, both national and international, is one way to do this, and this is the area in
which I’ve been most heavily involved. Our excellent publication, Ergonomics in Design, is another way we can get
the science out of the laboratory and into the world. Increasing the number and quality of workshops and training
opportunities at the Annual Meeting will also help to address this need, and will have a positive impact on the
budget as well. The practical utility of the work our researchers do sets apart human factors from other professions.
We should be maximizing our impact in this area.
Finally, I would like to be a part of the Executive Council as it increases engagement with the membership.
The current Council is committed to engaging the membership on a deeper level, and I’d like to be a part of that
process. For the first five years of my association with HFES, I was that unengaged member who attended meetings
and read the journal, but didn’t do much else. Since I’ve become more involved, I’ve seen how much richer the
experience can be. An engaged membership will ensure that the Society stays as strong as the science.
CHRISTOPHER B. MAYHORN
Present position
Full professor, Psychology Department, North Carolina State U. (NCSU), Raleigh, NC
Work experience
2013-present
Full professor, Psychology Department, NCSU
2007-present
Graduate program coordinator for HF/E, Department of Psychology, NCSU
2007-13
Associate professor, Psychology Department, NCSU
2002-07
Assistant professor, Psychology Department, NCSU
2000-02
Postdoctoral fellow in Human Factors & Aging, School of Psychology, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
1999-2000
Lead research specialist, Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, Emory U., Atlanta, GA
1996-98
Research associate, Center for Cognitive Aging Research, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1992-99
Graduate research assistant, Department of Psychology and The Gerontology Center, U. of
Georgia, Athens, GA
Education
Ph.D., cognitive/experimental psychology, U. of Georgia, 1999
M.S., cognitive/experimental psychology, U. of Georgia, 1995
Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, U. of Georgia, 1995
B.A., psychology, The Citadel, 1992
Current HFES activities
Since 2011 I have served as the Technical Program Chair for the Annual Meeting. Presently, I am the
incoming president of the Carolinas Chapter. I also currently serve as the secretary-treasurer of the Safety TG and
locally, I am the faculty adviser for the NCSU Student Chapter. Recently, I was selected to serve on the editorial
board of Human Factors.
Current activities in other professional associations
Member, External Advisory Committee for the PhD Program, UNIDCOM/IADE, IADE-- Instituto de Arte, Design
e Empresa - Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal, 2013-present
Member, Board of Thesis Examiners at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India, 2013-present
Member, Program Committee of HotSoS (First Annual Symposium and Bootcamp on the Science of Security),
2013-present
Member, National Membership Committee of Sigma Xi, 2010-present
Judge of student posters, Sigma Xi Annual Meeting, 2010-present
Contributions to the profession
Member, Scientific Committee of the UNIDCOM / IADE’s 7th International Conference’s – Senses & Sensibility in
Florianópolis: Design, Marketing, Advertising, Photography and Visual Culture held at UFSC Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Brazil, Northern Fall/Southern Spring, 2013
President, HFES Carolinas Chapter, 2008-10
Chair, HFES Council of Technical Groups (COTG), 2007-08
Chair, HFES Student Forum, 2009-11
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, COTG, 2007-08
Member, HFES Chapter Affairs Committee, 2009-13
Member, HFES Government Relations Committee, 2008-13
Member, HFES Local Chapter Award Subcommittee, 2005-13
Director, HFES Carolina Chapter, 2005-07, 2011-13
HFES Technical Group on Aging:
Chair, 2005-07
Secretary-treasurer, 2004-05
Program chair, 2005
Co-editor of newsletter, 2002-03
Web site development team
Interactionary judge for 2005 World Usability Day, Usability Professionals Assn.
Goals/directions for HFES
In my opinion, HFES is a unique organization because it has facilitated the interaction between researchers
and practitioners interested in improving human performance. By bringing together interested parties such as
industry leaders, academics, and government agencies over the past 50+ years, HFES has served as a venue for
promoting safety, improving work productivity, and increasing device usability. Our members have been actively
involved in promoting HFES engagement in a variety of contexts such as health care, transportation, and
technology. In short, HFES has worked hard to improve the quality of life inside and outside of the workplace.
To maintain this upward trajectory by matching (and, hopefully, exceeding) these phenomenal activities
and achievements during the next 50 years, HFES has to maintain its activities in promoting the profession.
Unfortunately, as a result of the recent economic downturn, all organizations, including HFES, are now facing
significant hurdles in achieving their long-term strategic goals. We are all faced with professional needs that are best
summarized with the now all-too-familiar phrase, “doing more with less.” In deciding how to accomplish its
mission, the leadership of HFES will be asked to make some difficult decisions in terms of resource allocation and
strategic planning. The next secretary-treasurer (and others that will follow) will be thrust into a complex and multifaceted budgetary situation that will call for flexibility, creativity, and patience.
Given my previous experience within HFES and other organizations, such as IEA and UPA, I believe that I
can serve our organization well in the capacity of secretary-treasurer. Having served at the national and local level in
a variety of offices within HFES, I believe that I can offer an informed perspective that will represent the value and
goals of the membership when resource-related decisions are discussed within the Executive Council. If elected, my
goals include bringing needed transparency to the office by soliciting general membership feedback to supplement
the reports from the Finance and Budget Committee. Having already established a working relationship with HFES
Central Office staff members during my current and previous elected posts within HFES, I should be able to “hit the
ground running” when tasked with monitoring the financial health of our organization and meeting budgetary goals
that involve developing innovative solutions.
I am honored to accept the nomination to run for office and, if elected, I look forward to serving you.
ROBERT G. RADWIN
Present position
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, U. of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Work experience
U. of Wisconsin
1987–91
Assistant professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
1991–95
Associate professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
1995–present
Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
1996–99
Program director, Biomedical Engineering
1999–present
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
1999–2010
Founding chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
2004–present
Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Faculty Fellow, 2011-present
Education
Ph.D., industrial and operations engineering, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986
M.S., bioengineering, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1979
M.S.E., electrical and computer engineering, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1979
B.S., electrical engineering, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, 1975
Current HFES activities
Associate editor for reviews, Human Factors
Member, Scientific Publications Committee
Member, Occupational Ergonomics, Health Care, and Education Technical Groups
Current activities in other professional organizations
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Human Factors Engineering Committee, ANSI HE75
Standard for Human Factors Design of Medical Devices
Contributions to the profession
Certification
Board Certification in Ergonomics, CPE No. 145
Honors
Fellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers
Fellow, Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors
Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society
Fellow, American Industrial Hygiene Association
Senior member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Senior member, Institute of Industrial Engineers
Awards
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation
Engineering Alumni Society Merit Award in Biomedical Engineering, U. of Michigan
Ragnar E. Onstad Service to Society Award
Professional activities
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the
Workplace, 1999-2000
Safety and Occupational Health Study Section, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
2007-12
National Research Council, Committee on Human Factors, 2001-06
National Research Council Committee on the External Evaluation of NIDRR and Its Grantees, 2010-12
Previous HFES offices
Chair, Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group, 1994
Annual Meeting reviewer, 1990-96, 2010-14
Annual Meeting session chair, 1991-2013
Goals/direction for HFES
The opportunity for HF/E to profoundly impact the world stands before us, yet the mission of HF/E
remains relatively obscure to many of those who can benefit the most. Today, technology and humans interact in
unprecedented ways that the founders of HF(E)S could have never imagined. These new types of interactions will
undeniably revolutionize humanity and affect how we interact with our world, our work, and each other. Yet the
HF/E discipline is relatively unknown beyond the boundaries of our own professional circles. As the premier
professional society, HFES holds the key.
Recent disasters involving ferries, trains, health-care Web sites, cruise ships, misprogrammmed medical
instruments, and nuclear reactor responses to a tsunami, all emphasize the point. Although some fields have fully
embraced HF/E, many that need to have not. The ways that HFES promotes and advocates HF/E has to be
reassessed. Recently, HFES has made some very positive advances, but there is much more for us to do. Our role as
members of HFES is critical, and the potential solutions we bring to promoting the field are imperative. Advocacy,
outreach, and education should continue to play a prominent part of the role of HFES in promoting HF/E.
We need to better reach out to higher education about the importance of HF/E to students in engineering,
medicine, computer science, the sciences, and all technological disciplines, about studying HF/E as part of their
educational foundation. We need to better reach out to entrepreneurs, innovators, and industry leaders about the
importance of our discipline in technology and design. We must better reach out to young students in K-12 about
HF/E in our technological world and about opportunities our field holds for them as they start to think about their
future careers. Finally, we must reach out to policy makers in Washington and government about the importance of
advancing the field of HF/E. HFES is the organization that can best represent the field, and we must work to help
move our field to more prominence.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AT-LARGE MEMBERS
ANN M. BISANTZ
SARA J. CZAJA
KERMIT G. DAVIS
WALDEMAR KARWOWSKI
RAJA PARASURAMAN
JAMES L. SZALMA
ANN M. BISANTZ
Present position
Professor and chair, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State U.. of New
York, Buffalo, NY
Work experience
U. at Buffalo, The State U. of New York, 1997-present
Chair, 2012-present
Professor, 2011-present
Associate professor, 2003-10
Undergraduate program director, 2003-08
Assistant professor, 1997-2003
Education
Ph.D., industrial and systems engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997
M.S., industrial engineering, U. at Buffalo, 1991
B.S., industrial engineering, U. at Buffalo, 1989
Current HFES offices, committees, activities
Associate editor, Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
Member, editorial board, Human Factors
Current activities in other professional organizations
IE Research Conference Doctoral Colloquium cochair/chair, 2014-15, Council of IE Academic Department Heads
(CIEDAH)
Significant contributions to the profession
HFES Fellow, elected in 2013
Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group 2003-12
Technical Group chair
Program chair, program chair-elect
Secretary-treasurer 2003-12
Associate editor, IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics
Associate editor, Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
Advising more than 25 Ph.D. and M.S. students in HF
Goals/directions for HFES
I am interested in the at-large Executive Council position in order to continue to advance HFES as both a
society and a discipline. Throughout the past 10 years, I’ve made substantive contributions to the Society through
my editorial contributions, and as chair and program chair of a large technical group. This position will provide a
new opportunity for me to contribute to the human factors field.
In this role, my goals and directions for the Society would derive from experience as an educator of new
human factors professionals and academics as well as my position as a university department chair. In particular, I
am interested in ensuring strong and continuing academic programs that incorporate both in-depth human factors
principles and method and applications, regardless of academic home. This is crucial in order to continue to produce
both practitioners and researchers who can address growing challenges regarding the design of safe and effective
systems and workplaces.
There are specific challenges regarding human factors as an academic discipline: its multidisciplinary
nature means that it does not have a single home across universities, and it may be difficult to have a critical mass of
faculty and students to maintain program continuity. Untenured faculty members must be able to make a strong case
for their research impact, often to senior faculty with different academic backgrounds and expectations. HFES
should be a leader in addressing these issues by making stronger and more formal connections with academic
structures. For instance, within industrial engineering, several other professional societies have institutionalized
support for Ph.D. students and new faculty, through events such as colloquia for new faculty and doctoral students
and poster competitions at annual conferences. They hold meetings of academic department or program heads in
conjunction with the research conferences. They regularly host sessions by funding-agency program managers to
provide either general funding overviews or specific proposal-writing guidance, for both new and more-senior
faculty. I hope to move HFES towards this level of engagement through participation on the Executive Council.
SARA J. CZAJA
Present position
Leonard M. Miller Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, U. of Miami School of Medicine,
Miami, FL
Scientific director, Center on Aging, U. of Miami School of Medicine
Secondary appointments in Department of Industrial Engineering, Department of Psychology, U. of Miami
Work experience
2011- present
Leonard M. Miller Professor (with tenure), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
2011- present
Scientific director, Center on Aging, U. of Miami Miller School of Medicine
1999- present
Director, Center on Research and Education for Aging and Technology (CREATE)
2002-11
Co-director, Center on Aging, and professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
2007
Visiting scholar, Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Columbia U.
1993-99
Director, Miami Center on Human Factors and Aging Research
1994-present
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, U. of Miami
1989-94
Associate professor (tenured), Department of Industrial Engineering, U. of Miami
1997-99
Director, Graduate Studies, Department of Industrial Engineering, U. of Miami
1986-91
Associate professor (tenured), Department of Industrial Engineering, State U. of New York at
Buffalo
1983-2007
President, Applied Ergonomics Group, Buffalo, NY
1987-93
Research director, Stein Gerontological Institute, Miami, FL
1983-89
Senior research associate, Advanced Automation Concepts, Buffalo, NY
1980-83,
Senior research associate, Buffalo Organization for Social and Technological Innovation (BOSTI),
Buffalo, NY
Education
Ph.D., industrial engineering/human factors, State U. of New York at Buffalo, 1980
M.S., industrial engineering, State U. of New York at Buffalo, 1976
B.S., psychology, State U. of New York at Buffalo, 1975
Current HFES offices/committees/activities
Chair, Fellows Selection Committee
Member, editorial board, Human Factors
Member, Jerome Ely Human Factors Article Award Subcommittee, Awards Committee
Current activities in other professional organizations
Member, Advisory Board for Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center TechSAge, Georgia Tech
Member, IOM Committee on Public Health Dimensions of Cognitive Aging
President-elect, Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging), American Psychological Assn.
Member, Board on Human-Systems Integration, National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences
Fellow, Gerontological Society of America
Fellow, American Psychological Society
Significant contributions to the profession
I have been an extremely active member of the human factors profession over the past several decades and
have made significant contributions to the field. In this regard, I feel that one of my main contributions has been
applying the concepts and methods of human factors engineering (HF/E) to issues confronting older adults and other
special populations. The goal of my research within this area has been to help ensure that older adults and other
populations with special needs are able to live independently and enjoy a good quality of life. This work has
encompassed work and employment, health care, and everyday-living activities. I have also had an active research
portfolio within the area of health care and technology systems within the health-care arena. My research within
these areas has resulted in numerous publications, presentations, and other academic products that have had a
significant impact on the fields of HF/E, gerontology, and psychology. This impact spans both theory and practice.
Importantly this work has also raised the awareness of the importance of human factors within other disciplines such
as psychology and medicine and within the National Institute of Health (the primary funder of my research). My
faculty positions within the School of Medicine as well as the Departments of Industrial Engineering further
compliment these efforts. In this sense I have been a true champion of the field of HF/E and bring a unique
perspective to the field. In addition to being an active researcher, I have also been very active in teaching and
mentoring students and junior faculty. Of note is my work with medical students, which has also afforded an
opportunity to demonstrate the importance of human factors issues within the medical community. I also have a very
active presence within other professional and government organizations. In addition, I have remained very active
within the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and assumed numerous roles and leadership positions within the
organization.
Goals/directions for HFES
I would be pleased to serve as an at-large member of the Executive Council of HFES. I am a Fellow of the
Society and have been an active member of HFES for more than 20 years. I have served on many committees in
varying capacities and thus feel that I have a strong sense of the workings of the Society. For example, I have served
as chair of the Fellows Selection Committee on two occasions and as a member of the Ely Award Committee for the
past several years. I have also been very active in the Technical Group on Aging and served as the chair of the
Council of Technical Groups. In addition, I have served as an associate editor of Human Factors and am currently a
member of its editorial board. Because of my diverse background, I feel I would bring a unique perspective to the
Council and would foster the ability of the Society to focus on current societal challenges. I am currently Leonard
M. Miller Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the
scientific director of the Center on Aging, and director of the Center for Research and Education on Aging and
Technology Enhancement (CREATE). CREATE is a multi-site center, funded by the National Institute on Aging,
that focuses on the interface between older adults and technology systems. I also hold faculty appointments in the
departments of Industrial Engineering and Psychology; thus I am exposed to many multi-disciplinary perspectives in
research, teaching, and practice. In addition, I have long-established relationships with business/industry and with
community and government agencies, as well as active, collaborative relationships with faculty at numerous
universities. I also serve in several leadership positions within my university and other professional organizations
and have led large multidisciplinary teams. I am president-elect of Division 20 of the American Psychological
Association (APA), a member of the NAS Board on Human-Systems Integration, and a Fellow of the
Gerontological Society of America as well as APA. My involvement in these organizations would enable me to
bring broad exposure to the Society and represent the HFES perspective within these organizations. At the same
time it would enable me to share my knowledge of cutting-edge issues being discussed within these organizations
with the membership of HFES. The increased complexity and diversity of systems and populations requires a broad
multidisciplinary perspective and new conceptualizations of issues and approaches within the HFES community. I
feel that my service as a member-at-large would help foster the ability of HFES to meet the current societal and
system challenges that are confronting the discipline of HF/E and to enable the field to continue to grow and expand.
I have a strong commitment to fostering the application of HF/E within broad domains and other disciplines. My
goal is to help ensure that the voice of the human factors community is broadly represented. It would be a great
honor for me to serve the Society in this capacity.
KERMIT G. DAVIS
Present position
Associate professor, Environmental Health, U. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Work experience
U. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2007-present Associate professor, Environmental Health
2006-present Secondary appointment, Rehabilitation Science
2001-07
Secondary appointment, Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering
2001-07
Assistant professor, Environmental Health
Education
Ph.D., industrial and systems engineering, The Ohio State U. (OSU), Columbus, OH, 2001
M.S., industrial and systems engineering, OSU, 1996
B.S., industrial engineering, U. of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1992
Current HFES activities
Immediate past secretary-treasurer
Associate editor, Human Factors
Member of the Jerome Ely Human Factors Article Award Committee
Member of the William C. Howell Young Investigator Award Committee
Reviewer for IETG abstracts
Current activities in other professional organizations
Active member of the Ergonomics Committee, American Industrial Hygiene Assn.
Significant contributions to the profession
HFES
Awards
Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award, 1996 Annual Meeting
Finalist, Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award, 2001 Annual Meeting
Fellow (2013)
Offices
Chair, Host Committee, 2011 Annual Meeting
Chair, Host Relations, 2010 Annual Meeting
Member, Policy and Planning Committee, 2009-12
Member, Professional Standards Committee, 2010-12
Chair, Student Fund Task Force, 2011-14
Chair, Finance and Budget Committee, 2012-13
Member, Finance and Budget Committee, 2011-14
Secretary-treasurer-elect, 2011-12
Secretary-treasurer, 2012-13
Immediate past secretary-treasurer, 2013-14
Program chair, Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group, 2007-09
Division chair, Scientific Publications Division, 2007-11
Member, Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award Committee, 2003
Chair, Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award Committee, 2004-07
Chair, IETG Student Paper Award Committee, 2003-05
President-elect, president, and past president of Tri-State Chapter, 2004-06
Treasurer, Tri-state Chapter of HFES, 2003
Co-chair of Ergo-X Conference, 2014-present
Other
Member, editorial board, Human Factors, 2007-present
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Awards
Volvo Award for Low Back Pain Research in Biomechanical Studies, International Society for the Study of the
Lumbar Spine, 2002
Liberty Mutual Prize, International Ergonomics Assn., 2003
Offices
Secretary, vice chair, chair, and past chair, Ergonomics Committee, American Industrial Hygiene Assn., 200609
President, vice president, auction director, Madeira Schools Foundation
Other
Member, National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Council for the Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector,
2006-present
Honorary Scientist at the Rural Development Administration in Suwon, Korea, 2004-12
Member, editorial boards of:
Gait & Posture, 2009-14
Occupational Ergonomics, 2005-present
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2007-present
Work, 2008-14
Associate editor, Journal of Agromedicine, 2013-present
Ad hoc reviewer for 20 journals
Published 67 manuscripts and 102 conference papers, including 28 HFES-related proceedings
Certified Professional Ergonomist, BCPE
Goals/direction for HFES
Over the last three years, I have served on Executive Council as secretary-treasurer, during which many
positive changes occurred in HFES. Although HFES has had a few bumps in the road, such as a small budget deficit
last year, the Society has been able to deliver additional benefits to the members. A few examples of some of the
initiatives that I was directly involved in over the last several years were 1) Future Leaders and Volunteers
Reception that allowed the next generation of HFES professionals to become active in HFES; 2) First-Year Student
Fund that supported incoming students at HF/E programs to attend the annual meeting; 3) Scavenger Hunt at the
annual meeting that provided a unique networking experience; and 4) Ergo-X, a new ergonomics conference
designed for practitioners to debut in June 2015. As a volunteer for HFES for the last 10+ years, I continue to be
energized and amazed by the leadership and staff, and thus want to continue 3 more years as an at-large member of
the Executive Council. My goal is to make HFES the premier society, one that is the leader in science and
dissemination of the science to the people who actually use it—practitioners.
Three years ago when I ran for secretary-treasurer, I proposed three goals for my term: 1) continued financial
stability, 2) increased networking opportunities at the annual meeting, and 3) maintained HFES as “the” place for
HF/E science. Whereas many initiatives have been undertaken to meet these goals, I feel more can be done.
Specifically, I think we need to strengthen four areas: 1) greater visibility of our journals, 2) increased involvement
and integration of students and young professionals in our Society, 3) more offerings for practitioners, and 4)
expanding our reach beyond the North America. These objectives will not be easy to accomplish. We must start
thinking outside the box in all of these areas to remain the leader in the profession.
If I am elected as an at-large member of the Executive Council, I will bring energy and enthusiasm to the
Society leadership as we strive to be the premier society in the HF/E profession. The bottom line is that I will strive
to get you more out of your membership, for all our members: full, student, international, practitioner, and future
members.
WALDEMAR KARWOWSKI
Present position
Professor and chair, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, U. of Central Florida
Work experience
2000-07
Professor and director, Center for Industrial Ergonomics, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, U. of
Louisville
2003-06
Alumni Scholar for Research, J. B. Speed School of Engineering U. of Louisville
1993-2000
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, U. of Louisville
1987-2007
Director, Center for Industrial Ergonomics, U. of Louisville
1998
Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Assistant Director for International Cooperation, Central
Institute of Labor Protection
1987-93
Associate professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, U. of Louisville
1990-91
Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor, Occupational Safety Engineering, Tampere U. of
Technology
1983-87
Assistant professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, J. B. Speed School of Engineering, U of
Louisville
1982-83
Visiting assistant professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iowa State U.
Education
Doctor of Science (dr hab.), management science, Institute for Organization and Management in Industry, Warsaw,
Poland, 2004
Ph.D., industrial engineering, Texas Tech U., 1982
M.Sc., production management, Technical U. of Wroclaw, 1978
Current HFES offices/committees/activities
Chair, Blue-Ribbon Task Force on the Future of the Society and the Discipline, 2013-present
Current affiliations and activities in other professional organizations
Past chair, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Fellows Council, 2014
Chair, Awards Committee, International Ergonomics Assn., (IEA), 2003-06
Fellow, IEA
Fellow, IIE
Fellow, The Ergonomics Society (United Kingdom), F.Erg.S
Full Academic Member, The Academy of Management (USA)
Member, American Psychological Association (APA)
Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Member, IEEE/Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society
Professional Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Member, Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences
CPE, Certified Professional Ergonomist, Certificate No 341, BCPE
P.E., Registered Professional Engineer (State of Texas, License No 61616)
Contributions to the profession
President, HFES, 2007
Chair, HFES Fellows Selection Committee, 2012
Chair, HFES Subcommittee for Distinguished International Colleague Award, 1996–2005
Member, editorial board, Human Factors, 1997–2014
Fellow, HFES
Member, board of directors, Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE), 2003-06
President, IEA, 2003
Secretary-general, IEA, 1997-2000.
Chair, Promotion and Publication Committee, IEA, 1994-97
Council member and HFES voting representative to IEA, 1991-97
Chair, HFES Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group, 1987-89
Member, HFES Council of Technical Groups, 1987-89
Chair, HFES Council of Technical Groups, 1996-97
Member, HFES Distinguished Foreign Colleague Award Subcommittee, 1991-94
Chair and member, U.S. TAG to International Standards Organization Technical Committee 159/SC3,
Anthropometry and Biomechanics, 1994-96
President, International Foundation for Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Research, 1992-93
Editor-in-chief, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 2000-present
Editor, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries, 1997-present
Consulting editor, Ergonomics, 1996-2005
Goals/directions for HFES
HFES is a large and complex professional organization. We are a vibrant Society that is involved in a wide
variety of internal and external activities. But the current level of diversity of our strategic and operational activities
may not be enough. To be increasingly relevant in the context of rapid technological and social changes both
nationally and internationally, HFES must continue to broaden the scope of its efforts.
I believe that the discipline of human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) has the potential to be one of the most
important scientific endeavors of the 21st century. Our profession should have a large impact on the directions of
society at-large, today and in the future. Rapid developments in e-based technology and services stimulate the
growth of knowledge-based economy, and create a strong need for HF/E expertise. Yet, HF/E enjoys limited
recognition among policy decision-makers, the general public, and others regarding the value it can bring to a global
society. HF/E experiences continuing evolution of its human-centered design criteria and has been rapidly
expanding into new areas of theory and practice. At the same time, however, the discipline and profession have been
growing outside the institutional framework of HFES. I see these phenomena not only as challenges but also as
opportunities for us to grow and become better in what we do.
To prosper in the long term, HFES needs to be an innovative and agile organization. One of our main
challenges today is to define a long-term vision for our Society that reflects our common aspirations and will guide
development of HFES, the human factors and ergonomics discipline worldwide, and the HF/E profession in the next
25 years. Such a vision should consider ramifications of the profound technological, economic, social, and cultural
transformations that impact the HF/E profession, in the context of a long-term perspective for leading the
development of our Society, and the HF/E profession and discipline. As a member of Executive Council, I will focus
my attention on addressing these challenges, and on making our Society more relevant to the needs of our diverse
membership.
RAJA PARASURAMAN
Present position
University Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Work experience
2010-present
2006-present
2004-07
1995-2005
1986-2004
1982-86
1978-82
Director, Center of Excellence in Neuroergonomics, Technology, and Cognition
(CENTEC), George Mason U.
Director, Graduate Program in Human Factors and Applied Cognition, George Mason U.
Professor, Department of Psychology, George Mason U.
Visiting scientist, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, and Section on Geriatric Psychiatry,
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Professor, Department of Psychology, The Catholic U. of America, Washington, DC
Associate professor, Department of Psychology, The Catholic U. of America
Research fellow, Department of Psychology, University of California-Los Angeles
Education
Ph.D., psychology, Aston U., Birmingham, U.K., 1976
M.Sc. applied psychology, Aston U., Birmingham, U.K., 1973
B.Sc., electrical engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, U. of London, U.K., 1972
Current HFES activities
Member, Scientific Publications Committee
Member, editorial board, Human Factors
Member, Potomac Chapter
Faculty adviser, George Mason University Student Chapter
Current activities in other professional organizations
Member, editorial boards of Ergonomics, IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, and
Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science
Consultant to the Federal Railroad Administration and scientific adviser to Veolia Inc. and the Volpe Transportation
Institute on the evaluation of and mitigation of distraction in commercial rail engineers
Contributions to the profession
I have graduated 29 Ph.D. students since 1984, of which 20 are currently engaged in human
factors/ergonomics activities in academia, industry, or government, as well as countless more masters’ students.
HFES member, 1980 – present
Member, HFES Fellows Selection Committee, 2007-09
Chair, HFES Awards Committee, 2007-08
Member (2005-07) and chair (2001-05), Committee on Human Factors (now Board of Human-Systems Integration),
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
Expert member, European Space Foundation (ESF) Working Group, 2010-11
Chair, Technology Working Group, National Summit on Runway Safety, Federal Aviation Administration,
Washington DC, 2000
Goals/direction for HFES
I have been continuously engaged in human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) research and education for the past
30 years. I have served HFES in a number of modest capacities over this period, but as I reach the last period of my
career in HF/E, and as a way of “giving back” to the Society, I am seeking somewhat greater involvement as a
member of the HFES Executive Council.
If elected, I would be honored to work with other Council members in identifying and working on the
important needs and challenges facing our profession. I would be happy to work in any area, but there are a few
pressing issues that I would particularly like to discuss. The first concerns the aging of academics in HF/E (myself
included!), the closure of some HF/E programs, and the relative decrease in young HF/E graduates going into
academic positions. At the same time, industry has a strong need for graduate students trained in HF/E. But if these
trends continue, there may not be a sufficient number of academics that can train the next generation of HF/E
students. This will ultimately have an effect on the profession in industry and government. I have had discussions
with HFES President Frank Durso on this issue and he shares my concern and has suggested some possibilities for
mitigating the problem.
A second issue that I would like to work with the Council on is to increase the impact of HFES and of HF/E
in general. I would like to discuss efforts to increase the number of ways HFES can increase awareness of HF/E in
the public at large and among policy makers.
JAMES L. SZALMA
Present position
Associate professor, Department of Psychology, U. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Work experience
2012-present
Associate professor, Department of Psychology, U. of Central Florida
2006-12
Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, U. of Central Florida
2002-06
Research associate, Institute for Simulation and Training, U. of Central Florida
1999-2002
Assistant professor, Psychology Department, State U. of New York at Farmingdale
1998-89
Statistical consultant, Institute for Data Sciences, U. of Cincinnati
1991-95
Research associate, The Procter & Gamble Company
Education
Ph.D., human factors/experimental psychology, U. of Cincinnati, 1999
M.A., psychology, U. of Cincinnati, 1997
B.S., chemistry, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990
Current HFES activities
Member, editorial board, Human Factors
Current activities in other professional organizations
None provided.
Contributions to the profession
Elected member-at-large of APA Division 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology) Executive
Committee, 2010-12
Technical program chair, HFES Individual Differences in Performance Technical Group, 2006-12
Member, NASA/NSBRI Crew Health NRA: Teamwork, Behavior, and Sleep Proposal Review Panel, March 2014
Member, editorial board (consulting editor), Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 2013-present
Member, Conference Committee: 10th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making, 2011
Program chair, Division 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology), APA Annual Convention, 2010
Newsletter editor, HFES Individual Differences in Performance Technical Group, 2003-06
Chair, HFES Perception and Performance Technical Group, 2002-03
Member, HFES Technical Program Committee
Goals/direction for HFES
One of the strategic goals of HFES is to increase the impact of our Society and our profession. Given the
ubiquitous presence of technology, the science of human factors should be center stage in public discourse on
technology and its economic, social, and political implications. HF/E professionals are usually a minority in broader
organizations in psychology and engineering. This can have an adverse effect on the magnitude of our influence.
(For instance, almost no introductory psychology textbooks include a chapter on HF/E or engineering psychology.)
Our Society should take the lead in increasing awareness of our work among media outlets and policy makers. I
believe we should work to increase our advocacy efforts on behalf of our profession.
A second issue is the growth and maintenance of academic training programs for future generations of
HF/E professionals. Although HFES membership remains strong, there has been growing concern among academic
members regarding the future of academic programs in HF/E. The majority of students who graduate with a Ph.D. in
HF/E or applied experimental psychology obtain employment in the private sector or work for government
organizations. This is as it should be. As a Society, we should support such growth as part of our efforts to promote
the practice of HF/E and to advocate for its application across a wide range of domains. However, the researchers
and practitioners of tomorrow need to be trained, and the future of academic HF/E programs faces some uncertainty,
in part because too few young professionals in our field seek academic positions. Our Society should therefore
advocate and, where possible, assist in the development of academic HF programs to replace those that have been
discontinued, and find ways to provide guidance for young professionals considering an academic career. Such
efforts would ensure 1) that the infrastructure exists to train the next generation of HF/E professionals, and 2) that
our field continues to grow in prominence within psychology and engineering.