Thomas B. Sheridan
Thomas B. Sheridan is Senior Transportation Fellow at Volpe and supports projects in aviation, highway and rail safety. He is also Ford Professor of Engineering and Applied Psychology Emeritus in both the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, at MIT. He is a private pilot.
He received the ScD degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Dr. (honorary) from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. As Director of the MIT Human-Machine Systems Laboratory his research activities have included experimentation, analysis, modeling, and design to enhance human performance and safety for air, space and undersea robotics, nuclear power systems, medical systems, arms control, and virtual reality. He has also served as a visiting professor at Universities of California Berkeley, Stanford, Delft (Netherlands), Kassel (Germany), and Ben Gurion (Israel). He has authored over 200 technical papers and five books, and has served on a number of government, NRC and industrial advisory committees.
Dr. Sheridan served as president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society and Editor of IEEE Transactions on Man-Machine Systems. He is an IEEE fellow and received their Norbert Wiener and Joseph Wohl awards, as well as the IEEE Centennial Medal and Third Millenium Medal. He was also president and is a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and is recipient of their Paul Fitts Education Award and Arnold Small Distinguished Service Award. He is a fellow of the International Ergonomics Association, received the National Engineering Award of the American Association of Engineering Societies and the Oldenburger Medal of ASME. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Phone: 617/494-2154
E-mail: thomas.sheridan@dot.gov
