Eric Engel Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Laurel, Maryland

-Perform task and human requirements analysis for unmanned aircraft systems, ensuring human limitations are considered in software and hardware design. -Incorporate requirements into broader system architecture, representing human element in systems engineering cycle. -Advocate for user-centered design to be considered in all phases of research, design, testing, and evaluation.

Washington, D.C.

- Designed and created a database for tracking defense acquisition projects, delivering a clean user experience that illuminated trends and actionable insights to program managers.- Edited organization status report deliverables, expanding upon vague or semi-articulated accomplishments to highlight impact and value of achievements and capabilities. - Developed training for defense brief writing, equipping staff with knowledge needed to convey contract progress to government customers clearly.

Fairfax, Va

• Worked with UX team to overhaul timesheet app for corporate client, usingrequirements analysis, heuristic evaluation, personas, and usability testing to produce a medium-fidelity prototype and advise client on future designs.• Worked with colleagues to design an interactive GPS app for college students,using directed interviewing and iterative design to create low-fidelity prototype. • Designed computational model of team trust in automation, allowing forfurther exploration into how multiple people rely on automated decision aids.• Conducted evaluation with team of how situational awareness changes when driving autonomous vehicles, providing insight on automation design.• Conducted research with colleagues on how people attribute causalityand intent when interacting with a robotic agent, informing potential future designs of social cognitive agents.

Dayton, Ohio

• Designed and ran experiment using multi-UAS (unmanned aircraft system)simulation, examining how operators changed their trust and performance when individual system components varied in reliability. • Presented comprehensive report of results to stakeholders at scientific summit, providing actionable insights for designing new automated system designs. • Collaborated with systems integration team to test usability and brainstorm features of new multi-UAS simulation, working to optimize the user interface and make UAS management more efficient and less taxing for operators.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Taught coping skills and independent living to clients with severe mental illness,leading to reduced dependence on social services and re-integration into society.• Created individual recovery plans to holistically address unique challenges of clients, streamlining coordination between service providers and client.• Gained deep understanding of UX challenges and limitations in health records software, informing experience as a human factors and usability professional.

Arlington, Va

http://health.arlingtonva.us/locations/clarendon-house/●Provided tutoring in computer and mobile device use to members recovering frommental illness who were transitioning from an institutional setting to independent living● Individually tailored lessons to each member’s unique usability challenges● Performed task analysis and think­aloud protocols for members to identify obstacles intechnology use and ways to overcome them● Developed and led Peer Communications Group to identify areas of members’ socialskills needing improvement and helped members to address these challenges● Accompanied staff on home visits to assess members’ independent living skills

Contemporary Keyboard Studios

• Assisted in teaching basic piano skills to children ages 3-8 yrs• Assisted in teaching individual and small group (2-4 children) lessons • Tailored instruction by age from basic piano motor skills to intermediate piano theory and performance • Taught basic music theory to children individually and in groups ages 3-8

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Human Factors Psychology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Mortar Board, Psi Chi