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2008: Received the A. T. Colwell Award from the SAE, along with colleagues R.
Hanowski and W. A. Schaudt, for the most outstanding paper contribution at a
recent international meeting.
1999: Invited to present historical summary and current state of
the art of drowsy driver detection at the NHTSA/Federal Highway
Administration special Conference on Ocular Measures of Driver Alertness.
1999: Quoted in Reader’s Digest on driving and use of cellular
telephones.
1996: Invited to give kickoff technical presentation at the
American Trucking Association Technical Conference on Enhancing
Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Vigilance.
1994: Drowsy driver research featured in a brief segment on ABC News 20/20.
1994: Invited by General Motors Corporation to serve as a consultant in the
design of a drowsy driver detection system.
1993: Recipient of the Paul M. Fitts Award of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, for contributions to the education of human factors and ergonomics
professionals.
1991: Awarded a research vehicle by General Motors Corporation for the study of
high-content head-up displays in automobiles.
1988: Promoted to Paul T. Norton Professorship, Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering.
1987: Invited to give the keynote address on Driver/Vehicle/Environment Systems
at Federal Internationale des Societies d'lngenieurs des Techniques de
l'Automobile (FISITA), September, 1988, Detroit, Michigan.
1987: Cited for teaching effectiveness in College of Engineering, Virginia Tech.
(Ranking in top 10% of engineering faculty based on student evaluations.)
1987: Invited by General Motors Corporation to serve as a consultant in the
design of an in-car head up display system, scheduled for production.
1987: Co-chaired dissertation research of Lawrence H. Frank which won the 1987
George E. Briggs Dissertation Award for Outstanding Research Accomplishment in
Engineering Psychology.
1986: Received recognition for navigation system work through television and
radio coverage in Virginia, and in the national press (including Wall Street
Journal).
1985: Awarded a research vehicle by General Motors Corporation for the study of
in-car navigation and driver attentional demand.
1984: Recipient of the A. R. Lauer Award from the Human Factors Society, for
contributions to highway traffic safety and understanding the driver.
1984: Recipient of the Jerome H. Ely Award from the Human Factors Society, for
best journal article published in Volume 25 of Human Factors.
1984: Awarded an instrumented research vehicle by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, U.S. Dept. of Transportation.
1983: U.S. Patent Granted. An Improved Walking Aid, Serial 250,959; Filing
Date April 1, 1981. Patent Number 4,384,732, Dated May 24, 1983.
1983: Supervised dissertation research of John G. Casali, which won the 1983
George Briggs Award for Outstanding Research Accomplishment in Engineering
Psychology
1979: Member, Alpha Pi Mu
1978: Awarded Certificate of Teaching Excellence, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
1977: Elected Fellow, Human Factors Society
1973: Listed in Who's Who in Virginia
1972: Licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia. Certificate
No. 6244
1969: Cited in Dictionary of International Biography for original research
contributions.
1967: Chosen by National Academy of Sciences as scientifically qualified to
become a Scientist-Astronaut.
1963: Member, Sigma Xi
1961: Cornell University Scholarship
1959-60: Republic Aviation Corp. - Cornell University Fellowship
1959: Associate Member, Sigma Xi
1958-59: IBM -Cornell University Fellowship
1956: Member, Sigma Tau
1956: Member, Eta Kappa Nu
1956: Member, Tau Beta Pi
1954-58: Evans Scholarship, University of Illinois
