Spencer Kohn Email & Phone Number

Fairfax, Va, Us

- PI for SBIR and industry R&D contracts, crafting innovative solutions for novel challenges.- Orchestrating the creation of a training tool that educates West Point Academy cadets on a standardized system of military ethics.- Supervising the development of an LLM-driven tool that streamlines the development of human-system integration requirements, aligning technical execution of the four-person engineering team with executive leaderships’ product vision.- Directed the research and modeling of focal attention on flight tasks to forecast engagement, stress, and performance outcomes.- Led a five-person cross-functional team to develop a Bayesian inference system that estimates drone operators’ cognitive states based on behavioral and physiological measures in order to trigger adaptions of function allocation and task scheduling.

Organized four hackathon-style challenges in which competitors solve real-world usability problems provided by local companies.Acquired and managed >$4,000 of industry sponsorship per event to fund marketing, materials, and catering for 25 competitors.

- Exploring the effects of trust violations on team behavior and compliance/reliance behavior.- Tested theory-based methods for repairing and calibrating trust using the context of mission-critical automated teammates.- Developed context-dependent behavioral measures of trust with self-report measures that capture the same cognitive constructs.

Fairfax, Virginia , Us

Instructor for Systems Analysis and Design (IT-216) in the Volgenau School of Engineering"Students survey and apply techniques in analyzing and modeling information systems. Requirements are derived in various domains and abstracted at conceptual, logical, and physical levels. Process, data, and state modeling are applied through a project that follows a systems development lifecycle. Object modeling is explored and contrasted with data and process modeling. Individual and group modeling assignments are required." — GMU Course Catalogue Description

Fairfax, Va, Us

- Designed and validated a Bayesian-based learning manager to augment experts’ evaluations of trainee military aviators.- Developed metrics and visualizations to assess the efficiency of medical resource allocation by a mixed autonomy team.

Fairfax, Va, Us

- Conducted observational research, interviews, and focus groups to document standard practices in emergency medical services.- Created and heuristically evaluated iterative prototypes for allocating patients to resources during mass casualty incidents.

- Performed qualitative analyses of patient interviews to identify privacy, trust, and usability needs in Electronic Health Records.- Established design guidelines and usability standards for EHRs tailored to the privacy needs of a specific patient population.

Bristol, Ct, Us

- Assisted utility and wiring (tri-axial and fiber optic) set-up and take-down for football games - Operated a parabolic antenna during nationally aired live games

- Assisted in the design, pilot testing, and implementation of several research studies in the fields of cognition and technology, including studies on automation and trust- Performed independent research focusing on the interaction of valence and attention load in the context of prospective memory with the goal of creating effective memory aids

- Maintained an award-winning staff of more than 15 photographers- Edited and displayed photos using Adobe Creative Suite- Collaborated with a team of graphic designers and 20 other staff members to produce a weekly 24/32-page newspaper

Phd, Human Factors And Applied Cognition

Ma, Human Factors And Applied Cognition

Ba, Psychology (Human Factors)