Human Factors Expert Witness
I provide consulting and testifying expert services on human factors in product liability and personal injury matters, with a focus on mobility devices and home-use medical devices.
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Did the design, warnings, or instructions account for foreseeable users and foreseeable misuse?
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Was the use error predictable from the design?
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Was unintended activation or movement a design-related risk?
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Could the user recognize and recover from the error?
Products
- Power wheelchairs and alternative drive controls
- Other mobility devices
- Home-use medical devices with alarms, including personal emergency response systems
Background
- Ph.D. in Applied/Experimental Human Factors Psychology (UCF, 2014)
- M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction (Georgia Tech), with a thesis on eye-gaze drive controls for power wheelchairs
- Published research on instruction design for evacuating adults with disabilities (Applied Ergonomics, 2017) and on adaptive driving controls
- Statistical and research-design consultant to the NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies to Support Aging with Long-Term Disabilities (RERC TechSAge)
- Usability evaluation of medical and consumer systems
- I am a power wheelchair user, so I bring the perspective of someone who relies on these devices every day.
Engagement
Available nationally for plaintiff and defense matters. Remote testimony where permitted. Rates and engagement terms on request.
Discuss a matter:
michael@boycehumanperformance.com
(203) 668-9452
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Outside my scope
Metallurgy, battery chemistry, and fire origin-and-cause.