Dr Don Harris - PhD, BSc, M.Erg.S, C.Psychol.

Don Harris is the Senior Research Fellow in Human Factors Engineering in the Human Factors Group. His principal teaching and research interests lie in the design and evaluation of flight deck control and display systems, accident investigation and analysis, system safety and flight simulation and training. Until recently he was also an aircraft accident investigator (specializing in human factors) on call to the British Army Division of Army Aviation. Don has also worked in the safety assessment of helicopter operations for North Sea oil exploration and exploitation. Don is a professional member of the Ergonomics Society, a Chartered Psychologist and a member of the International Association of Applied Psychologists. He was the Chairman on the first, second and third International Conferences on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, and the DTI/EUREKA conference on Human Factors Criteria for Flight Deck Certification. He sits on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates), the International Journal of Cognition, Technology and Work (Springer-Verlag). He is also co-editor in chief (with Helen Muir ) of the academic journal, entitled ‘Human Factors and Aerospace Safety' (published by Ashgate).