Dr. Michael Mcneese

Biography

Michael McNeese is a professor emeritus and Director Emeritus of the MINDS Group at the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Vanderbilt University, which he earned in 1992, and a Master’s degree in Experimental-Cognitive Psychology, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Dayton. With fifty years of experience, his research has spanned cognitive science, cognitive systems engineering, decision making, and team cognition. He has led projects focused on human factors, human-computer interfaces, systems design, artificial intelligence agents, crisis management response, situation awareness, and interactive simulations. Prior to joining Penn State, he was the senior scientist and Director of Collaborative Design Technology at the USAF Research Laboratory for twenty years. He also served as a visiting professor at Ohio State University’s Department of Integrated Systems Engineering from 1997 to 1999. Dr. McNeese retired from Penn State University in June 2017.

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