Certifications, Affiliations & Accreditations

  • Board certified in Human Factors/Ergonomics (Certificate 644), Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics, Inc.

  • Thirty patents granted.

  • AAMI Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Past co-chair of Human Factors Engineering standards development committee, 2001 to 2010. HFE committee member 2001 to present.

  • Co-Convener of ISO/IEC Joint Working Group on Usability for Medical Devices, 2009 to present

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Human Systems Integration, 2015 to 2022.

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences committee on Human-System Design Support For Changing Technology to research methodology gaps in Human Factors methods. 2005-2007

  • Juror for the Medical Design Excellence Awards – 2007-2008 for Canon Publications.

  • Reviewer for scientific journals; Human Performance, Applied Ergonomics and the Human Factors Journal (Member of Editorial Board, 2007 to present, Co-editor of special issue on Human Factors in Telecommunications, Fall, 1995), Paper Reviewer for numerous conferences, HFES 1995-2020, HFT 1997 –2013.

  • Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES: Chairman Public Relations, 1983; General Chairman, Planning for 1987 HFES Annual Meeting; President, Communications Technical Group, 1985; Member/Chairman Williams Award Committee, 1991-1992, 2001; Chair of General Awards Committee, 1993-1999, Member Ely Best Journal Article Award Committee, 2002-2004, Membership Chair Division 14 of APA, 2007.

  • Metropolitan Chapters HFES, New York and Chicago chapters: Treasurer, 1977, 1978; Director, 1979; President, 1980, 1990

  • International Human Factors in Telecommunications, Member of the Permanent Steering Committee; ITU-T, International Telecommunications Union; Associate Rapporteur for Human Factors Standards; American Psychological Association (APA); User Experience Professionals Association; Society of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychologists (Div. 21-APA); Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology (Div.14-APA); International Association of Applied Psychology; Psi Chi (Psychology Honor Society); Eta Kappa Nu (Engineering Honor Society, Secretary, 1970); TASA, Expert Witness Advisory Group.