Education
Ph.D. candidate, Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, expected graduation Spring 2009
M.S., Engineering Psychology, University of Illinois, 2003
B.S., Psychology, University of Illinois, 2001
B.S., Business Administration, University of Illinois, 2001 |
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Research Interests
Interface design and driver support, automation reliance and supervisory control, design and testing of in-vehicle technologies, application of ecological frameworks to interface design, trust in automation.
Integrating Ecological Interface Design into the Engineering Design Process for Vehicles (Nissan):
The goal of this project was to apply Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) and Ecological Interface Design (EID) to the driving domain to produce display guidelines for advanced driver support systems. Bobbie D. Seppelt examined the effect of displayed system limits of Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) on human-system performance. She developed an EID display that supported safe braking response and headway maintenance and that resulted in appropriate reliance . Some of her activities included a literature review of visual attention, a cognitive task analysis of the control tasks associated with headway maintenance, situation assessment, and collision avoidance , experimental testing, and development of automation design requirements.
Cognitive Work Analysis Applied to Littoral Combat Domain (Aptima):
The goal of this project was to develop innovative mission plan understanding/assessment tools that will enable a mission manager of multiple heterogeneous unmanned vehicles to rapidly judge the value of plans developed by autonomous systems, choose between plan options, and understand how best to modify plans to achieve high-level tactical goals. Some of Bobbie D. Seppelt's activities on this project included creating an Abstraction Hierarchy (AH), conducting a control task analysis of the littoral combat domain, building display disturbance examples from a use case scenario, and developing a display prototype from the CWA analysis.
Auditory Versus Visual Delivery of In-Vehicle Task Information (GM):
The goal of this project was to characterize the effect of information modality and display location on attention management and interruption in driving, and to define the degree and kind of resources removed from the primary driving task when distracted. Bobbie D. Seppelt studied the role of in-vehicle task message redundancy, modality, and relevance on driving safety and performance. In a first experiment, she examined the interference between in-vehicle technology and driving performance, and in a second, she analyzed the modality and display layout effects of in-vehicle information. |
Publications
| Seppelt, B.D. (2008). Modeling human-automation interaction: Evaluating driver response to adaptive cruise control failures. First place student paper award. Transportation Scholars Conference 2008. Iowa State University, Ames, IA. |
| Seppelt, B.D., & Lee, J.D. (2007). Making adaptive cruise control (ACC) limits visible. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 65(3), p. 192-205. |
| Seppelt, B.D., & Wickens, C.D. (In revision). In-Vehicle Tasks: Effects of Modality, Driving Relevance, and Redundancy. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied . |
Seppelt, B.D., Lees, M.N., Lee, J.D., & Rizzo, M. (2007). Promoting repeatable research and collaboration - The benefits of a driving simulation wiki. Driving Simulation North America Conference 2007.
Click here to link to the Driving Wiki.
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| Seppelt, B.D., Lees, M.N., & Lee, J.D. (2005). Driver distraction and reliance: Adaptive cruise control in the context of sensor reliability and algorithm limits. Honda outstanding student paper award. In Proceedings of the Third International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, 255-261. |
| Seppelt, B.D., & Wickens, C.D. (2003). In-Vehicle Tasks: Effects of Modality, Driving Relevance, and Redundancy. (Technical Report AHFD-03-16/GM-03-2). Savoy, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Aviation Research Lab. |
| Lee, J.D., & Seppelt, B.D. (In press). Human Factors in Automation Design. Handbook of Automation, editor S.Y. Nof. |
| Hoffman, J.D., Lee, J.D., & Seppelt, B.D. (2008). Identifying display concepts to support distributed collaboration of unmanned vehicle teams. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. |
| Lee, J.D., Hoffman, J.D., Stoner, H.A., Seppelt, B.D., & Brown, M.D. (2006). Application of ecological interface design to driver support systems. In Proceedings of IEA 2006: 16th World Congress on Ergonomics. |
| Linegang, M.P., Stoner, H.A., Patterson, M.J., Seppelt, B.D., Hoffman, J.D., Crittendon, Z.B., Lee, J.D. (2006). Human-automation collaboration in dynamic mission planning: A challenge requiring an ecological approach. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50 th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, p. 2482-2486. |
| Wickens, C., Dixon, S., & Seppelt, B. (2005). Auditory preemption versus multiple resources: Who wins in interruption management? In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49 th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 463-467. |
| Wickens, C., Dixon, S., & Seppelt, B. (2002). In-vehicle displays and control task interference: The effects of display location and modality. (Technical Report ARL-02-7/NASA-02-5/GM-02-1). Savoy, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Aviation Research Lab. |
| Wickens, C.D., & Seppelt, B.D. (2002). Interference with driving or in-vehicle task information: The effects of auditory versus visual delivery. (Technical Report AHFD-02-18/GM-02-3). Savoy, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Aviation Research Lab. |
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Honors and Awards
| Midwest Transportation Consortium 2008 First Place Student Paper |
Fall 2008 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship Recipient |
Spring 2005, Spring 2006 |
| University of Iowa Graduate Incentive Fellowship |
Fall 2005 |
| International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design Honda Outstanding Student Paper |
June 2005 |
| Graduate Student Senate Travel Fund Award |
July 2005 |
| Alpha Pi Mu, National Industrial Engineering Honor Society |
Fall 2004 - present |
| University of Illinois Dean's List |
Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001 |
| Insight Illinois Leadership Conference - Nominated Participant |
Fall 2001 |
| Chatham Chamber of Commerce 1997-1998 Scholarship Award |
Fall 1997 |
| Nelsen 1997-2001 Scholarship Award |
Fall 1997 |
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