William Althoff Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas

-Developed and executed novel test plans for a variety of client needs including usability, preference and performance evaluation and heuristics. -Developed prototypes of documentation and interfaces to visually demonstrate user centered design recommendations. -Conducted qualitative and quantitative analyses to report to clients and executives via in-person and remote collaborative tools (Skype, GoToMeeting). -Recruited participants for sessions and maintained participant database for future studies. -Helped to maintain and implement new technologies to record and broadcast testing sessions.-Contributed to the training and skill improvement of junior interns.

Houston, Texas Area

PublicationsMahajan, S., Bunyea, L., Partlan, N., Schouten, D., Harteveld, C., Matuk, C., Althoff, W., Duke, T., Sutherland, S. & Smith, G. (2019). Toward automated critique for student-created interactive narrative projects. In Proceedings of the 15th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) Workshop on Experimental AI in Games, Atlanta, GA.Althoff, W., Sutherland, S. C., & Chambers, J. (2017). Emotional factor impacts on user compliance with an automated advisor system. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 61(1), 1804-1808.10.1177/1541931213601933PresentationsMatuk, C., Sutherland, S., Althoff, W., Snodgrass, S. Partlan, N. Smith, G., Seif El-Nasr, M. & Harteveld, C. (2019). Synergies between research and game design: Reflections on interactive narrative experiments by student game designers. Poster presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.Althoff, W., Sutherland, S., & Chambers, J. (2017). Simple strategies outperform decision makers in an automated task. Student work presentation at the Southwest Regional Human Factors and Ergonomics Society One-Day Symposium, San Antonio, TX.Romero, W., Gessler, A., Lucas, A., Althoff, W., Hastings, M., Murphy, K., & Fabian, M. (2017). Structured reading groups to develop applied critical thinking and belongingness in the first year classroom. Group presentation at the Texas A&M University at Galveston Conference on Inclusion & Diversity in Higher Education, Galveston, TX.Romero, W., Gessler, A., Lucas, A., Althoff, W., Hastings, M. & Tran, T. (2016).Structured reading groups to develop applied critical thinking and belongingness in the first year classroom. Group presentation at the University of Houston’s Innovative Teaching and Learning Symposium, Houston, TX.

-Maintained and operated a troop medical clinical responsible for care of 1000+ soldiers-Managed a team of 10+ Army Healthcare Specialists to deliver professional and efficient healthcare-Trained and educated subordinates in procedure, policy and professional development-Managed pharmaceutical and medical equipment inventories-Provided field level healthcare and emergency treatment to U.S. soldiers-Assisted in training and certifying U.S. soldiers in the U.S. Army Combat Lifesaver Program-Assisted in the training and certification of 100+ Afghanistan National Army Medical Personnel

-Served as Shift/Team Leader for 8 months and managed service team while on shift-Provided excellent customer service to ensure patrons enjoyed their dining experience-Delivered high quality food and refreshments to patrons-Served as a Marketing Associate for 4 months attending local events and assisting in development of advertising strategy

Master'S Degree, Human Factors Psychology

Activities and Societies: UHCL, Houston and National Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Chapter; Psi Chi International Honor Society

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Graduated Cum Laude with a Minor in Professional Writing; UHCL, Houston and National Human Factors.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Psychology, Freshman

Activities and Societies: Student Veteran's Association