Anthony Andre

Anthony D. Andre is a researcher, practitioner and academic in the fields of human factors, ergonomics, usability and product design. He is the founding principal of Interface Analysis Associates, a human factors and ergonomics consultancy.[1] He is a founding member and adjunct professor of the HF/E Graduate Program at San Jose State University.[2][3] He has served as president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Andre is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), recognized by the Board of Certification of Professional Ergonomists (BCPE).[4]

Early life and education

In 1987, Andre received a Bachelor of Science in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1991, he received a Ph.D. in Human Factors and Ergonomics (emphasis in Engineering Psychology), also from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Career

Andre worked at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA, as a Principal Scientist and Senior Design Researcher from 1992 until 1996. He studied interfaces for aircraft cockpits and air traffic management systems.

In 1993, Andre founded Interface Analysis Associates (IAA), a Human Factors, Usability & Ergonomics consulting firm.[5] This company operated a usability testing lab in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently located in Saratoga, CA, IAA has evaluated, designed, or tested more than 1000 products for over 400 clients in a variety of domains. One of these products was an automatic external defibrillator,[6] and in 2009, IAA received the User-Centered Design Award, given by HFES’s Product Design Technical Group, for their role in this design. In 2007, IAA’s design of a bio-tech software application was voted the Best New Life Science Product in 2007.

Andre became a professor at San Jose State University[7][8] in 1993, and co-founded the university’s Human Factors and Ergonomics Graduate Program.[9] He taught graduate courses over a period of 19 years, including Introduction to Ergonomics, Human Factors Experiments, Usability Evaluation and Testing, Cognitive Engineering, Engineering Psychology and an HF/E Professional Seminar.[10] Andre also serves as a project and thesis advisor, on the graduate program committee and as the advisor of the SJSU Student Chapter of HFES. n 2009, Andre was named Outstanding Lecturer by the Davidson College of Engineering, San Jose State University.

Andre joined the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society[11] in 1989, and has held leadership positions, including serving as president in 2010-2011.[12] In 2012, he initiated and chaired the 2012 HFES Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care.

Andre has been frequently interviewed in news reports about high tech product design.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ Packaging Materials, Equipment, and News | Packaging Digest
  2. ↑ Improper mouse use a plaque in workplace - Baltimore Sun
  3. ↑ "Phones Are a Big-Screen Hit but a Bit of a Fashion Challenge". Wall Street Journal Shira Ovide, Jan. 15, 2013
  4. ↑ "Prohibiting cap messages will increase medication errors: Survey". News Medical, May 27, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Pedal pusher: Desk-bike marketer hopes to get more workers into shape". BDN Maine, Sue McAllister, San Jose Mercury News, July 16, 2012
  6. ↑ William Albert; Thomas Tullis (23 May 2013). Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics. Newnes. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-12-415792-7.
  7. ↑ Proposed USP limits on vial labelling “ambiguous and vague”, says CAPS. Pharmatechnologist.
  8. ↑ "Laptop Makers Shy Away From Multitouch Technology". Wired, Priya Ganapati October 1, 2008.
  9. ↑ SJSU HF/E, http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/hfe/faculty/faculty-intro
  10. ↑ "Pedal pusher: Desk-bike marketer hopes to get more workers in shape". Bend Bulletin.
  11. ↑ "Startup Watch: Ambulant Inc.’s Wingo Case". SV411, by Jennifer Elias | May 21, 2013
  12. ↑ Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: Leadership
  13. ↑ "The iPhone fingernail problem". Los Angeles Times, June 12, 2008
  14. ↑ "Experts: iPads could encourage bad posture, introduce musculoskeletal issues". Mac News Daily, Monday, February 8, 2010
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