Master of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2013, EECS - System and Control Engineering

ABBY is a mobile industrial manipulator, a mobile robot equipped with an industrial robotic arm. The goal in creating this robot was to demonstrate that a robust research platform for mobile industrial manipulation can be created quickly at low cost. This goal was achieved by leveraging commercially-available mass produced hardware and open source software. The resulting mobile manipulator incorporates a suite of commercially-available sensors and processing hardware to enable the robot to operate as an intelligent agent alongside humans. The robot demonstrated its abilities by performing simple navigation and manipulation tasks in a laboratory setting, and will soon be employed in research on autonomous kitting in industrial environments.

Master of Arts, The Ohio State University, 1963, Graduate School

Master of Business Administration, The Ohio State University, 1960, Graduate School

Master of Business Administration, The Ohio State University, 1969, Graduate School

Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, 2020, Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology MS

When employees are dissatisfied, they can choose a destructive solution such as quitting, or they can use voice to effect organizational change. A sample of 277 full-time employees in the United States responded to an online survey of voice, ethical leadership, core self-evaluation, proactive personality, affective commitment, and several control variables. Results from simple, multiple, and hierarchical regression analyses indicated that ethical leadership, core self-evaluation, and proactive personality have positive relationships with voice. In addition, ethical leadership facilitates voice through the path of affective commitment. Proactive personality compensates for low levels of affective commitment. Thus, managers can increase voice among employees lower in proactive personality by increasing affective commitment. Increasing perceived, actual, or awareness of ethical leadership could increase voice among employees with a wider range of scores on proactive personality.

MDES, University of Cincinnati, 2019, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design

The adoption of a medical device represents a challenge for new users. Beyond their function, medical objects communicate on behalf of the user. The people around the user interpret the messages transmitted by the object and create views and stigmas toward the product and the user. These situations complicate the already challenging position of older adults. Like medical products, objects oriented for older adults neglect the users' needs and force them to accept a product that ignores their values and identities on behalf of convenience and safety. These circumstances urge industrial design to address the absence of product engagement for a growing population of older adults, especially when the product possesses a complex social meaning that impacts the user's wellbeing, such as medical devices. Industrial design has neglected the necessity of good medical design, medical products are traditionally designed to be reliable, safe to use, efficient, and profitable leaving aside the phycological, social, and emotional needs of the user. This thesis proposes a design method based on semantic attribution and its relationship with object materiality. The method aims to promote product adoption, by using the multisensorial properties of the object to encode semantic attributes that align with the user identities. This thesis explores the inclusion of virtual reality as an assistive platform for the methodology. A series of studies were conducted to evaluate the method and its incorporation into the design process. Initial findings generate: a refined analysis tool; evidence of converging results on the product interventions despite the experience or background of the participants; and evidence of the manifestation of behavioral patterns between designers and users.

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1987, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1986, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1985, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1980, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1979, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1975, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1973, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1971, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1971, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1971, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1964, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1958, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1961, Graduate School

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1959, Graduate School