Ensar Becic Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington D.C. Metro Area

In the role of a project manager, I write reports that are presented to Board members for adoption. In the role of an investigator, I investigate primarily automated vehicle-related crashes and write factual reports.

Conducting simulated and real-world research within domain of transportation safety and driving distraction, some of which include: o Development and evaluation of on-road and in-vehicle countermeasures for the reduction of fatalities at rural intersections with specific emphasis on age-related issues, distraction and usability. o Examination of causal.

Designed, programmed, analyzed and published experiments on visual search, attention, driving performance, age-related differences and memory o Developed individual scanning strategies for monitoring sonar-type displays thereby dramatically improving performance (Office of Naval Research project) o Designed, tested and recommended different modalities of.

Taught laboratory section of Human Factors class Delivered lectures 3 times a week; created multimedia displays, maintained class website, developed curriculum and exams

Taught laboratory section of Human Computer Interaction class Delivered lectures 2 times a week; created multimedia displays, maintained class website, developed curriculum

Managed human participant psychological lab Responsible for data collection, protocol development of 7-15 studies at any one time Supervised 5+ research assistants and maintained a lab budget Involved in an FAA funded project training participants to detect dangerous objects in an x-ray images of luggage o Developed deep understanding of relationship.

A full-time instructor for Cognitive Psychology class o Developed curriculum, exams, created and delivered lectures 3 times a week o Created in-class examples of cognitive paradigms through visual aids

for Statistics, Cognitive Psychology and Memory classesDISSERTATION My dissertation investigated the broad effects of conversation on driving performance of older and younger drivers. The impact of the location of the conversation partner was also assessed (passenger vs. cell-phone caller), as well as the reverse effect – impact of driving on various.

Ph.D., Psychology (Visual Cognition And Human Performance)

M.S, Experimental Psychology

B.S, Psychology