Dr. Meredith Carroll '03 M.S. is a Professor of Aviation Human Factors, and Founder and Director of the Advancing Technology-interaction and Learning in Aviation Systems (ATLAS) Lab at Florida Institute of Technology’s College of Aeronautics. She has over 20 years of experience studying human/team performance and training in complex systems.
Her research focuses on decision-making in complex systems, cognition and learning, human-autonomy teaming, performance assessment, and adaptive training. She has been funded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to study different facets of these areas.
She also worked at the Kennedy Space Center conducting user-centered design of International Space Station payloads, processing facilities, and ground support equipment.
She teaches a range of human factors courses to give students practical, hands-on experience in applying theories of cognition and learning to optimize performance in various situations from aviation to defense.
She received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia, her M.S. in Aviation Science from Florida Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. in Applied Experimental Psychology and Human Factors from the University of Central Florida.
University of Virgina - B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Florida Tech - M.S. in Aviation Science
University of Central Florida - Ph.D. in Applied Experimental Psychology
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