Awards

  • FAA/Industry Collaborative Decision Making Program Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2019
  • International Aviation Psychology Symposium Fellow, 2017
  • OSU College of Engineering MacQuigg Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2012
  • Air Traffic Control Association David J. Hurley Memorial Award for Research in Collaborative Decision Making, 2009

“This is a Medallion Award presented to an individual working in the field of Aviation Traffic Management for outstanding achievement or contribution in the area of ATC collaborative decision making, balancing traffic demand and capacity, or maximizing airspace and airport use, which has added to the quality, efficiency and/or safety of the National Airspace System.”

  • Best Paper Award, Proceedings of 2008 Air Traffic Control Association Annual Meeting
  • Fellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2003
  • Airline Dispatchers Federation “National Aviation Safety Award” for 2001
  • Award for “Best Paper” in Human Factors in 1999, (Jerome H. Ely Human Factors Article Award)

“This paper is recognized for its unique application to a significant human factors problem in medical systems. A new and outstanding use of artificial  intelligence     technology is studied in a real decision support application, with real experts, and with objective outcome measures. The paper serves as a benchmark for the design and use of artificial intelligence in human decision support systems.”

  • Advisor for student winning award for “Best Paper submitted to the Training Systems Technical Group” at the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1996
  • Advisor for student winning award for “Best Paper” at the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1995
  • Advisor for student winning award for “Best Paper” at the Annual Meeting of the IEEE Society on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1995
  • Award for “Best Publication”, American Society for Information Science, 1994
  • Kleiner Award for “Best Paper” in Clinical Laboratory Science, 1993
  • Award for “Most Innovative Software”, National Library and Information Technology Association Conference, 1992
  • Award for “SIG of the Year” to SIG-Classification Research from ASIS (for role as program chair), 1992
  • “Best Paper” Award, SIGIR ’89
  • Collaborative Research Award, The Ohio State University, 1988