Presenter

Kapil Chalil Madathil holds the Wilfred P. Tiencken Professorship at Clemson University. His area of expertise lies in applying the knowledge base of human factors engineering to the design and operation of human-machine systems that involve rich interactions among people and technology. As a principal or co-principal investigator on over 30 research grants, he has secured more than $46 million in funding from federal agencies, including AHRQ, NSF, NASA, NIH, Department of Energy, Department of Education and the Department of Defense. He teaches courses on human factors and ergonomics and graduate courses on accident analysis, human-centered system design and human-machine interaction.