Dave Kaber
Distinguished Professor
Director of Research, The Ergonomics Center of North Carolina
Director, Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Program
- 919.515.0312
- dbkaber@ncsu.edu
- 472 Daniels Hall
David Kaber joined the department in 2000. He teaches and conducts research in ergonomics with special focus on the following areas: cognitive engineering, human-computer interaction, human factors in systems design and engineering, human performance modeling, occupational ergonomics, occupational safety engineering, and system safety engineering.
Current Appointments
Visiting Professor (2011 – present) Khon Kaen University, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Associate Faculty (2010 – present) NCSU, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Associate Faculty (2010 – present) NCSU, Department of Psychology, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Visiting Professor (2004-Present) University of Rostock (URO), College of Informatics and Electrical Engineering, Institute for Automation, Rostock, Germany.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering
Texas Tech University
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
University of Central Florida
Bachelor Science
University of Central Florida
Research Description
Adaptive automation design, human-automation interaction in life sciences, human-robot interaction in healthcare, aviation human factors and cockpit display design, virtual reality simulation for motor skill training, measuring and modeling driver distraction and situation awareness, and ergonomics-related risk factor identification and measurement in physical work tasks.
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2011
- C. A. Anderson Outstanding Faculty Award, ISE Department at NC State University, 2013
- Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014
- Editor-in-Chief, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015
- Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineering, 2015
Publications
- The effect of navigation display clutter on performance and attention allocation in presentation- and simulator-based driving experiments
- Pankok, C., & Kaber, D. (2018), Applied Ergonomics, 69, 136-145.
- Effect of police mobile computer terminal interface design on officer driving distraction
- Zahabi, M., & Kaber, D. (2018), Applied Ergonomics, 67, 26-38.
- Identification of task demands and usability issues in police use of mobile computing terminals
- Zahabi, M., & Kaber, D. (2018), Applied Ergonomics, 66, 161-171.
- Effect of feedback type and modality on human motivation
- Zhu, B. W., Kaber, D. B., Zahabi, M., & Ma, J. (2017), In Ieee international conference on systems man and cybernetics conference. (Proceedings, ) (pp. 2838-2843).
- Effect of physical workload and modality of information presentation on pattern recognition and navigation task performance by high-fit young males
- Zahabi, M., Zhang, W. J., Pankok, C., Lau, M. Y., Shirley, J., & Kaber, D. (2017), Ergonomics, 60(11), 1516-1527.
- Effect of physical workload and modality of information presentation on pattern recognition and navigation task performance by high-fit young males
- Zahabi, M., Zhang, W. J., Pankok, C., Lau, M. Y., Shirley, J., & Kaber, D. (2017), Ergonomics, 60(11), 1516-1527.
- Usability comparison of conventional direct control versus pattern recognition control of transradial prostheses
- White, M. M., Zhang, W. J., Winslow, A. T., Zahabi, M., Zhang, F., Huang, H., & Kaber, D. B. (2017), IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 47(6), 1146-1157.
- On-road visual sign salience, driver attention allocation, and target detection accuracy
- Zahabi, M., Pankok, C., Kaber, D. B., Machado, P., Lau, M. Y., Hummer, J. E., & Rasdorf, W. (2017), Transportation Research Record, (2663), 40-47.
- Driver performance and attention allocation in use of logo signs on freeway exit ramps
- Zahabi, M., Machado, P., Lau, M. Y., Deng, Y. L., Pankok, C., Hummer, J., Rasdorf, W., & Kaber, D. B. (2017), Applied Ergonomics, 65, 70-80.
- Enhanced hazard analysis and risk assessment for human-in-the-loop systems
- Kaber, D., & Zahabi, M. (2017), Human Factors, 59(5), 861-873.