Publications

• ARTEMIS’S HALO AS A USE CASE FOR DESIGNING AGAINST HUMAN ERROR IN DEEP SPACE - IAC
• Well Clear_ General Aviation and Commercial Pilots Perception of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the National Airspace System

Aerospace Human Factors / Systems Integration Eng

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

I am a senior Human Factors Engineer and Human Systems Integration (HSI) Technical Authority with over 12 years of experience in human-rated aerospace systems, spanning commercial aviation, military programs, unmanned aircraft systems, and NASA human spaceflight. I hold an FAA Private Pilot License with 130+ flight hours, giving me both operational and engineering perspective on aviation human factors issues. I currently serve as the HSI Technical Authority and Project Manager on NASA's Artemis Program at Northrop Grumman, where I am responsible for all human factors engineering and crew interface design on the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module of the Lunar Gateway station. In this role I lead human-in-the-loop test campaigns with astronaut crews in high-fidelity mockups, virtual reality environments, and motion capture facilities. I define crew task sequences, perform task and error analyses, conduct workload assessments using NASA-TLX and Bedford scales, and develop design-based and operational controls against human error. I own system-level human factors requirements and manage their allocation, verification, and closure across all subsystems. My direct aviation experience includes flight deck interface design and research at Honeywell Aerospace, where I worked in the Human Factors Center of Excellence conducting multi-configurable flight simulator studies for NASA, FAA, and DARPA customers. I am a named inventor on three issued U.S. patents related to aircraft pilot interface design for the Honeywell Electronic Green Taxiing System (US 14/079445, US 14/141150, US 14/163332). I have also conducted research at NASA Ames Research Center in the Flight Deck Display Research Lab, developing and evaluating aviation interface technologies through operator-in-the-loop testing. I have extensive experience in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/UAV), having served as the lead Human Factors Engineer on multiple UAV ground control station programs at Northrop Grumman. This included cockpit working group events, MIL-STD-1472G compliance analysis, operator usability testing, and interface requirements development for both domestic U.S. Navy programs and international military customers. My peer-reviewed research on general aviation and commercial pilot perception of UAVs in the National Airspace System was published at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting in 2015. My military systems experience includes human factors work on the U.S. Space Command Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning Segment (EPS CAPS), where I planned and executed operator-in-the-loop usability evaluations and performed task and workload analyses for MIL-STD-1472G compliance. I hold a Master of Science in Human Factors and Ergonomics Engineering from San Jose State University and a Bachelor of Science in Human Factors Psychology with a Systems Engineering focus and a minor in Aviation Systems Safety from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. I have held a Top Secret security clearance. I am qualified to provide expert analysis, review, and testimony in matters involving aviation accidents and pilot error, aircraft cockpit and flight deck design, automation and human-machine interface design, unmanned aircraft system operations and ground control station design, crew interface and habitat design, human error analysis and prevention, product liability involving human factors deficiencies, usability and human-in-the-loop testing methodology, workload and task analysis, anthropometric accommodation and crew physical requirements, MIL-STD-1472 / NASA-STD 3000/3001 compliance, and patent disputes involving aerospace interface technologies. My peer-reviewed publication on designing against human error in deep space was presented at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris in 2022. I am available for case review, report writing, deposition, and trial testimony.