Drew Bowers

Drew Bowers leads the Human Factors Group (HFG), which conducts research on the intersection between humans and technology in various environments. The Human Factors Group designs and runs experimental protocols, evaluates software and products for usability, and develops technologies to improve human performance. Drew has over 10 years of experience in human technologies, including usability, human computer interaction, and experimental psychology as well as extensive knowledge of experimental design and data analysis. In addition, he has designed, conducted, and evaluated experiments on human performance for Multi-UAV control, Intelligence Analysis, Cyber Security, and Healthcare domains dealing with operator workload, sustained attention, and performance.

Research and development activities within the Human Factors Group include the following:

• Development and testing of new interaction techniques to improve human-machine collaboration
• Improving situational awareness in multi-display monitoring activities
• Conducting cognitive task analyses of intelligence analysts
• Exploring the gap between developers and user through usability and interface design studies
• Designing and conducting studies and analysis to provide spatial knowledge and cognitive fatigue models

• M.A. (Experimental Psychology), University of Dayton, 2014
• B.S. (Psychology), University of Dayton, 2005

• Walker, J.L., Bowers, D., Karth, S.T., Donahoo, C.D. (2006). Real-time collaborative heuristic review: Meeting the production schedule without sacrificing quality. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Proceedings, pages 2538–2541.
• Nemeth, K., Arbuckle, N. B., Snead, A., Bowers. D., Burneka, C., Quill, L. (2008). Using an avatar, RFID & speech recognition for hands-free data collection. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, New York City, NY.
• Quill, L., Nemeth, K., Snead, A., Bowers. D., Arbuckle, N. B. (2008). Autonomic Communication Exchange: A method of hands free data collection in maintenance domain. Paper presented at the annual Joint Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Conference on Aging Aircraft, Phoenix, AZ.
• Militello, L.G., Bowers, D., Olding, R., Boehnlein, T., Ambrose, K. (2010). Capability Based Visualization and Decision Aide Environment. Technical Report No. UDR-TR-2010-42. Prepared under AFRL Contract No: FA8650-08-2-3833. Dayton, OH: University of Dayton Research Institute.
• Arbuckle, N., Faiella, C., Kancler, D., Bowers, D. (May, 2012). Characterizing the Relationship between Objective, Subjective and Physiological Measures of Mental Workload: A Transcranial Doppler Sonography Approach. Paper presented at the 2012 Aerospace Medical Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.