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Valerie J. Berg Rice
Marvin J. Dainoff
Dan Hair
Alan Hedge
Hal W. Hendrick
Andrew S. Imada
Waldemar Karwowski
Carter J. Kerk
Arnold M. Lund
Stover H. Snook

Valerie J. Berg Rice, Ph.D., CPE, OTR/L

Chief of the US Army Research Laboratory - Human Research and Development Directorate’s (ARL-HRED) field office, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.

Valerie Rice, PhD, CPE, OTR/L works as Chief of the US Army Research Laboratory - Human Research and Development Directorate’s (ARL-HRED) field office located at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. The field office is associated with the Army Medical Department Center and School focusing on military medical human factors issues. Currently her research efforts are focused on attrition during combat medic training, injury prevention, and user evaluations of helmet designs. Dr. Rice completed 25 years of active duty military service where her research focused on using a macroergonomic approach to injury prevention, physically demanding tasks, education, and combat stress. She has been active in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) serving on the Board of Directors, as Chair of the Medical Systems and Rehabilitation Technical Group. She is certified as a Certified Professional Ergonomist by the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics - BCPE, and served both as a member of their Board of Directors and as President of the Board. She edited one text book, “Ergonomics in Health Care and Rehabilitation” and has authored/presented over 100 professional papers. She is a co-editor of "Ergonomics for Children" with Rani Lueder. Dr. Rice's areas of expertise include physical training and injury prevention, research, research management, military (Army), physically demanding tasks, user evaluations, children, training and attrition, human factors/ergonomics and medical/rehabilitation issues.

Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Director, Center for Ergonomic Research, Miami University
President, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
Director, Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE)
Chairman and Chief Scientist, 1st Principles, Inc.

While he retired from full time teaching in 2002, he continues teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. Teaching interests include Ergonomics, Anthropometry and Biomechanics, and Cognitive Work Analysis. Dainoff's areas of research and professional interests include laboratory research on ergonomics of the work environment; applications of ergonomics and cognitive work analysis to methods of information display and communication, practical implementation of ergonomic principles in the field; and communication of ergonomic principles to scientific peers, interested professionals, and the general public.

In 1980, he accepted a two-year appointment as visiting researcher at Applied Psychology and Ergonomics Branch of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). While there, he performed the first controlled laboratory experiment demonstrating a correlation between improved ergonomic conditions, decreased health complaints, and increased work performance in an office situation. He received a Certificate of Appreciation in 1982 from the Assistant Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service for "contributions in enhancing public understanding of ergonomic issues." In 1984-85, he served on the Advisory Panel on Office Automation of the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment. He served as Vice-Chair of the ANSI/HFES 100 Revision Committee for the American National Standard on Visual Display Terminal Workstations, and participated in the writing of two chapters of that document, which was published as BSR/HFES 100. He served as Secretary for Human Factors and Ergonomics Society writing committee which has produced “Guideline for Using Anthropometric Data in Product Design”, a new entry in their Best Practices series. He serves as Secretary to the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to Subcommittee 3 (Anthropometry and Biomechanics) of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee 159 on Ergonomics.

He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist. In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and in 2002, he was elected a Director of the Board of Certification in Profession al Ergonomics. He received the 1992 award for Professional Accomplishment (Academic) from the Technical Societies Council of Cincinnati, an association of twenty-three different technical groups. Dainoff serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, and Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics. He is on the Board of Directors of HCI International. He is the Web Editor of the Applied Ergonomics Network Community. He has 43 peer-reviewed publications, including books, chapters, or articles, and over 150 conference presentations, abstracts, and unpublished technical reports.

Senior Vice President, Chief Underwriting and Safety Officer, WCF (Workers Compensation Fund)

Dan began his insurance career with the State Compensation Insurance Fund of California in 1976. He worked for Zenith Insurance Company from 1979 to 2005 serving as National Director of Corporate Safety & Health until he joined WCF in May of 2005. His BA degree is from UCLA; his MS is from USC, and he has completed course work in Health and Safety, Management and Finance at the University of Michigan, Stanford and the Wharton School of Business. He has published articles in several peer-reviewed journals. He currently serves on the ANSI Z/365 Ergonomics Committee and as an external advisor to the NATIONAL CHILDRENS' CENTER FOR RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, and formerly served on the Cal-OSHA expert subcommittee on ergonomics. Dan has taught extension courses in Safety and Health at San Diego State University and the University of Utah. He is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers.

Professor, Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University
Areas of expertise: office ergonomics, computer ergonomics, environmental ergonomics, and hardware/software usability design.

Alan Hedge is a Professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University, where, since 1987, he has directed the Human Factors and Ergonomics teaching and research programs. Prior to that, for over 10 years he ran the Graduate Program in Applied Psychology and Ergonomics at Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. From 1990-1993 he was also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, U.K.

His research and teaching activities have focused on issues of design and workplace ergonomics as these affect the health, comfort and productivity of workers. His research themes include workstation design and carpal tunnel syndrome risk factors for workers, alternative keyboard and input system designs, the performance and health effects of postural strain, and the health and comfort impacts of various environmental stressors, such as the effects of indoor air quality effects on sick building syndrome complaints among office workers, and the effects of office lighting on eyestrain problems among computer workers. He has co-authored a book on Healthy Buildings, co-edited the Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods, published 30 chapters and over 160 articles on these topics in the ergonomics and related journals. He received the 2003 Alexander J. Williams, Jr. Design Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society for "outstanding human factors contributions to the design of a major operational system".

His professional activities are extensive. He is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and of the Ergonomics Society, and a Certified Professional Ergonomist. He is also an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society; an a member of the American Psychological Association, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and a founding member of the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ). He is on the editorial board of the journals Ergonomics, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal of Human Environment Systems, and the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. He is past chair of the Organizational Design and Management Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He chairs the Work Environment technical group of the International Ergonomics Society (IEA). He is chair of the Work Environment Design Technical Subcommittee of the US HFES Technical Advisory Group to the International Standards Organization, the Work Environment subcommittee of the BSR/HFES 100 Computer Workstation Standard Revision Committee, and the Work Environment subcommittee of the International Ergonomics Association. He is a past president of the Division of Environmental Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology, and of the Organizational Design and Management Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He has also served in many other professional roles.

He has given testimony on indoor air quality and indoor environment design issues to several committees of the US House of Representatives and to OSHA in Washington, D.C., to the UK House of Commons, and to the New York State Assembly.

He consults on ergonomic and indoor environment design issues and has served as a consultant and scientific adviser to a number of organizations and major corporations. He chairs of the Ergonomics Advisory Board of Magnitude Information Systems and the Senior Editorial Advisory Board of HealthyComputing.

Principal, Hendrick & Associates
Emeritus Professor of Human Factors and Ergonomics, University of Southern California
Past President of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
Past President and a current member of the Executive Council of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
Past President of the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE)
Areas of expertise in ergonomics: macroergonomics; safety, design of controls, displays & their arrangement; workplace design; forensics.

Hal is Emeritus Professor of Human Factors at the University of Southern California (USC). He is the Principal of Hendrick and Associates, a human factors/ergonomics design and industrial and organizational psychology consulting firm based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (BCPE Certificate # 004), Board Certified Forensic Examiner, Diplomate of the American Board and Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners. He is a Fellow of both the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) and the American Psychological Association (APA), and Charter Member and Fellow of the American Psychological Society. Other memberships include the Academy of Management, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety, and The Ergonomics Society (UK). He holds a B.A. in Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University (1955), and an M.S. in Human Factors (1961) and a Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology (1966) from Purdue University, with a minor in Industrial Engineering.

He has been a college dean at the University of Denver, Chair of the Human Factors Department at USC where he co-developed the MS and Ph.D. Human Factors programs, and Executive Director (dean) of USC's Institute of Safety and Systems Management. Earlier assignments include Chief of Behavioral Sciences at the Defense Race Relations Institute where he was responsible for developing one-half of the Institute's curriculum and directed a Department of Defense organizational assessment team, Associate Professor at the USAF Academy where he co-developed the undergraduate Psychology program and developed the graduate Human Factors Engineering program, and Human Performance Engineer on the Dynasoar space vehicle and C-141 transport aircraft, 463L cargo handling system, and flight simulator development programs. On the C-141, he also had Air Force project engineering responsibility for crew station design, safety provisions, and design of the aircraft’s alternate mission configurations.

Hal currently serves as a consultant in human factors/ergonomics, safety, organizational design and management, and executive assessment, selection and development. His clients include several Fortune 500 companies. He frequently is called upon to serve as an expert witness in the areas of human factors/ergonomics and safety. Professional service projects include having served on several National Research Council committees and DoD, APA, IEA, and HFES task groups. Hal has received USC's highest award for teaching excellence, the HFES Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award for conceptualizing and initiating the sub-discipline of macroergonomics, the HFES Alexander C. Williams, Jr. award for outstanding system design, the IEA Distinguished Service Award, and the International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety’s Certificate of Recognition of Prominence. Most recently, he received the award of IEA Fellow. His numerous biographical listings include Who's Who in America and 5000 Personalities of the World.

Hal has edited ten books. He is the author of a textbook on Behavioral Research and Analysis (Kendall-Hunt, 1981) and co-author of two subsequent editions. He is the senior co-author of Macroergonomics: An Introduction to Work System Design (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2001), the seminal book on this topic, and Co-Editor of Macroergonomics: Theory, Methods, and Applications (2002, Lawrence Erlbaum). He is a contributing author to Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Manual for Prevention (1995, Taylor & Francis) and author of the chapter on Organizational Design and Macroergonomics in the Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics (Wiley, 1987, 1997). He has written over 150 other professional publications.

Principle, Imada & Associates Past Director, Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE)

Andrew S. Imada is a specialist in human and organizational change and a Certified Professional Ergonomist. Dr. Imada was a Professor of Ergonomics and Safety Sciences at the University of Southern California for 19 years. He also served as the Director of the USC Safety Science Center and the International Distance Learning Liaison at the university’s Center for Scholarly Technology. Dr. Imada won the 1998 Liberty Mutual Prize and the 2000 Liberty Mutual Medal in international competitions for occupational safety and ergonomics research.

Dr. Imada has provided consulting services to: AT&T, British Columbia Telephone, Pacific Bell, Chevron Products Company, Chevron Production Company, PG&E, Sheraton Hotels, NASA, Steelcase, Aramark, Iron Mountain Record and Storage, Hamersley Iron, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pacific Coast Building Products, the U.S. Army, and the State of California. He serves as Senior Scientific Advisor for the Steelcase User Center Design Group and he has worked on projects advising the National Research Council, International Labour Office, and the University of California. He has lectured or consulted internationally in England, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany, the Philippines, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, China, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Brazil and Malaysia.

His work focuses on helping people and organizations change to improve productivity, safety, quality, and work systems. He has published extensively and edited a book entitled “Participatory Ergonomics”. He has been a visiting scholar at Luleå University in Sweden to teach graduate courses on implementing participatory strategies for improving safety, ergonomics and productivity.

He served on the Board of Consulting Editors for the Journal of Applied Psychology and is a technical reviewer for professional journals. He has been involved in research projects at both The Ohio State University and the University of Southern California. Dr. Imada served as the American delegate to the International Ergonomics Association representing U.S. interests. He is a director on the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics and a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Dr. Imada received a Rotary Foundation International Fellowship to conduct research at the University of Sussex in England. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in psychology and business from the University of San Francisco and his masters and doctoral degrees from The Ohio State University in industrial and organizational psychology.

Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of the Center for Industrial Ergonomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
J. B. Speed School of Engineering Alumni Scholar for Research
Past President of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
President Elect of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
Past Director, Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE)

Dr Karwowski holds an M.S. (1978) in Production Engineering and Management from the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, and a Ph.D. (1982) in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University. Recently, he was awarded the Sc.D. (dr hab.) degree in Management Science, by the Institute for Organization and Management in Industry (ORGMASZ), Warsaw. Poland (June 2004). He is also a Board Certified Professional Ergonomist (BCPE). His research, teaching and consulting activities focus on human system integration and safety aspects of advanced manufacturing enterprises, human-computer interaction, prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, workplace and equipment design, and theoretical aspects of ergonomics science.

Dr. Karwowski is the author or co-author of over 300 scientific publications (including over 100 peer-reviewed archival journal papers) in the areas of: work systems design, organization and management; macroergonomics; human-system integration and safety of advanced manufacturing; industrial ergonomics; neuro-fuzzy modeling in human factors; fuzzy systems; and forensics. He has edited or co-edited 35 books, including the International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors, Taylor & Francis, Ltd., London (2001), a winner of the Best Reference Award 2002, from the Engineering Libraries Division, American Society of Engineering Education, USA, and the Outstanding Academic Title 2002 from Choice Magazine (see a review).

Dr. Karwowski serves as Editor of the Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, international journal published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, and the Editor-in-Chief of Theoretical Issue in Ergonomics Science (TIES), a new journal designed to stimulate and develop a theoretical basis for the unique science of ergonomics (Taylor & Francis, Ltd., London). Dr. W. Karwowski serves as co-editor of the International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, and Consulting Editor of the Ergonomics journal. He is also a member of editorial boards for several peer-review journals, including: Human Factors, Applied Ergonomics, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Universal Access to the Information Society: An international Interdisciplinary Journal, Occupational Ergonomics, and Industrial Engineering Research: An International Journal of IE Theory and Application, (Hong Kong).

Dr. W. Karwowski served as Secretary-General (1997-2000) and President (2000-2003) of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA). He was elected an Honorary Academician of the International Academy of Human Problems in Aviation and Astronautics (Moscow, Russia, 2003). Recently, Dr. Karwowski was named the Alumni Scholar for Research (2004-2006) by the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. He also received the University of Louisville Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity in the Category of Basic and Applied Science (1995), the Presidential Award for Outstanding International Service (2000), and the W. Jastrzebowski Medal for Lifetime Achievements from the Polish Ergonomics Society (1995). Dr. W. Karwowski is Fellow of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES, USA), Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE, USA), and Fellow of The Ergonomics Society (United Kingdom). He is a recipient of the highest recognition in occupational safety and health in Poland, Pro Labore Securo (2000). He is past President of the International Foundation for Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Research, as well past Chair of the US TAG to the ISO TC159: Ergonomics/SC3 Anthropometry and Biomechanics. He served as Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at Tampere University of Technology, Finland (1990-1991), and was named an Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year by the Institute of Industrial Engineers (1989).

Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering Program, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Past President of the Society for Work Science (Institute of Industrial Engineers) Past Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Ergonomics (NACE) for OSHA

Dr. Kerk specializes through education, research, and consulting in ergonomics, human factors, biomechanics, and safety engineering. His BS and MS degrees are in Industrial & Management Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982. His PhD is in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1992. Dr. Kerk is a licensed Professional Engineer (SD and MI), a Certified Safety Professional, and a Certified Professional Ergonomist.

His teaching experience includes courses in Human Factors Engineering / Ergonomics, Work Methods & Measurement, Safety Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Safety Management, System Safety Engineering, Occupational Biomechanics, Work Physiology & Anatomy, Information Systems, Engineering Economy, Accounting for Engineers and Senior Design. Previous industry engineering experience was with Central Nebraska Tubing (tubular steel manufacturing), Brownie Mfg. Co., Inc. (metal fabrication and finishing), Dorsey Laboratories (pharmaceutical manufacturing), and the Nebraska Energy Office (energy conservation). Previous academic experience was at Texas A&M University (TAMU) as an Assistant Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department and the Safety Engineering Program in the Nuclear Engineering Department. While at Texas A&M, Dr. Kerk served as Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Ergonomics Center; Co-Founder, Co-Principal Investigator, and Associate Director of the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Ergonomics; and Co-Founder, Co-Principal Investigator, and Associate Director of the NIOSH Training Grant in Ergonomics.

Dr. Kerk recently completed serving as a Trustee and Scholarship Chair for the American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation for six years. He just recently completed six years as a Director on the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, where he was Chair of the Professional Standards Committee, and BCSP Liaison to the Education Standards Committee for the American Society of Safety Engineers. At SDSMT he serves on the Risk Management Committee, the ADA Committee, the Multicultural Steering Committee, and as the Faculty Athletic Representative. For the past seven summers he has worked with the NASA Honors Program for American Indian Students with Oglala Lakota College and SDSMT and the past two summers as Director of the Bridges to Success Program for American Indian students. He is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, International Ergonomics Association, Society for Work Science, and the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Recent awards include the 2002 Benard Ennenga Award from SDSMT for excellence in teaching and motivating students, induction into Tau Beta Pi in 2000, a Governor’s Award from the State of South Dakota in 1999, the Most Valuable Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department at TAMU in 1995, the Ergonomics Division Award from IIE in 1994, the Certificate of Excellence in Improving Workers’ Health and Safety from the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission in 1994, and a Research Initiation Award from NSF in 1994. Dr. Kerk has been extensively involved with leadership positions with the Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Knights of Columbus.

Dr. Kerk has 26 peer-reviewed publications in journals and conference proceedings and has delivered 79 invited seminars and lectures in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. He has been awarded over $1.6 million in sponsored research and support from organizations including NSF, NIOSH, NASA, the State of South Dakota, Oglala Lakota College, and several companies including Browning-Ferris Industries, Dow Chemical, EDS, IBM, INTEL, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Motorola, Texas Instruments, United Parcel Service, and USAA.

Director of User Experience, Mobile Platforms Division, Microsoft
President, Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE)
Executive Committee Member, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)

Before joining Microsoft, he worked in Sapient’s Denver office. While at Sapient he held various roles including Director of Information Architecture, Director of User Experience (Advanced Research), and managing Sapient’s Global R&D efforts.

Arnie has spent more than 20 years working in the area of human factors, managing user research and design for a variety of emerging technologies. He began his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories and helped grow the human factors practice within Bell Labs. At Bell Labs he managed both human factors and systems engineering teams. He was subsequently hired by Ameritech to help start the Science and Technology organization there, where he served as Director of Human Factors and Emerging Technologies and as acting General Manager responsible for product management. He and his groups have invented, designed, and developed new consumer and business products, and worked in areas such as interactive television, wireless Web browsing, speech-based applications, and intelligent tutoring systems. His group’s work was featured for many years as the centerpiece of Ameritech’s advertising and branding.

More recently, he was Director of New Media Design and Usability at QWEST (formerly U S WEST) Advanced Technologies. He joined U S WEST as a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in 1997, and served as acting General Manager of the Advanced Technologies software development organization before assuming his role as Director. His group provided design and usability support for U S WEST's corporate Web presence, a broadband entertainment and community portal to the home, intelligent network services, speech recognition and wireless applications, and a variety of new home appliances (e.g., digital settops, thin clients, Web phones, etc.). His group also provided lab and graphic design support for the Advanced Technologies human factors organization, and he designed and managed the implementation of an innovative lab allowing users to experience and test products in the context of a home of the future. His specialty area is human-computer interface design and Web-based applications, and his recent research interests have been in usability metrics for predicting product success and ethnographic studies of mobility.

Arnie received his BA in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1972, and his PhD in cognitive psychology from Northwestern University in 1980 (where he was an adjunct professor of human factors from 1996 to 1997). He served as the general and technical program co-chair for the 1998 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, and as the 2000 and 2001 program chair for the HFES Computer Systems Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He is on the editorial board for the International Journal of Speech Technology, and he was on the advisory board for the new Handbook for Human-Computer Interaction (where he co-authored a chapter on the history of and trends in HCI in telecommunications). He has been active on the HFES/ANSI-200 human-computer interface standards committee since 1989. He served on the board of directors of the Infinitec corporation, a non-profit corporation formed to help people with disabilities access life enhancing technologies. He is also on the board of the BCPE (the board of certification in human factors and ergonomics). He has published widely in the area of human-computer interface design, emerging technologies, and R&D management; and has more than 13 patents and patents pending. His groups have received a variety of corporate and national awards for their work.

Visiting Scientist, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Snook began teaching at Harvard in 1974 as a Lecturer on Ergonomics. In 1997, he retired as Assistant Vice President, Ergonomics Laboratories, at the Liberty Mutual Research Center in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Dr. Snook spent 35 years at Liberty Mutual conducting research on low back pain, manual materials handling, cumulative trauma disorders, heat stress, fatigue, machine guarding, stairway design, and personal protective equipment. Prior to joining Liberty Mutual in 1962, Dr. Snook spent six years as a member of the professional staff of Dunlap and Associates, Inc., in Stamford, Connecticut, where he participated in the human factors design and evaluation of military missile systems, control systems, airplane cockpits, and weather observing and forecasting systems.

Dr. Snook earned a B.A. degree from Hartwick College, an M.A. from Fordham University, and a Ph.D. from Tufts University. He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, a Fellow of the Ergonomics Society (UK), and a Fellow of the International Ergonomics Association.