UCF Experts Guide

The University of Central Florida’s experts guide helps news reporters connect with faculty members who are leading experts in topics important to our region, state and nation.

From the race to return humankind to the moon to how advances in engineering and computer science will enhance our quality of life – and from the race to cure deadly diseases to emerging trends in the hospitality industry – UCF experts are available to speak with the media.

9 results found for “human factor”

Peter Hancock

Trustee Chair; Pegasus Profesor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health , Modeling and Simulation

College(s)

Sciences
Research Keywords
autonomous

aviation

engineering

ergonomic

human factor

human-machine systems

performance

psychology

safety

stress
Ben Sawyer

Assistant Professor; Director of LabX

Area(s) of Expertise

Artifical Intelligence , Education , Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
cybersecurity

digital readability

information

machine

neuroscience

neuroscientist
Greg Welch

AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation in the UCF College of Nursing; Co-director for UCF Synthetic Reality Laboratory; Professor of Computer Science, Modeling & Simulation; UCF Pegasus Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health , Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
augmented reality

simulation

technology

virtual reality
Gita Sukthankar

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Artifical Intelligence , Computer Science , Modeling & Simulation

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
AI

artificial

computer

games

machine learning

modeling

robot

simulation

social interaction

technology
Peng “Patrick” Sun

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Technology

College(s)

Engineering and Computer Science
Research Keywords
computer vision

earthquake

infrastructure

nanomaterial

nanoscience

nanotechnology

sensor

smart cities
Robertico Croes

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Travel & Tourism

College(s)

Hospitality Management
Research Keywords
economics

health

infectious disease

sustainability

sustainable tourism

tourism

travel
David Luna

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Business & Economy

College(s)

Business
Research Keywords
automation

chabot

communication

consumer behavior

machine

marketing

robot
Haidar Khezri

Assistant Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Arts

College(s)

Arts and Humanities
Research Keywords
colonial

culture

Germany

Iran

Iraq

kurdish studies

Lebanon

literary

Middle East

Morocco

Persia

Scotland

Syria

Turkey
Otto Phanstiel

Professor

Area(s) of Expertise

Health

College(s)

Medicine
Research Keywords
cancer

chemistry

medicine

viral

virus

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