From: ksarno@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Ken Sarno)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.resumes
Subject: MA in Human Factors, seeking UI Design/Testing position
Keywords: Human Factors User Interface GUI
Date: 4 Sep 92 21:03:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bu2ntn.K98
Organization: UIUC Department of Psychology


Dear Prospective Employer:

I am a recent graduate with a M.A. in Human Factors Psychology, currently
searching for a position to match my varied skills and interests.  I
possess a strong human performance research background as well as experience
designing and testing user interfaces.  My thesis topic involved a review and
evaluation of multiple resource models for predicting mental workload.
In addition to reviewing the pertinent psychological literature and
designing a flight simulator study to collect performance data, I spent a
considerable amount of time developing computational models to provide a
numerical index of predicted workload.  I am pursuing a career in either of
two areas: user interface design and testing OR a research position looking
at either applied or theoretical human factors issues.  Complementing my
human factors experience is a solid computer background including a
B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois and a wide
assortment of programming skills (including about 2 years of C programming).

So, if you are looking for someone who is dedicated, adaptable, works well
in groups, and willing to relocate, I can be reached at (217) 344-3404.

Sincerely,
Ken Sarno

<References>

Dr. Chris Wickens                         Dr. Michael Levine
Aviation Research Lab                     Model Based Measurement Lab
University of Illinois                    University of Illinois
#1 Airport Road                           210 Education
Savoy, IL 61874                           1310 S. Sixth St.
(217) 244-8607                            Champaign, IL 61820
                                          (217) 333-0092

<Resume follows>

                                KEN SARNO
                            1010 W. Stoughton
                             Urbana, IL 61801
                              (217) 344-3404
                     e-mail: ksarno@s.psych.uiuc.edu

POSITION SOUGHT:  Human Factors Engineer/Researcher

INTERESTS: User interface design, development, and testing;
           Applied or theoretical human factors research.


EDUCATION
M.A. Human Factors Psychology
     University of Illinois - Urbana, August 1991.

B.S. (cum laude) Computer Science
     College of Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana, May 1989. 


WORK EXPERIENCE
Aviation Research Laboratory, University of Illinois.
   Research Assistant.  6/89 thru 8/92.
        Authored a paper reviewing and evaluating four prominent models 
            used for predicting mental workload. To be presented at the 1992
            Annual Meeting of the Human Factors Society in Atlanta GA.
        Designed and conducted the OSCIRE study to assess the level of
            mental workload induced while flying a flight simulator.
        Performed an in-depth task analysis of each subject's performance
            using the data collected from the OSCIRE study.
        Designed and developed the user interface for WORKLOAD, a program for
            calculating numerical predictions of mental workload for user
            specified scenarios.
        Designed and developed 3DGRAPH, a program (written in C for the IBM-PC)
            for displaying three dimensional datasets in four different graph
            formats and assessing the merits of each graph format as a function
            of subject response times to various questions about the dataset.
        Conducted an experiment which looked at the nature of divided attention
            in the visual depth plane using a stereoscopic display.

Sarno Consulting, Urbana Illinois.
   Human Factors Consultant to AllianTechSystems. 8/91 thru 2/92.
       Conducted a usability study on CREWCUT, a software package used to 
           predict tank crew workload for user specified scenarios.  The
           focus of my work was on improving the user interface as well as
           the human performance models used to make workload predictions.

Department of Psychology, University of Illinois.
   Teaching Assistant. 8/90 thru 1/91.
       Lab instructor for a course on Introductory Statistics.

Model Based Measurement Laboratory, University of Illinois.
   Research Assistant/Scientific Programmer. 6/89 thru 1/92.
       Wrote a number of programs for managing large experimental datasets.
       Designed and conducted a simulation study looking at the effectiveness
           of a newly developed algorithm for test equating.

N.A.S.A. Langley Research Center, Hampton VA.
   Student Programmer. 8/87 thru 12/87.
       FORTRAN programming and user interface work for the image processing lab.


ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
   Part of a team that redesigned the control room of the TRIGA nuclear reactor
   Familiar with the following languages: BASIC,C,C++,Fortran,LISP,and PASCAL.
   Familiar with: MS-DOS 5.0, Unix, TurboC 2.0, and MS-WINDOWS 3.0.


TECHNICAL PAPERS
Wickens, Kramer, Anderson, Glasser, and Sarno (1990).  Focussed and Divided
   Attention in Stereoscopic Depth. Proceedings of the International Society
   for Optical Engineering.  pp. 28-34.  Bellingham, WA: SPIE.

Haskell, Wickens, and Sarno (1990).  Qualifying Stimulus-Response Compatibility
   for the Army-NASA A3I Display Layout Analysis Tool.  Proceedings of the
   5th Mid-Central Human Factors-Ergonomics Conference.  Dayton, Ohio.

Levine, Williams, Thomasson, Thompson, Sarno, and Drasgow (1991). How Well
   does the Model fit Data?  Presented at the ONR Workshop on Model-Based
   Measurement.  May 2-5, 1991.

Sarno and Wickens (1991). The Role of Multiple Resources in Predicting
   Time-Sharing Efficiency: An Evaluation of Three Workload Models in a 
   Multiple Task Setting.  Aviation Research Laboratory Technical Report.
   Savoy, IL.

Sarno and Wickens (accepted 1992). Predictive Workload Models and Multiple
   Task Performance.  Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Human
   Factors Society.  Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors Society.

Sarno and Wickens (in preparation). A Microanalysis of Timing Relations
   in Task Interference.

Levine, Sarno, and Williams (in preparation). Density Matching: A New
   Approach to Test Equating.