Alex is short for Alexandra. I am working towards my PhD in Human Factors Psychology. To investigate distributed team training in virtual environments and serious games, avatar and robot trust and etiquette, and computer versus mobile task performance. My other experience includes developing design recommendations.

Health and Wellness for the Modern Office. A three-part concept that makes ergonomics simple. The list of specific things you can do for better comfort. Do you have Sitting Disease? The Ergonomics of Standing.

The ERGOLAB for Ergonomic Office Furniture and Humanscale Products. Office Furniture, Humanscale Products, Flexible chairs,Computer Table, etc. The ERGOLAB Humanscale Products and Office Furniture Online Store. May 20, 2017 by Frances Pisano. According to a survey done by Furniture At Work , it has been found that 99.

The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications. Group Identity Resonance and the Birth of a Nation. Open Floor Plan Part II. Reducing attention blink with brain stimulation. What Is The Automation Doing? Mode Awareness Problems Catch Tesla By Surprise. Presumptive design has dominated approaches to workplaces for more than a decade, resulting in so-called designed solutions that include smaller and smaller individual sp.

Right after the Hawaii false nuclear alarm, I posted about how the user interface seemed to contribute to the error. Hawaii nuclear attack alarms are sounded, also sending alerts to cell phones across the state. Alarm is noted as false and the state struggles to get that message out to the panicked public. Error is blamed on a confusing drop-down interface. The actual interface is found and shown.

I am an associate professor in the College of Computing and Informatics. My current research uses human factors engineering methods and socio-technical systems theory to study the impact of health information technology on clinical workflow and the usability of technology in underserved populations, both in the US and internationally.