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Ranjana Mehta
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Expert in user experience/interactions (UX/UI) when interacting with nascent technologies (e.g., AR/VR, robotics, AI), under vulnerable human conditions (e.g., fatigue, stress) in high-risk occupational domains.
Professor, Industrial & Systsems Engineering College of Engineering Work: 608-262-3218 — Home and cell phones available upon request rmehta38@wisc.edu Home page Twitter: @ranjanamehta
Topics
- Human factors and user experience topics (e.g., workload, trust, and satisfaction) with mixed reality (augmented reality, virtual reality), robotics, and AI
- Human health, performance, and errors under vulnerable states such as fatigue, stress, workload
- Brain-behavior (neuroscience) evaluations in the wild and field settings, mind-body interactions
- Human-centered design, integration, and acceptance of novel technologies (wearables, AI, robotics)
- Wearable computing and neurotechnology for emergency response, energy, and space explorations
Achievements
- Fellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Early Career Research Fellow, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- NASA IDEAS Fellow
- Award for Technical Innovation, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers