Patrick Bickerton Email & Phone Number

Canada

Canada

Ottawa, Canada Area

Provide Technical Airworthiness expertise and human factors support to Weapon System Management offices, Project Management Offices for various RCAF fleets.

Ottawa, Canada Area

The Human and Organizational Performance Division (HOPD) supports the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's mission and mandate by providing regulatory leadership and expertise in: human factors, human performance, and organizational performance.Working with the other Branches of the CNSC, HOPD provides specialist input to planning, implementation, and evaluation of regulatory programs and licensee performance within the Canadian nuclear industry. HOPD’s program focuses on: participating in the development of regulations and regulatory documents and guides, developing and maintaining license conditions, providing licensing assessments and recommendations, and promoting, monitoring, and enforcing licensee compliance within the Division’s areas of expertise. Within its mandate the division maintains its expertise, and shares scientific and technical information and experience with stakeholders in Canada and in other countries.The primary technical review areas, in which HOPD leads and integrates input from other Divisions, are as follows: •Human Performance Programs; •Human Factors in Design; •Human Actions in Safety Analysis; •Procedures (specifically development, usability and adherence); •Work Organization and Job Design (staffing and minimum shift complement); •Fitness for Duty (including fatigue management); •Organizational Performance; and •Performance Monitoring and Improvement

Kanata, On

Patrick has been an integral member of the systems engineering team by providing Human Factors design support in CMC’s Display Solutions group including:• Task + workload analysis• User requirement validation and verification • Usability evaluation design, testing and reporting• Interface design (software) – Electronics Flight Instrument System (EFIS)• Interface design (hardware) – viewing angles, controls• Compliance reporting and certification activities• Subject Matter Expert interviewing• Rapid prototyping• Field testing (e.g., flight test, flight simulator, engineering bench)• Data collection + analysis

Kanata, Ontario

Patrick joined CMC’s Advanced Systems Group on a part-time basis while completing his Masters of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. During this period Patrick was exposed to a number of engineering programs which involved the following activities:• Part 23 general aviation Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) design and validation• Display redundancy analysis• Failure mode analysis

Ottawa, Ontario

Patrick worked as a research assistant in the Advanced Cognitive Engineering Lab at Carleton University while complete his Masters of Cognitive Science degree. • Assisted in the development of a neurological (EEG) tool for measuring workload• Organization and planning of undergraduate studies and methodologies

Ottawa, Canada Area

Patrick joined CAE Professional Services as part of an Independent Study course during his undergraduate degree in B.Sc. Psychology at Carleton University. During this time, Patrick participated in the following activities:• Assisted in a collaborative project with CAE-Germany developing a simulated training aid for forest fire incident commanders• Reviewed statistical methodologies in final reports• Contributed to a literature review of E-Learning technologies • Contributed to a market analysis of competing Health Care Human Factors companies and services

Masters Of Cognitive Science, Cognitive Science

Bachelor Of Science, Psychology (Honours)

Activities and Societies: Varsity Water Polo Athlete Minor in Statistics