• Lead contractor on both the test and evaluation team and the human-autonomy interface team for IMPACT — a Department of Defense (DoD) Autonomy Research Pilot Initiative (ARPI) focused on enabling an operator to control multiple heterogeneous UVs. IMPACT was awarded the 2016 711th Human Performance Wing Scientific & Technical Achievement Team Award. • Co-Led proposal focused on developing autonomous tools to support Army Air Mission Commanders during helicopter operations. Resulted in a 2.9M contract with a new customer (AMRDEC Aviation Applied Technology Directorate). • Conducted cognitive task analysis (CTA) interviews with unmanned vehicle operators and base defense personnel to inform the development of evaluation scenarios. • Designed a HOTAS-controlled interface to allow a flight lead to effectively issue commands to unmanned wingman.

• Led an effort sponsored by AFRL’s Information Operations and Applied Mathematics Branch (RHXM) to identify the cognitive challenges of exploiting full motion video (FMV). Conducted CTA interviews with FMV analysts at Langley AFB, developed concepts to improve communication with collection partners (e.g., a Predator crew), and outlined software solutions to improve performance. • Principle Investigator (PI) for a small business innovative research (SBIR) effort sponsored by AFRL’s Continuous Learning Branch (RHAS) to develop computer-based training for FMV exploitation. • Key member of an AFRL/RHXM sponsored effort to examine how wide area motion imagery (WAMI) would impact intelligence analysts. Conducted CTA interviews with Blue Devil (an operational WAMI platform) analysts, developed envisioned world scenarios using real world WAMI, and generated human-automation interfaces for automated algorithms that could improve WAMI exploitation. • Developed CultureGear, an online cross-cultural competence (3C) training tool for Soldiers and Marines. Based on over 50 CTAs conducted with Soldiers and Marines focused on the cognitive challenges they experienced while interacting with foreign nationals during deployments, CultureGear is being integrated into the curriculum at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Ft. Bragg. • Developed concepts for automated algorithms for improving LADAR analyst performance including improved line of sight capabilities, automated target recognition, and automated helicopter landing zone analysis. • Created computer-based improvised explosive device (IED) detection training for Soldiers and Marines. Conducted CTAs with route clearance personnel to identify the critical terrain, cultural, and physical features that are IED indicators. Developed scenarios based on these interviews and worked with software developers to instantiate those scenarios within a virtual world environment.

• PI for a Phase II DARPA SBIR to design a user interface to facilitate the interaction between intelligent agents and human users in command and control environments. Successfully tested the user interface during a two-week simulated field exercise. • PI and PM for an Office of Naval Research sponsored effort to develop automated replanning tools for unmanned systems. • Led software development effort to create a battery to assess the capabilities of military personnel to perform vigilance tasks as part of a larger JIEDDO initiative to examine predictors of IED detection ability. • Provided human factors support for a variety of research efforts including CTA for multi-crew cockpit collaborations, specifically time critical targeting in the B1 bomber; developing user interface concepts for a game based training tool for emergency medical personnel; and developing user interface concepts for assessing deployment readiness via mobile devices. • Employee of the Year (2008)