Industrial Engineering

Shannon Roberts

Assistant Professor

Marston Hall, 120F

160 Governors Drive
Amherst MA 01003

scroberts@umass.edu

(413) 545 - 2165

Roberts Research Group

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Education

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
M.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2011
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2014

Research

Human Factors
Transportation Safety
Driver Feedback
Social Influence and Social Networks
Driver Behavior Modeling and Simulation
Young and Older Driver Training

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Human Factors

Publications

Lee, J., Roberts, S. C., Reimer, B., & Mehler, B. (2017). Does Order Matter? Investigating the Effect of Sequence on Glance Duration during On-road Driving. PLOS ONE, 12(2).
Roberts, S. C., Horrey, W. J., & Liang, Y. (2016). Measurement of driver calibration and the impact of feedback on drivers’ estimates of performance. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 88, 150-158.
Roberts, S. C., Ghazizadeh, M., & Lee, J. D. (2012). Warn me now or inform me later: Drivers’ acceptance of real-time and post-drive mitigation systems. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 70(12), 967-979.
Lee, J. D., Roberts, S. C., Hoffman, J. D., & Angell, L. S. (2012). Scrolling and Driving: How an MP3 Player and Its Aftermarket Controller Affect Driving Performance and Visual Behavior. Human Factors: The Journal
of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 54(2), 250-263.

Honors

• U.S. Department of Transportation—Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellow

• National Science Foundation—Graduate Research Fellow

• University of Wisconsin-Madison—Graduate Engineering Research Scholar

Society Memberships:

Association for Computing Machinery
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Transportation Research Board

Siby Samuel

Research Assistant Professor

Co-Director, Arbella Human Performance Lab

Office: 315 Elab I

University of Massachusetts Amherst
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003

ssamuel@umass.edu

(413) 545 - 0212

Arbella Human Performance Laboratory

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Education

B.Tech (Electrical & Electronics Engineering), National Institute of Technology Karnataka, 2009
Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering & Operations Research), University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Transportation Human Factors), University Of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow (Human Factors), Center for Behavioral Sciences, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety (LMRIS) Hopkinton, MA, 2016

Research

Application of transportation human factors to older and younger driver safety; Vulnerable Road User Safety (bicyclist and pedestrians); Application of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Simulations towards understanding driver behavior and developing interventions and training programs to remediate failures to scan and perceive effectively; Vehicle Automation: understanding the role of the human within an automated system, study mechanisms of transfer of control between automation and human, develop empirical assessments of trust in automation etc.

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Human Factors

Publications

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

· Samuel, S., Yamani, Y. & Fisher, D.L. (2016, under review). Reductions Are Possible in Older Driver Crashes at Intersections by Up to 50%. Clinical & Experimental Optometry.

· Taylor, T., Roman, L., McFeaters, K., Romoser, M., Borowsky, A., Merritt, D., Samuel, S., Pollatsek, A., Lee, J. D., & Fisher, D.L. (2016, under review). Cell Phone Conversations Impede Latent Hazard Anticipation While Driving, with Partial Compensation by Self-Regulation in More Complex Driving Scenarios. Human Factors.

· Fitzpatrick, C., Samuel, S., & Knodler, M. (2016, under review) – Evaluating the Effect of Vegetation and Clear Zone Width on Driver Behavior using a Driving Simulator. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology & Behaviour.

· Schneider, C., Hajiseyedjavadi, F.S., Zhang, J., Romoser, M.R.E., Samuel, S., Knodler, M., & Fisher, D. (2016, Accepted). Use of Micro Scenarios to Reduce the Effects of Simulator Sickness in Training Intervention Studies. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

· Zhang, T., Li, J., Thai, H., Zafian, T., Samuel, S., & Fisher, D.L. (2016, Accepted). Evaluation of the Effect of a Novice Driver Training Program on Crashes & Citations. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

· Wright, T., Samuel, S., Borowsky, A., Zilberstein, S., & Fisher, D. L. (2016, Accepted). Experienced Drivers are quicker to achieve situation awareness than inexperienced drivers in situations of transfer of control within a Level 3 autonomous environment. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

· Zafian, T., Samuel, S., Coppola, J., O’Neill, E. G., Romoser, M., & Fisher, D. L. (2016, Accepted). On-road Effectiveness of a Tablet-based Teen Driver Training Intervention. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

· Samuel, S., & Fisher, D. L. (2016, in press). Minimum time to Situation Awareness in Scenarios involving Transfer of Control from the Automation. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2016. doi:10.3141/2602-14.

· Yamani, Y., Samuel, S., Gerardino, L.R. and Fisher, D.L. (2016, in press). Extending Analysis of Scanning Patterns while Navigating Intersections for Older Drivers. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2016. doi:10.3141/2602-02.

· Divekar, G., Samuel, S., Pollatsek, A., Thomas, F.D., Korbelak, K. Blomberg, R.D., and Fisher, D.L. (2016, in press). Effects of a pc-based attention maintenance training program on driver behavior for up to four months: A simulator study. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2016. doi:10.3141/2602-15.

· Hamid, M., Samuel, S., Borowsky, A., Horrey, W., & Fisher, D. L. (2016, in press). Evaluation of Training Interventions to Mitigate Effects of Fatigue and Sleepiness on Driving Performance. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2016. doi:10.3141/2584-05.

· Samuel, S., Zafian, T., Nicholas, C. A., Zhang, J., Knodler, M., & Fisher, D. L. (2016). Do Traffic Warnings on Heads-Mounted Displays Improve Latent Hazard Anticipation? A Simulator Study. In Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting (No. 16-3801).

· Yamani, Y., Samuel, S., Knodler, M. A., & Fisher, D. L. (2016). Evaluation of the effectiveness of a multi-skill program for training younger drivers on higher cognitive skills. Applied Ergonomics, 52, 135-141.

· Samuel, S., Romoser, M., Knodler, M. & Fisher, D.L. (2015). Evaluating Spillover Effects on Forward Roadway Glance Duration. In Proceedings of the International Road Safety & Simulation Conference.

· Samuel, S., Horrey, W. J., & Fisher, D. L. (2015, September). A Predictive Model of Driver Response in an Autonomous Environment. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 1671-1675). SAGE Publications

· Yamani, Y., Samuel, S., Gerardino, L. R., Zafian, T., & Fisher, D. L. (2015, September). Navigating Intersections Examining Age-related Differences in Visual Scanning on a Driving Simulator. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 1636-1640). SAGE Publications.

· Krishnan, A., Samuel, S., Romoser, M., & Fisher, D. (2015, September). A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Tablet-based Training Program for Younger Drivers Addressing Distraction Head On. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 1651-1655). SAGE Publications.

· Samuel, S., & Fisher, D.L. (2015) – Evaluation of the Minimum Forward Roadway Glance Duration - Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2518), 9-17.

· Gómez, R., Samuel, S., Romoser, M., Knodler, M., Collura, J., & Fisher, D. (2014). Mitigation of Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflicts at Stop-Controlled T-Intersections. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2464), 20-28.

· Yamani, Y., Samuel, S., & Fisher, D. (2014, September). Simulator Evaluation of an Integrated Road Safety Training Program. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 1904- 1908). SAGE Publications.

· Samuel, S., Borowsky, A., & Fisher, D. L. (2014). Text Messaging While Driving: User Experience and Interface Type. In Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting (No. 14-1833).

· Samuel, S., Romoser, M.R.E., Roman, L.G., Hamid, M., Gomez, R., Collura, J., Knodler, M. & Fisher, D.L. (2013) – Effects of Advanced Yield Markings and Symbolic Signs on Vehicle-Pedestrian Conflicts: A Field Evaluation – Transportation Research Record, 2393, 139-147, 2013.

· Samuel, S., Zafian, T., Borowsky, A., Romoser, M. R., & Fisher, D. L. (2013). Can Young Drivers Learn to Anticipate Hidden Hazards? : A Driving Simulator Study. In 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design (No. 55).

· Gomez, R. , Samuel, S. , Roman, L.G. , Romoser, M.R.E. , Collura, J. , Knodler, M. & Fisher, D.L. (2011) - Do advanced yield markings increase safe driver behaviors at unsignalized, marked midblock crosswalks: A Simulator Study –Transportation Research Record, 2264, 27-33, 2011.

· Samuel, S., Pollatsek, A., & Fisher, D. (2011). Texting while driving: Evaluation of glance distributions for frequent/infrequent texters and keypad/touchpad texters. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design (pp. 424-432).

· Taylor, T., Masserang, K., Pradhan, A., Divekar, G., Samuel, S., Muttart, J. ... & Fisher, D. (2011, April). Long-term effects of hazard anticipation training on novice drivers measured on the open road. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driving Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, Lake Tahoe, CA (pp. 187-194).

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Lab Affiliation:

Arbella Human Performance Laboratory

Chaitra Gopalappa

Assistant Professor

120D Marston Hall

160 Governors Drive

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA 01003-2210

chaitrag@umass.edu

(413) 545-2306

(413) 545-1027

Academic Website

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Education

B.E. in Industrial Engineering, Bangalore Institute of Technology, 2002

Masters in Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida, 2006

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida, 2010

Research

Systems simulation modeling, applied probability modeling, and economic analysis in public health, such as: projecting future cases of HIV and other STIs and analyzing impact and cost-effectiveness of national intervention strategies; and estimating transition parameters for modeling natural history of cancer and projecting disease burden.

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

Stover, J., Gopalappa, C., Mahy, M., Doherty, M.C., Easterbrook, P.J., Weiler, G., and Ghys, P.D., The impact and cost of the 2013 WHO recommendations on eligibility for antiretroviral therapy, AIDS, 28 Suppl. 2:S225-30, 2014
Gopalappa, C., Stover, J., Shaffer, N., and Mahy, M., The Costs and Benefits of Option B+ for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, AIDS, 28 Suppl. 1:S5-14, 2014
Gopalappa, C., Huang, Y., Melanie, T., Kwame, O., and Gift, T., Cost-effectiveness of screening and treating men for chlamydia and gonorrhea in Maricopa correctional facilities to prevent possible pelvic inflammatory disease in women from transmissions, STD, 40 (10):776-783, 2013
Farnham, P., Gopalappa, C., Sansom, S., Costs and effectiveness of early versus late treatment in view of recent guidelines for starting treatment at an earlier HIV stage, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, JAIDS, 64(2):183-189, 2013.
Farnham, P.G., Holtgrave, D. R., Gopalappa, C., Angela B. Hutchinson, Stephanie L. Sansom, Lifetime Costs and QALYs Saved from HIV Prevention in the Test and Treat Era, Letter to the Editor, JAIDS, 64(2):e15-e18, 2013
Gopalappa, C., Farnham, P., Hutchinson, A., and Sansom, S., Cost-effectiveness of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) goal of increasing the proportion linking to care at diagnosis, JAIDS, 61 (1):99-105, 2012.
Gopalappa, C., Cremaschi, S., Das, T., Orcun, S., Applied Probability Models for Estimating Progression Rates between Colorectal Cancer Stages, Health Care Management Science 14(1), March 2011: Pg 1-21
Gopalappa, C., Das, T., Enkemann, S., and Eschrich, S., Removal of Hybridization and Scanning Noise from Microarrays, IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 8(3), 2009

Honors

Registration:

Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Post-doctoral Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010- 12
Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 3rd Place, 2011

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Homepage:

Academic Website

J. MacGregor Smith

Professor

Marston 111B

111B Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

jmsmith@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-4542

(413) 545-1027

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Education

B.Arch., University of California at Berkeley, 1968;
M.Arch., University of California at Berkeley, 1969;
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978

Research

Topological network design; facility layout and location; stochastic network design and analysis

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

Facilities Planning and Design. Pearson Prentice-Hall: New Jersey, 2008, ISBN 0-13-148191-6. with Alberto Garcia-Diaz.
Steiner Minimal Trees, Twist Angles, and the Protein Folding Problem. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics 66. 889-902 (2007). with Yunho Jang and Moon Kim.
Optimal Buffer Allocation in Finite Closed Networks with Multiple Servers. Computers and Operations Research. Volume 35, Issue 8, August 2008, Pages 2579-2598, with Mustafa Yuzukirmizi.
Approximate Analysis of M/G/c/c State Dependent Queueing Networks.Computers and Operations Research 34. 2332-2344 (2007), with Frederico Cruz.
A Customer Threshold Property for Closed Finite Queueing Networks. Performance Evaluation Vol. 63, Númbers. 4-5 (2006), 463-492. with Mustafa Yuzukirmizi.

Honors

IE Professor of the Year Award 2005,2006,2007
Best Paper Award, IIE Transactions on Manufacturing Systems (2004-2005) with Frederico Cruz

Ana Muriel

Associate Professor

Associate Department Head

ELab 213D

213D ELab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

muriel@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-4242

(413) 545-1027

Supply Chain Management Lab

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Education

B.Sc., University of Seville, 1993;
M.Sc., Northwestern University, 1994;
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1997

Research

Logistics and supply chain management

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

“Machine Scheduling, Linear Programming and List Scheduling Heuristics,” L. M. A. Chan, A. Muriel and D. Simchi-Levi. Operations Research 46, Number 5, pp. 729-741 (1998).
“On the Effectiveness of Zero-Inventory Ordering Policies for Economic Lot-Sizing Models with Piece-Wise Linear Cost Structures,” L. M. A. Chan, A. Muriel, Z. J. Shen, and D. Simchi-Levi. Operations Research 50, Number 6, pp. 1058-1067 (2002).
“Effective Zero-Inventory Ordering Policies for the Single-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Problem with Piece-Wise Linear Cost Structures,” L. M. A. Chan, A. Muriel, Z. J. Shen, D. Simchi-Levi, and C.-P. Teo. Management Science 48, Number 11, pp.1446—1460 (2003).
“Capacitated Multicommodity Network Flow Problems with Piece-wise Linear Concave Costs,” A. Muriel and F. Munshi. IIE Transactions 36, Number 7 / July 2004, pp. 683 - 696.
“Managing Flexible Capacity in a Make-to-Order Environment,” E. Bish, A. Muriel and S. Biller. Management Science 51, Number 2, 167-180 (2005).
“Impact of Partial Manufacturing Flexibility on Production Variability,” A. Muriel, A. Somasundaram and Y. Zhang. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 8(2), pp.192-205 (2006).
“Optimal Implementation and Benefits of Rolling Inventory,” A. Muriel and R. Ruiz-Benitez. IIE Transactions 38, Number 6, July 2006, pp. 591 – 603. Highlighted in the Research section of IE Magazine, July 2006.
“Impact of Price Postponement on Capacity and Flexibility Investment Decisions,” A. Muriel, Y. Zhang and S. Biller. Production and Operations Management 15(2), pp. 198 – 214, (2006).
“Optimal Ordering Policies with Convertible Lead Times,” G. Gallego, Y. Jin, A. Muriel, G. Zhang and V.T. Yildiz. European Journal of Operational Research 176 (2), January 2007, pp. 892-910.
“Measuring the Impact of Increased Product Substitution on Pricing and Capacity Decisions under Linear Demands,” B. Lus and A. Muriel. Production and Operations Management 18(1), January 2009.
“Single-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Inventory Systems with Full TruckLoad Shipments,” Jin, Y. and A. Muriel. Naval Research Logistics 56(5), 450-464, August 2009.
“The Impact of Flexibility and Capacity Allocation on the Performance of Primary Care Practices,” H. Balasubramanian, A. Muriel and Liang Wang. Flexible Services and Manufacturing 24 (4), 422-447, December 2012.
“Consumer Returns in a Decentralized Supply Chain,” R. Ruiz-Benitez and A. Muriel. International Journal of Production Economics, 147, Part C, 573 – 592, January 2014.
“Dynamic allocation of same-day requests in multiphysician primary care practices in the presence of prescheduled appointments” H. Balasubramanian, S. Biehl and A. Muriel. Healthcare Management Science, 17(1), 31-48, 2014.
“Guidelines for Scheduling in Primary Care under Different Patient Types and Stochastic Nurse and Provider Service Times,” HJ Oh, A Muriel, H Balasubramanian, K Atkinson, T Ptaszkiewicz. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 3 (4), 263-279.
“When to Offer Low-Quality or Remanufactured Versions of a Product,” Y. Jin, A. Muriel and Y. Lu. Decision Sciences Volume 47, Issue 4, August 2016

Honors

2017 IISE Best Track Paper, IISE Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
2015 Leadership Award Finalist, Pratt & Whitney, E. Hartford, CT.
2015 Diversity Ally, College of Engineering, UMass Amherst
2009 INFORMS Moving Spirit Award.
Premio Nacional de I+D en Logística Integral (National R&D Award in Logistics), 1er Congreso de Logística y Gestión de la Cadena de Suministro, Zaragoza, Spain, Sept.’07.
Best Paper Award in the Closed Loop Supply Chain Track, POMS-Dallas, May 2007.
“2007, 2010, 2013, and 2015 IE Advisor of the Year,” UMass Amherst.
2006-2007 Community Service Learning Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
“2004 Meritorious Service Award,” Operations Research, An INFORMS Journal.
Oberwolfach NSF Fellow, 2004.
Ramón y Cajal Award, from the Ministry of Science and Technology in Spain, 2004.
Nominated for 2003 and 2011 Distinguished Teaching Award, U. of Massachusetts.
“2003 and 2009 IE Professor of the Year,” University of Massachusetts Amherst.
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002.
“2001 Meritorious Service Award,” Operations Research, An INFORMS Journal.

Jenna Marquard

Associate Professor

Marston 120G

120G Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

jlmarquard@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-0646

(413) 545-1027

Decision-Making and Behavior Lab

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Education

B.S., University of Iowa, 2003;
M.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2004;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2007

Research

Modeling how individuals gather and use information to make complex decisions, particularly in the area of health information technology (IT).

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

Marquard, J., Jo, J., Henneman, P., Fisher, D., & Henneman, B. (2012). Can visualizations complement our choices of quantitative process analysis measures? A case study of nurses identifying patients before administering medications. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, forthcoming.
Radhakrishnan, K., Jacelon, C., Bigelow, C., Roche, J., & Marquard, J. (2012). Use of a homecare electronic health record (EHR) to find associations between patient characteristics and hospitalizations for heart failure patients using telehealth services. Journal of Telehealth and Telecare, forthcoming.
Mertens, W., Christov, S., Avrunin, G., Clarke, L., Osterweil, L., Cassels, L., & Marquard, J. (2012). Using process elicitation and validation to understand and improve chemotherapy ordering and delivery. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, forthcoming.
Henneman, P., Marquard, J., Fisher, D., Bleil, J., Walsh, B., Henneman, J., Blank, F., Higgins, A.M., Nathanson, B., & Henneman, E. (2012). Barcode verification: Reducing but not eliminating medication errors. Journal of Nursing Administration, forthcoming.
Lopez, M., Esparza, A., Lavine, M, & Marquard, J. (2012). Your textbook can’t help you here: Applying traditional methods to atypical data. Chance, forthcoming. (educational article in collaboration with statistics graduate students)
Radhakrishnan, K., Jacelon, C., Bigelow, C., Roche, J., Marquard, J., & Bowles, K. (2012). Association of comorbidities with home care service utilization of patients with heart failure while receiving telehealth. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, May 10 Epub ahead of print.
Marquard, J. & Zayas-Cabán, T. (2012). Commercial off-the-shelf consumer health interventions: Recommendations for their design, evaluation, and redesign. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 19(1), 137-42.
Marquard, J., Henneman, P., He, Z., Jo, J., Fisher, D., & Henneman, E. (2011). Nurses’ behaviors and visual scanning patterns may reduce patient identification errors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 17(3), 247-56.
Marquard, J., Duffey, N., & Lin, Q.M. (2011). Consumer decision-making strategies and use of hospital quality measures. Quality Management Journal, 18(4), 25-35.
Mei, Y.Y., Marquard, J., Jacelon, C., & DeFeo, A. (2011). Designing and evaluating an electronic patient falls reporting system: Perspectives for the implementation of health information technology in long-term residential care facilities. International Journal of Medical Informatics, Apr 9 Epub ahead of print.
Marquard, J. & Brennan, P. F. (2009). Crying wolf: Consumers may be more willing to share medication information than policymakers expect. Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 23(2), 26-32.
Ghosh, T., & Marquard, J. (2007). Development of regional health information organizations (RHIOs): knowledge networks and collaboration. International Journal of Public Policy, 2(3/4).
Marquard, J., Moen, A., & Brennan, P.F. (2006). Photographic data – An untapped resource to explore complex phenomena such as health information and management in the household (HIMH). Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 122, 58-62.

Honors

NSF Career Award, 2012
University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering Barbara H. and Joseph I. Goldstein Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2012
University of Massachusetts Amherst Team-Based Learning Fellowship, 2012-2013
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2012
University of Massachusetts Amherst Lilly Teaching Fellowship, 2011-2012
Industrial Engineering Advisor of the Year (Student Voted), 2011, 2012
Industrial Engineering Professor of the Year (Student Voted), 2010, 2011
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2006
Best Poster Award, Tromso Telemedicine and eHealth Conference, 2004
Presidential Scholar, University of Iowa, 1999
Engineering Excellence Scholar, University of Iowa College of Engineering, 1999

Donald L. Fisher

Research Emeritus Professor

Director, Arbella Human Performance Lab

ELab 220A

220A Engineering Lab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

fisher@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-1657

(413) 545-1027

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Education

B.A., Bowdoin College, 1971;
Ed.M., Harvard University, 1973;
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1983

Research

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Publications

Tian, H., Gao, S., Fisher, D. L. and Post, B. (In review). Route choice behavior in a driving simulator with real-time information. Transportation Research C.
Fisher, D.L. (submitted). Cognitive Distraction in the Wild: Next Steps – Addressing a not so Humdrum Conundrum (commentary). Human Factors.
Yamani, Y., Samuel, S., and Fisher, D. L. (submitted). Evaluation of the effectiveness of a multi-skill program for training younger drivers on higher cognitive skills. Applied Ergonomics.
Taylor, T., Roman, L., McFeaters, K., Romoser, M., Borowsky, A., Merritt, D.J., Pollatsek, A., Lee, J.D. and Fisher, D. L. (submitted). Cell phone conversations impede latent hazard anticipation while driving, with partial compensation by self-regulation in more complex driving scenarios. Human Factors.
Borowsky, A., Horrey, W.J., Lian, Y., Garabet, A., Simmons, L. and Fisher, D.L. (accepted). The effects of momentary visual disruption on hazard anticipation and awareness in driving. Traffic Injury Prevention.
McDonald, C.C., Kandadai, V., Loeb, H., Seacrist, T., Lee, Y-C, Bonfiglio, D., Fisher, D. L. and Winston, F.K. (accepted February 2015). Evaluation of a risk awareness perception training program on novice teen driver behavior at left turn intersections. Transportation Research Record.
Samuel, S. and Fisher, D. L. (accepted February 2015). Evaluation of the Minimum Forward Roadway Glance duration critical to Latent Hazard Detection. Transportation Research Record.
Gómez, R., Samuel, S., Romoser, M. R. E., Knodler, M.A., Collura, J., & Fisher, D.L. (accepted February 2014). Mitigation of Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflicts at Stop-Controlled T-Intersections. Transportation Research Record.
Yamani, Y., Horrey, W.J., Liang, Y. and Fisher, D.L. (accepted). Sequential in-vehicle glance distributions: an alternative approach for analyzing glance data. Human Factors.
Amster, B., Marquard, J., Henneman, E., and Fisher, D. (in press). Using an eye tracker during medication administration to identify gaps in nursing students’ contextual knowledge. Nursing Educator, 20.
Samuel, S., Romoser, M. R. E., Roman, L. G., Hamid, M., Gómez, R., Collura, J., Knodler, M. & Fisher, D. L. (in press). Effects of advanced yield markings and symbolic signs on vehicle-pedestrian conflicts: a field evaluation. Transportation Research Record.
Henneman, E. A., Cunningham, H., Fisher, D. L., Plotkin, K., Roche, J. P., Reilly, C., Shen, Y., Nathanson, B. and Henneman, P. L. (2014). Eye-tracking as a debriefing mechanism in the simulated setting improves patient safety practices. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 33, 129-135
Brown, P. J., Marquard, J. L., Amster, B., Romoser, M., Friderici, J., Goff, S. and Fisher, D. L. (2014). What do physicians read (and ignore) in electronic progress notes? Applied Clinical Informatics, 5, 430-444.
Fisher, D.L. and Strayer, D. L. (2014). Modelling situation awareness and crash risk. The Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine, 58, 33-39.
Durbin, D.R., McGehee, D.V., Fisher, D.L. and McCartt. (2014). Special considerations in distracted driving with teens. The Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine, 58, 69-83.
Divekar, G., Pradhan, A. K., Masserang, K. M., Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D. L. (2013). A simulator evaluation of the effects of attention maintenance training on glance distributions of younger novice drivers. Transportation Research F, 20, 154-159.
Marquard, J. L., Jo, J., Henneman, P. L., Fisher, D. L. and Henneman, E. A. (2013). Can visualizations complement quantitative process analysis measures? A case study of nurses identifying patients before administering medications. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 7, 471-478.
Taylor, T., Pradhan, A. K., Divekar, G., Romoser, M., Muttart, J., Gómez, R., Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D. L. (2013). The view from the road: the contribution of on-road glance-monitoring technologies to understanding driver behavior. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 58, 175-186. doi: 10.1016
Ouimet, M.C., Pradhan, A.K., Simons-Morton, B.G., Divekar, G., Mehranian, H., & Fisher, D.L. (2013). The effect of male teenage passengers on male teenage drivers: findings from a driving simulator study. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 58, 132-139.
Romoser, M. R. E., Pollatsek, A., Fisher, D. L., & Williams, C. C. (2013). Comparing the glance patterns of older versus younger experienced drivers: Scanning for hazards while approaching and entering the intersection. Transportation Research Part F, 16, 104-116. PMCID: PMC3494462
Divekar, G., Pradhan, A. K., Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D. L. (2012). External Distractions: Evaluation of their effect on younger novice and experienced drivers’ behavior and vehicle control. Transportation Research Record, 2321, 15-22.
Henneman, P.L., Marquard, J. L., Fisher, D.L., Bleil, J., Walsh, B., Henneman, J.P., Blank, F.S., Higgins, A.M., Nathanson, B.H. & Henneman, E.A. (2012). Barcode verification reduces but doesn’t eliminate medication and patient identification errors in clinical simulation. Journal of Nursing Administration, 42, 562-566.
Pollatsek, A., Divekar, G. and Fisher, D. L. (2012). A new measure of inattentiveness to the forward roadway. Transportation Research Record, 2321, 31-37.
Romoser, M. R. E., Deschamps, M., Wilson, H., & Fisher, D. L. (2012). Investigating differences between experienced adult drivers and teen drivers using lower cost vehicle data recording technology. Transportation Research Record, 2321, 79-87.
McDonald, C. C., Tanenbaum, J. B., Lee, Y., Fisher, D. L., Mayhew, D. R. and Winston, F. K. (2012). Using crash data to develop simulator scenarios for assessing young novice driver performance. Transportation Research Record, 2321, 73-78. PMCID: PMC3610562
Fisher, D. L. and Garay-Vega, L. (2012). Advance yield markings and drivers’ performance in response to multiple-threat scenarios at mid-block crosswalks. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 44, 35-41. NIHMSID # 406775.
Pollatsek, A.P., Romoser, M. R. E. and Fisher, D. L. (2012). Identifying and remediating failures of selective attention in older drivers. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21, 3-7. NIHMSID # 406775.
Marquard, J., Henneman, P., Jo, J., He, Z., Fisher, D., & Henneman, E. (2011). Nurses’ behaviors and visual scanning patterns may reduce patient identification errors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 17, 247-56.
Muttart, J. W., Peck, L. R., Guderian, S., Bartlett, W., Ton, L. P., Kauderer, C., Fisher, D. L. and Manning, J. E. (2011). Motorcycle rider glance and stopping behavior at intersections: it’s time to put our foot down. Transportation Research Record, 2265, 81-88. NIHMSID # 406992.
Gómez, R., Samuel, S., Roman Gerardino, L., Romoser, M. R. E. and Fisher, D. L. (2011). Do advance yield markings increase safe driver behaviors at unsignalized, marked midblock crosswalks: A simulator study. Transportation Research Record, 2264, 27-33. NIHMSID # 406994
Divekar, G., Mehranian, H., Romoser, M. R. E., Muttart, J. W., Garder, P., Collura, J. and Fisher, D. L. (2011). Predicting drivers’ route choices when given categorical and numerical information on delays ahead: The effect of age, experience, and prior knowledge. Transportation Research Record, 2248, 104-110. PMCID: PMC3486705Bo
Vlakveld, W., Romoser, M. R. E., Mehranian, H., Diete, F., and Fisher, D. L. (2011). Does the experience of crashes and near crashes in a simulator-based training program enhance novice driver's visual search for latent hazards? Transportation Research Record, 2265, 153-160. NIHMSID # 406998
Pradhan, A.K., Divekar, G, Masserang, K., Romoser, M., Zafian, T., Blomberg, R.D., Thomas, F.D., Reagan, I., Knodler, M., Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D.L. (2011). The effects of focused attention training (FOCAL) on the duration of novice drivers’ glances inside the vehicle. Ergonomics, 54, 917-931. PMC # 3437545.
Muttart, J. W., Hurwitz, D. S., Pradhan, A., Fisher, D. L. and Knodler, M. A. (2011) Developing an adaptive warning system for backing crashes in different types of backing scenarios. Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, 3, 38-58.
Schweickert, R., Goldstein, W., and Fisher, D. L. (2010). Additive factors and stages of mental processes. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 54, 405-414.
Rothenberg, H. Knodler, M. A. and D. Fisher. (2010). An analysis of motorcycle crash causation. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 16, 79-84.
Chan, E., Pradhan, A. K., Knodler, M. A, Pollatsek, A. and Fisher, D. L. (2010). Are driving simulators effective tools for evaluating novice drivers’ hazard anticipation, speed management, and attention maintenance skills? Transportation Research F, 13, 343–353. PMC # 2923851.
Henneman, P.L., Fisher, D.L., Henneman, E.A., Pham, T.A., Campbell, M.M., and Nathanson, B.H. (2010). Patient identification errors are common in a simulated setting. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 55, 503-509.
Garay-Vega, L., Pradhan, A.K., Weinberg, G., Schmidt-Nielsen, B., Harsham. B., Shen, Y., Divekar, G., Romoser, M., Knodler, M., Fisher, D. L. (2010). Evaluation of different voice and touch interfaces to in-vehicle music retrieval systems. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42, 913–920. PMC # 2854676.
Hurwitz, D.S., Pradhan, A. K., Fisher, D.L., Knodler, M.A., Menon, R., and Meissner, U. (2010). Backing collisions: a study of drivers’ eye and backing behavior using combined rear view camera and sensor systems. Injury Prevention, 16, 79-84.
Henneman, E. A., Roche, J., Fisher, D. L., Cunningham, H., Reilly, C. A., Nathanson, B., and Henneman, P. L. (2010). Error identification and recovery by student nurses using human patient simulation: Opportunity to improve patient safety. Applied Nursing Research, 23, 11–21.
Romoser, M. and Fisher, D. L. (2009) The effect of active versus passive training strategies on improving older drivers’ scanning for hazards while negotiating intersections. Human Factors, 51, 652-668. PMC # 2897097
Pradhan, A. K., Pollatsek, A., Knodler, M. and Fisher, D. L. (2009). Can younger drivers be trained to scan for information that will reduce their risk in roadway traffic scenarios that are hard to identify as hazardous? Ergonomics, 52, 657-673. PMC # 2707454.
Henneman, P. L., Fisher, D. L., Henneman, E. A., Pham, T. A., Mei, Y. Y., Talati, R., Nathanson, B. H. and Roche, J. (2008). Providers Do Not Verify Patient Identity During Computer Order Entry. Academic Emergency Medicine, 15, 641 - 648.
Knodler, M. A. Jr., Noyce, D. A., and Fisher, D. L. (2007). Evaluating the impact of two allowable permissive left-turn indications. Transportation Research Record, 2018,53-62.
Muttart, J., Fisher, D. L., Knodler, M. and Pollatsek, A. (2007). Driving Simulator Evaluation of Driver Performance during Hands-Free Cell Phone Operation in a Work Zone: Driving without a Clue. Transportation Research Record, 2018, 9-14.
Fisher, D. L., Pradhan, A. K., Pollatsek, A. and Knodler, M. A. Jr. (2007). Empirical evaluation of hazard anticipation behaviors in the field and on a driving simulator using an eye tracker. Transportation Research Record, 2018, 80-86.
Garay Vega, L., Fisher, D. L. and Pollatsek, A. (2007). Hazard Anticipation of Novice and experienced drivers: empirical evaluation on a driving simulator in daytime and nighttime conditions. Transportation Research Record, 2009, 1-7.
Pollatsek, A., Fisher, D. L. and Pradhan, A. K. (2006). Identifying and Remediating Failures of Selective Attention in Younger Drivers. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 255-259.
Pradhan, A. K., Fisher, D. L. and Pollatsek, A. (2006). Risk Perception Training for Novice Drivers: Evaluating Duration of Effects on a Driving Simulator. Transportation Research Record, 1969, 58-64.
Fisher, D. L., Pollatsek, A. and Pradhan, A. (2006). Can novice drivers be trained to scan for information that will reduce their likelihood of a crash? Injury Prevention, Volume 12, Supplement 1, i25-i29.
Pollatsek, A., Narayanan, V., Pradhan, A., and Fisher, D. L. (2006). The Use of Eye Movements to Evaluate the Effect of PC-Based Risk Awareness Training on an Advanced Driving Simulator. Human Factors, 48, 447-464.
Upchurch, J., Fisher, D. L., Waraich, B. (2005). Guide Signing for Two-Lane Exits with an Option Lane: A Human Factors Evaluation. Transportation Research Record: Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Rail-Highway Grade Crossings, 1918, 35-45.
Pradhan, A. K., Hammel, K. R., DeRamus, R., Pollatsek, A., Noyce, D. A. and Fisher, D. L (2005). The Use of Eye Movements to Evaluate the Effects of Driver Age on Risk Perception in an Advanced Driving Simulator. Human Factors, 47, 840-852.
Dutta, A., Fisher, D. L., and Noyce, D. A. (2005). Use of a Driving Simulator to Evaluate and Optimize Factors Affecting Understandability of Variable Message Signs. Transportation Research F, 7,209-227.
Fisher, D. L., Upchurch, J., Pradhan, A., Mehranian, H., Romoser, M. (2004). Signing Two-Lane Freeway Exits with an Option Through Lane in Extreme Conditions: Anatomy of Drivers’ Behavior. Transportation Research Record, 1899, 35-43.
Laurie, N. L., Zhang, S., Mundoli, R., Duffy, S. A., Collura, J. and Fisher, D. L. (2004). Evaluation of alternative DO NOT ENTER signs: Failures of attention. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 7,151-166.
Schweickert, R., Fisher, D. L., Proctor, R. (2003). Steps towards building mathematical and computer models from cognitive task analysis. Human Factors, 45, 77-103.
Poli, C., Fisher, D. L., Pollatsek, A., and Woolf, B.P. (2003). Design for Stamping: Isolating Pedagogically Effective Components in Multimedia Tutors and the Classroom. Journal of Engineering Education, 92,227-237.
Dutta, A., Carpenter, R., Noyce, D. A., Duffy, S. A., Fisher, D. L. (2002). Drivers' Understanding of Overhead Freeway Exit Guide Signs: Evaluation of Alternatives Using an Advanced Fixed Base Driving Simulator. Transportation Research Record: Human Performance Models, Intelligent Vehicle Initiative, Traveler Advisory and Information Systems (Safety and Human Performance), No. 1803, pp. 102-109.
Fisher, D. L., Laurie, N. E., Glaser, R., Connerney, K., Pollatsek, A., Duffy, S. A. and Brock, J. (2002). The use of an advanced driving simulator to evaluate the effects of training and experience on drivers’ behavior in risky traffic scenarios. Human Factors, 44, pp. 287-302.
Holton, A. E., Fisher, D. L. and Collura, J. (2002). Advanced parking management systems: Drivers' parking decision strategies. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 128 (1), 49-57.
Katsikopoulos, K., Duse-Anthony, Y., Fisher, D. L. and Duffy, S. A. (2002). Risk attitude reversals in drivers' route choice when range of travel time information is provided. Human Factors, 44, pp. 466-473.
Kichhanagari, R., DeRamus Motley, R., Duffy, S. A., and Fisher, D. L. (2002). Airport terminal signs: Use of advance guide signs to speed search time. Transportation Research Record: Aviation, Airport and Air Traffic Economic and Operational Issues (Aviation), No. 1788, pp. 26-32.
Upchurch, J., Fisher, D. L., Carpenter, C., Dutta, A. (2002) Freeway Guide Sign Design with Driving Simulator for Central Artery-Tunnel: Boston, Massachusetts. Transportation Research Record: Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Rail-Highway Grade Crossings (Highway Operations, Capacity, and Traffic Control), No. 1801, pp. 9-17.
Katsikopoulos, K. and Fisher, D. L. (2001). Formal requirements of Markov state models for paired associate learning. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 45, 2, 324 – 333.
Katsikopoulos, K., Fisher, D. L. and Duffy, S. A. (2001). Experimental evaluation of policies for sequencing the presentation of associations. IEEE: Systems, Man & Cybernetics: Part A: Systems and Humans, 31, 55-59.
Katsikopoulos, K. V., Duse-Anthony, Y., Fisher, D. L. and Duffy, S. A. (2000). The framing of drivers’ route choices when travel time information is provided under varying degrees of cognitive load. Human Factors, 42, 470-481.
Gorman, M. and Fisher, D. L (1998). Visual Search: The slowing of strategic and nonstrategic processes. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 53B, P189-P200.
Laurie, N. E., Andres, R. O. and Fisher, D. L. (1998). The role of instruction sets in operator satisfaction while using a voice activated dialing system. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 23, 307-312.
Reichle, E. D., Pollatsek, A., Fisher, D. L. and Rayner, K. (1998). Towards a model of eye movement control in reading. Psychological Review, 105, 125-157.
Wallace, J. S. and Fisher, D. L. (1998). Sound localization: Theory and practice. Human Factors, 40, 50-68.
Wood, D. D., Fisher, D. L., and Andres, R. O. (1997). Minimizing fatigue during repetitive jobs: Optimizing work-rest schedules. Human Factors, 39, 83-101.
Fisher, D. L. and Glaser, R. (1996). Molar and latent models of cognitive slowing: Implications for aging, dementia, depression, development and intelligence. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 3, 458-480.
Fisher, D. L., Wisher. R. A. and Ranney, T. (1996). Static and dynamic training strategies: A framework for optimizing training strategies. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 40, 30-47.
Fisk, A. D. and Fisher, D. L. (1994). Brinley plots and theories of aging: The explicit, implicit and muddled debates. Journal of Gerontology, 49, P81-P89.
Fisher, D. L., Andres, R. O., Airth, D. and Smith, S. S. (1993). Repetitive Motion Disorders: The Design of Optimal Rate-Rest Profiles. Human Factors, 35, 283-304.
Fisher, D. L. (1993). Optimal performance engineering. Human Factors, 35, 115-140.
Fisher, D. L. and Tanner, N. (1992). Optimal symbol set selection: An automated procedure. Human Factors, 34, 79-92.
Fisk, A. D., Fisher, D. L. and Rogers, W. A. (1992). General slowing alone cannot explain age-related search effects: A reply to Cerella. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 121, 73-78.
Goldstein, W. M. and Fisher, D. L. (1992). Stochastic networks as models of cognition: Deriving predictions for resource constrained mental processing. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 36, 129-145.
Goldstein, W. M. and Fisher, D. L. (1991). Stochastic networks as models of cognition: Derivation of response time distributions using the Order-of-Processing method. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 35(2), 214-241.
Fisher, D. L., Yungkurth, E. and Moss, S. (1990). Optimal menu hierarchy design: Syntax and Semantics. Human Factors, 32(6), 665-683.
Fisher, D. L., Coury, B. G., Tengs, T. O. and Duffy, S. A. (1989). Optimizing the highlighting in visual displays. Human Factors, 31, 167-182.
Fisher, D. L. and Tan, K. (1989). Highlighting in visual displays: The highlighting paradox. Human Factors, 31, 17-30.
Fisher, D. L., Duffy, S. A., Young, C. and Pollatsek, A. (1988). Automatic detection in visual search: Masking, decision noise and load effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 14, 253-266.
Rayner, K. and Fisher, D. L. (1987). Letter processing during eye fixations in visual search. Perception and Psychophysics, 42, 87-100.
Fisher, D. L., Saisi, D. and Goldstein, W. M. (1985). Stochastic PERT networks: OP diagrams, critical paths and the expected completion time. Computers and Operations Research, 12, 471-482.
Fisher, D. L. (1984). Central capacity limits in consistent mapping visual search tasks: Four channels or more? Cognitive Psychology, 16, 449-484.
Fisher, D. L. and Goldstein, W. M. (1983). Stochastic PERT networks as models of cognition: Derivation of the mean, variance and distribution of reaction time using Order-of-Processing (OP) diagrams. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 27, 121-151.
Fisher, D. L. and Knesper, D. K. (1983). Markov models and the utilization of mental health services. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 17, 21-31.
Fisher, D. L. (1982). Limited channel models of automatic detection: Capacity and scanning in visual search. Psychological Review, 89, 662-692.
Fisher, D. L. (1981). A three factor model of syllogistic reasoning. Memory and Cognition, 9, 496-514.
Fisher, D. L. (1981). Functional literacy tests: A model of question-answering and an analysis of errors. Reading Research Quarterly, 16, 418-448.

Honors

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA, Faculty Fellow, June 2013
Liberty Mutual Award Best Paper Award, Ergonomics 2009, Juried by Editors of Ergonomics, 2010.
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Board Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2008.
Outstanding Advisor of the Year, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2007 – 2008.
Community Service Learning Fellow, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2006 – 2007.
Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 2000
Minority Engineering Program Recognition Award, Minority Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1997
Outstanding Advisor Service Award, College of Engineering and Joint Student Engineering Societies, University of Massachusetts, 1996
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1986
Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1985
Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 2000
Minority Engineering Program Recognition Award, Minority Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1997
Outstanding Advisor Service Award, College of Engineering and Joint Student Engineering Societies, University of Massachusetts, 1996
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1986
Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1985

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Hari Balasubramanian

Associate Professor

ELab 322

322 ELab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

hbalasubraman@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 577-3208

(413) 545-1027

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Education

B.E: Production Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Trichy, India, 2000
M.S: Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University, 2002
Ph.D: Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University, 2006

Research

Operations research applied to healthcare delivery, specifically patient access management and medical decision making and health policy; scheduling theory and algorithms; combinatorial optimization; heuristics; genetic algorithms.

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Industrial Engineering

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Publications

Publications (students indicated with a *), updated July 2014, also see Google Scholar page.

Alvarez Oh*, H-J, Muriel, A., and Balasubramanian, H., A user-friendly Excel simulation for scheduling in primary care practices, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference, 2014 (accepted) pdf.

Ozen, A.*, Balasubramanian, H., Samra, P., Ehresman, M., Li, H., Fairman, T., and Roche, J., The impact of hourly discharge rates and prioritization on timely access to inpatient beds, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference, 2014 (accepted), pdf.

Henneman, P. L., Nathanson, B. H., Ribeiro, K*., & Balasubramanian, H. (2014). The impact of age and gender on resource utilization and profitability in emergency department patients seen and released. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014 (accepted and published online).

Stahl, J., Balasubramanian, H., Gao, X.*, Overko, S., Fosburgh, B., Balancing clinical experience in outpatient residency training, accepted and published online in Medical Decision Making, 2014, pdf.

Oh, H.*, Muriel, A., Balasubramanian, H., Ptaszkiewicz, T., and Atkinson, K., Guidelines for scheduling in primary care under different patient types and stochastic nurse and provider service times, IIE Transactions on Health Systems Engineering, appeared December 2013, pdf. Excel tool. IE Magazine, featured article (see 2nd page).

Khowala, K.*, Fowler, J., Keha, A., and Balasubramanian, H., Single machine scheduling with interfering job sets, accepted and online at Computers and Operations Research, pdf. Test instances for Problem 1 or P1 with text file description; test instances for Problem 2 or P2 with text file and description. Separate link for paper and test cases.

Balasubramanian, H., Biehl, S.*, Dai, L.*, and Muriel, A., Dynamic scheduling of same-day requests in multi-physician primary care practices in the presence of prescheduled appointments, accepted and online in Health Care Management Science, pdf. DOI: 10.1007/s10729-013-9242-2

Ozen, A.*, and Balasubramanian, H., The impact of case-mix on timely access to appointments in a primary care group practice, Health Care Management Science. 16 (2): 101-118, 2013, pdf; spreadsheet.

Balasubramanian, H., Muriel, A., Ozen, A.*, Wang, L.*, Hippchen, J.*, and Gao, X.*, Capacity allocation and flexibility in primary care, Springer Book on Healthcare Operations Management, Editor: Brian Denton, 2013, pdf.

Zhang, J.*, Denton, B., Balasubramanian, H., Shah, N., and Inman, B., Optimization of prostate biopsy referral decisions, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management: Special Healthcare Issue, 2012, 14(4), 529-547, pdf.

Zhang, J.*, Denton, B., Balasubramanian, H., Shah, N., and Inman, B., Optimization of PSA screening policies: A comparison of patient and societal perspectives, Medical Decision Making, 2012, Mar-Apr; 32(2):337-49, pdf.

Balasubramanian, H., Muriel, A., Wang, L.*, The impact of flexibility and capacity allocation on the performance of primary care practices, Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 2012, 24 (4), 422-447. pdf.

Balasubramanian, H., Primary healthcare in developing nations, feature article, OR/MS Today, April 2011, Volume 38 (2), 30-34. (link)

Balasubramanian, H., Banerjee, R., Denton, B., Naessens, J., Wood, D., and Stahl, J., Improving clinical access and continuity using physician panel redesign, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2010, 25 (10), 1109-15. (pdf).

Balasubramanian, H., Denton, B., Lin, M.*, Managing physician panels in primary care, Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems, CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Editor: Yuehwern Yih, 10-1, 2011.

Denton, B., Miller, A., Balasubramanian, H., and Huschka, T., Optimal allocation of surgery blocks to operating rooms under uncertainty, Operations Research, 58:802:816, 2010. (pdf)

Berg,B.*, Nelson, H., Denton,B., Balasubramanian, H., Rahman, A., Bailey, A., and Lindor, K., A discrete event simulation model to evaluate the operational performance of a colonoscopy suite, Medical Decision Making, 30(3), pp 380-387, 2010. (pdf)

Balasubramanian, H., The resettlement of refugee farmers, OR/MS Today, April 2009, Volume 36, #2 (special issue on international applications of operations research). More details here.

Balasubramanian, H., Fowler, J., Keha, A. and Pfund, M., Scheduling interfering job sets on parallel machines, European Journal of Operational Research, 2009, 199 (1), pages 55-67 (pdf)

Pfund, M., Balasubramanian, H., Fowler, J., Mason, S., and Rose, O., A multi-criteria approach to scheduling wafer fabrication facilities, Journal of Scheduling, 11 (1), 2008, 29-47 (pdf).

Mohan, S., Gopalakrishnan, M., Balasubramanian, H., and Chandrashekar, A., A lognormal approximation of activity duration in PERT using two time estimates, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol 58, Number 6, 827-831, 2007 (pdf).

Monch, L., Balasubramanian, H., Fowler, J., and Pfund, M., Heuristic scheduling of jobs on parallel batch machines with incompatible job families and unequal ready times, Computers and Operations Research, Vol 32 (11), 2005, 2731-2750 (pdf).

Balasubramanian, H., Monch, L., Fowler, J.W., and Pfund, M.E., Genetic Algorithm based scheduling of parallel batch machines with incompatible job families to minimize total weighted tardiness, International Journal of Production Research, Vol 42 (8), 2004 (pdf). [masters thesis]

Ponnambalam, S., Balasubramanian, H., Kataria, M., and Gadicherla, A., A TSP-GA multi-objective algorithm for flow-shop scheduling, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol 23, 2004, 909-915. [undergraduate thesis]

Contact: hbalasubraman at ecs dot umass dot edu

Honors

IE Professor of the Year Award (student elected), 2012, 2013, and 2014
NSF CAREER Award, 2013
General Chair, INFORMS Northeastern Regional Conference, Amherst, MA, May
2011
Program Chair, INFORMS Healthcare Conference, June 2013
Area Editor, IIE Trasactions

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September 2014

Erin Baker

Professor

Director, Wind Energy IGERT

Marston 120C

120C Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

edbaker@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-0670

(413) 545-1027

Wind Energy IGERT

News article: With a tight federal budget, here’s where to focus clean energy research funding

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Education

B.A. U.C. Berkeley, 1986
M.S. Stanford University, 1998
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002

Research

Combining operations research methods and economics to decision making under uncertainty applied to the field of energy and the environment, with a focus on publicly-funded energy technology Research and Development portfolios in the face of climate change. Other topics include evaluating the sustainability of the electricity grid in New England as well as in developing countries, and evaluating the environmental costs and benefits of offshore wind energy.

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Renewable Energy

Publications

Erin Baker, Olaitan Olaleye, Lara Aleluia da Silva Reis, Decision Frameworks and the investment in R&D, Energy Policy, volume 80 (2015): 275–285
Erin Baker,Valentina Bosetti, Laura Diaz Anadon, Max Henrion, Lara Aleluia Reis, Future Costs of Key Low-Carbon Energy Technologies: Harmonization and Aggregation of Energy Technology Expert Elicitation Data, Energy Policy, Volume 80 (2015): 219–232
Baker, E. and Solak, S., Management of Energy Technology for Sustainability: How to Fund Energy Technology R&D, Production and Operations Management, Volume 23, Issue 3, pages 348–365, (March 2014) (Online Supplement)
Baker, E. and Olaleye, O., Combining Experts: Decomposition and Aggregation Order, Risk Analysis, 33 (6), 1116-1127 (2013)
Greg Nemet, Erin Baker, Karen Jenni, Modeling the future costs of carbon capture using experts' elicited probabilities under policy scenarios, Energy, Volume 56, 1 Pages 218-228 (2013)
Erin Baker, Meredith Fowlie, Derek Lemoine, and Stanley S. Reynolds, The Economics of Solar Electricity, Annual Review of Resource Economics, 5:387-426 (2013)
Jenni, K., Baker, E., and Nemet, G, Expert Elicitations of Energy Penalties for Carbon Capture Technologies, International Journal of GHG Control, 12:136-145 (2013)
Baker E., Option Value and the Diffusion of Fuel Efficient Vehicles, The Energy Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4, p 49-59 (2012)
Baker, E. and Solak, S., Climate Change and Optimal Energy Technology R&D Policy, European Journal of Operations Research, 213: 442 – 454 (2011)
Shrimali, G. and Baker, E. Optimal Feed in Tariff Schedule, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 59, No. 2, p 310 – 322 (2012)
Baker, E. and Peng, Y., The value of better information on technology R&D projects in response to climate change, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 17 (1): 107-121 (2012)
Baker, E. and Keisler, J. Cellulosic Biofuels: Expert Views on Prospects for Advancement, Energy, 36(1) Pages 595-605 (2011). Supplementary Material
Baker, E., Chon H. and Keisler, J. Battery Technology for Electric and Hybrid vehicles: Expert views about prospects for advancement, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 77: 1139-1146 (2010)
Shittu, E., and Baker, E. Optimal Energy R&D Portfolio Investments in Response to a Carbon Tax. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 57(4) 547 – 559 (2010)
Baker, E., Chon, H. and Keisler, J. Carbon Capture and Storage: Combining Expert Elicitations to Inform Climate Policy. Climatic Change 96 (3) Page 379 (2009)
Baker, E., Optimal Policy under Uncertainty and Learning in Climate Change: A Stochastic Dominance Approach, Journal of Public Economic Theory 11 (5): 721 - 747, (2009)
Ewing, B., and Baker, E. Development of a Green Building Decision Support Tool: A Collaborative Process. Decision Analysis 6 (3): 172 – (2009)
Kalowekamo, J. and Baker, E. Estimating the Cost of Manufacturing for Purely Organic Solar Cells. Solar Energy 83 (8), p.1224-1231, (Aug 2009)
Nemet G., and Baker, E. Demand subsidies versus R&D: Comparing the uncertain impacts of policy on a pre-commercial low-carbon energy technology. The Energy Journal 30(4): 49 - 80 (2009)
Baker, E., Chon, H. and Keisler, J. Advanced Solar R&D: Applying Expert Elicitations to Inform Climate Policy. Energy Economics 31:S37-S49 (2009)
Baker, E., Clarke, L., and Shittu, E., Technical Change and the Marginal Cost of Abatement, Energy Economics 30 (2008)
Baker, E. and Shittu, E. Uncertainty and Endogenous Technical Change in Climate Policy Models, Energy Economics 30 (2008).
Baker E. and Adu-Bonnah, K., Investment in Risky R&D Programs in the face of Climate Uncertainty. Energy Economics, 30:465-486 (2008).
Baker,E., Bosetti V., Salo A., Finding common ground when experts disagree: Belief dominance over portfolios of alternatives, Under submission to Management Science.

Honors

College of Engineering 2016 Outstanding Senior Faculty Award
Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institute Participant 2015-2016
2014 Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
The 2009 Campbell Watkins Energy Journal Best Paper Award
NSF CAREER Award, 2008
IEOR Advisor of the Year, 2005, 2006
Runner-Up, Decision Analysis Society Student Award, INFORMS 2003
Food Research Institute Fellowship, Stanford, 1995-1998
Second Year Honors awarded to the most outstanding second-year mathematics student at U.C. Berkeley, 1984

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