ROBERT D, O'DONNELL, Ph,D., FACAPP Chief Program Scientist - Chairman of the Board, NTI, Inc. EDUCATION: Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Fordham University, New York City (1970) Post Doctoral Training, Physiological Psychology, Space Biology Laboratory, Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, California (August 1970August 1972), EXPERIENCE: 2001 to Present: President and COB, Nova Technology, Inc. Chief Program Scientist and COB, NTI, Inc. Directs a full-spectrum R&D program in human performance assessment, including both neurophysiological and behavioral measures of complex cognitive constructs. 1985 to 2001: President, CEO, and Chief Program Scientist, NTI, Inc. 1972 to 1985: Research Psychologist, USAF, USAF Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory. Served at the rank of Colonel, USAF. Conducted studies in the National Emergency Airborne Command Post, the PAVE LOW rescue helicopter, and served as field commander of Project Combat Team, Ubon, Thailand and Da Nang, Vietnam. His research dealt principally with performance and psychophysiological effects of environmental stressors and toxic agents. Served as Chairman of the Tri-Service, NASA, and FAA Sub-Technical Advisory Group on Workload, and as a staff member of President Reagan's Task Force on Aircraft Crew Complement. 1966 to 1970: Research Psychologist, USAF. USAF Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory. Conducted research on human factors aspects of aircrew performance, including in-flight research in the zero-gravity aircraft.. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: January 1999 to May 2000: Adjunct Instructor, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. September 1972 to Present: Adjunct Assistant, Associate, and Professor (Psychology), Wright State, University, Fairborn, Ohio. November 1987 to Present: Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Wright Stare University, School of Medicine, Fairborn, Ohio. January 1984 to Present: Clinical Professor, School of Professional Psychology, Wright State University. September 1979 to 1982: Associate Faculty Member, Biomedical Sciences Program, Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio. October 1977 to December 1980: Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Fairborn, Ohio. Spring 1981 and 1994: Instructor in Physiological Psychology, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio. HONORS: Honors Teacher of the Year Award, Wright State University, 199 1 - 1992. Longacre Award of the Aerospace Medical Association for outstanding accomplishments in the psychological and psychiatric aspects of aerospace medicine, 1984. Legion of Merit, 1985. Two awards of the Air Force Commendation Medal for work in behavioral toxicity of carbon monoxide in humans. Air Force Systems Command scientific achievement award for development of the Visual Evoked Response Laboratory. Fellow, American College of Advanced Practice in Psychology O'Donnell, Robert 2 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Aerospace Medical Association Human Factors Society New York Academy of Science American Psychological Society Licensed Psychologist, State of Ohio License Number 683 (Retired) Certified - National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (Retired) SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: Measurement and modeling of human performance under Different G Conditions: 1. Design of the “G-Performance Simulation System” (G-PASS) and the “G-Tool to Optimize Performance” (G-TOP). (February, 2001) Technical Report for the Air Force Armstrong Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Development of a Generic Research Simulator (GenSim) for the Evaluation of Alternative Control/Display Technologies. (November, 2000) Technical Report for the Air Force Armstrong Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Development of a Standardized Performance Test Battery for Certification of Aeromedical Drugs. (2000) Technical Report for the Air Force Armstrong Research aboratory, Brooks AFB, Texas. Development of the Situation Flight Training and Simulation Evaluation (SAFTE) System: Definition of Situation Awareness Measures and Initial Development of the Flight Simulator. (1998). O'Donnell, R., Eddy, D., Cardenas, R., Trafton, G., and Campbell, J. Brooks AFB, USAF Research Laboratory, AL/HR-TR-1997-0022. The Effect of Alcohol and Fatigue on an FAA Readiness-To-Perform Test. (1995) DOT/FAA/AM 95/24, Office of Aviation Medicine, Washington, D.C. 2059 1 (August 1995). Validation of the air traffic control specialist Pre-Training Screen. (1993) D. Broach, K. Goldbach, M. Weltin, D. Rosenthal, R. D. O'Donnell, and J. Brecht-Clark. Paper presented at the 7th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio. Concurrent criterion-related validation of the air traffic control specialist Pre-Training Screen. (1992) M. Weltin, D. Broach, K. Goldbach, and R. D. O'Donnell. Final report delivered under FAA contract DTFA01089. Washington, D.C.: Federal Aviation Administration Office of the Deputy Administrator. A Candidate Automated Test Battery for Neuropsychological Screening of Airmen: Design and Preliminary Validation. (1992) R. D. O'Donnell, J. R. Hordinsky, S. Madakasira, S. L. Moise, and D. Warner. DOT/FAA/AM-92/11. Office of Aviation Medicine, Washington, D.C. 20591. Report of the Workshop on Future Metrics and Models for Assessment of Human/System Performance in Advanced Military Systems, (1990) Published by the Crew Systems Ergonomics Research and Information Assessment Center (CSERIAC), Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45432. Performance assessment requirements for future cockpit systems. (1989) In Coblentz, A. (Ed.) Vigilance and Performance in Automatized Systems. Netherlands:Kluwer Academic Publishers. Evaluation of the man-machine interaction in advanced aircraft systems. (1989) Medecine Aeronautique and Spatiale, Tome XXVIII N 110 140-148, 1989. (Paris) Measurement of operator workload with the neuropsychological workload test battery G. F. Wilson and R. D. O'Donnell. (1988) Human Mental Workload, 63-115. Workload assessment techniques (with T. Eggemeier). (1986) Invited chapter in Kauffman, L. Thomas, A. and Boff, K. (Eds.), Handbook of Perception and Human Performance. Over 40 other papers and presentations. PATENTS: R. D. O'Donnell, and S. L. Moise. APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING HUMAN PERFORMANCE. Patent# 5,344,324. Sept. 6, 1994. H. Greenberg, R. D. O'Donnell, S. L. Moise, and E. Rodriguez. APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO PERFORM A TASK. Patent # 5,1033,408. RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS: Chair, Tri-Service-NASA-FAA-Sub-Technical Advisory Group on Workload. U.S. Air Force representative: Joint Working Group on Military Performance effects of Chemical Defense Treatment Drugs. Organized and directed Air Force Workload Assessment Program, supervising over twenty experimenters and twenty other staff members. Produced standardized Air Force techniques for assessing workload. Wrote an extensive handbook surveying tests of human performance used in the past 30 years. This work contains over 1600 references. Wrote the first general monograph on the utilization of psychophysiology to human engineering problems. This text, containing over 500 references, is published by the NATO Aerospace Medical specialist's panel. Managed the 6570th Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory program in human performance assessment for the Digital Avionics Information System (DAIS) Advanced Development Plan. Conducted research as principal investigator on psychophysiological effects of weightlessness, toxic exposure, and multiple stress. Field supervisor for Project Combat Team, involving on-site study of pilots and navigators in the F-4 aircraft flying from Da Nang, Viet Nam, and Ubon, Thailand. Participated in Joint Chiefs of Staff study of crew performance on the National Emergency Airborne Command Post, Andrew Air Force Base, MD. OTHER MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Currently on Editorial Board, Human Factors, the journal of the Human Factors Society.