Investigators and Visitors
Coordination in High-Velocity Environment
Investigators
Project meeting on Jan 25, 2001 with (left to right): Samer Faraj, Sharyn Gardner, Seokhwa Yun, and Yan Xiao. Yan Xiao is associate professor (tenured) of anesthesiology and information systems and a special member of faculty in the School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. Yan Xiao has a PhD in Human Factors from University of Toronto (1994). He also has MASc in Systems Engineering (1985) and BASc in Mechanical Engineering (1982). Currently he directs Human Factors and Technology Research.
Student researchers (left to right) Seokhwa Yun, Sharyn Garnder, and Caterina Lasome in Feb 18, 2000 meeting Dr. Faraj is Assistant Professor of Management Science in Smith School of Business, University of Maryland College Park. He has published widely in the area of team coordination and the role of IT in supporting emergent communities of practice. He teaches in the areas of telecommunications and electronic commerce. Prior to his doctoral work, Dr. Faraj spent 10 years working professionally in IT development and management roles. He has consulted for leading organizations such as: IBM, Boeing, World Bank, Research Triangle Institute, USAID, and Xenergy Inc. He has strong interests in modeling the coordination processes in real environments where technology has been adopted. Dr. Faraj has just completed one of the largest studies ever, of coordination processes in software team funded by IBM. Dr. Faraj is currently researching knowledge creation and sharing processes in online communities of practice.
Project meeting on Aug 14, 2001 (from left to right): Colin Mackenzie, Samer Faraj, Sharyn Gardner, and Jake Seagull. Dr. Mackenzie received his medical degree from Aberdeen University, Scotland in 1968 and completed his training in Anesthesiology at the University of London, England. During 1975-80 he was Senior Attending Anesthesiologist at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medicine (now known as the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center). He is Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology, the Chief of Anesthesiology at the Shock Trauma Center of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Director of The National Study Center for Trauma & EMS. His interests include EMS systems, decision-making, human factors in medicine, and trauma patient resuscitation.
Visiting researcher Siti Zubaidah (center) from National University Hospital, Singapore, here with Yan Xiao and Jackie Moss on December 15, 2000 Frank Jacob Seagull is post-doctoral fellow in Human Factors & Technology Research at University of Maryland School of Medicine. He has a PhD in Human Perception and Performance from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001). He has researched human factors (HF) topics including human-computer interaction (HCI), advanced displays for aviation, and human performance in the medical domain. Primary interest presently is applying the lessons learned in HCI, Aviation and other traditional HF domains to the medical setting to improve patient safety and medical effectiveness.
Visitors from Down Under: Marcus Watson and Penny Sanderson of Swinburne University (back row, second and third from left) Karleen Roberts and Sue Bogner (front row) visited on Jun 6, 2001 Another visitor from Australia, Katie Toomy (center). Graduate students have been key participants of the project and productive members of the research team. Jackie Moss and Caterina Lasome are PhD candidates at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Seokhwa Yun has recently finished his dissertation research on a topic related to the project. Sharyn Gardner is a PhD candidate at University of Maryland Smith School of Business. The inherent multi-disciplinary nature of the project plus the exciting opportunity in observing real teams up-close have attracted high-quality graduate students.
