Older Adults
Younger AdultsSara McBride
Research Interests
I am working on the following projects in the HFA Lab:
- Examining mental workload influence on a user’s dependence or trust in an automated system.
- Using Knowledge Engineering techniques to gather and document the knowledge that operators rely on when performing system-specific tasks.
- Examining human factors issues faced by home healthcare providers, and the need for human factors intervention (including future technology) to ease the frustrations and difficulties related to daily caregiving.
Education
- Completing the requirements for Master of Science in Engineering Psychology
- Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Rice University, 2007
Affiliations and Professional Positions
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society National Chapter
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Georgia Tech Student Chapter
- American Psychological Association
Curriculum Vitae
- PDF version of CV
Contact Information
- Office Location : Psychology Building, Room B77
- Phone Number : 404-894-8344
- Fax: 404-894-8905
- E-mail: smcbride3@mail.gatech.edu
Selected Publications
- Cullen, R. H., Serrano-Baquero, D. Beer, J. M., McBride, S. A., Smarr, C., Rogers, W. A., Fisk, A. D. (2009). Developing a working model: An interim report of grove mowing operations (HFA-TR-0902). Atlanta, GA: Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Psychology, Human Factors and Aging Laboratory.
- McBride, S. E., Beer, J. M.and Olson, K. E. (October 2008). Automation and aging: The future is now. Signpost: Journal of Dementia and Mental Health Care for Older People.
