Helen Wells is a lecturer and researcher in Criminology at Keele University. She has a BA, MA and PhD in Criminology and researches various topics centring around the everyday crimes of the 'law-abiding' and surveillance. Her research in the road safety context has attracted funding from local authorities and charities, and she has completed a Parliamentary internship producing briefing materials for MPs and Peers on the subject of speed cameras. She was also the recipient of the Brian Williams Prize for the best first paper by a new academic in a peer reviewed journal, awarded by the British Society of Criminology in 2008.

Crew fatigue observation by Jonathan Ross

In conjunction with a Transportation Research Board project, Jonathan Ross has recently completed a ride aboard the towboat Marty Baskerville on the Mississippi River in a 25-barge tow operation.

He observed the ten person crew in their daily operations and evaluated human factors issues. He focused on the issue of fatigue and work-rest practices of the crew.

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Jonathan Ross is the Principal of High Ground Initiatives LLC, where he provides services in human factors, renewable energy, naval architecture and ocean engineering. He holds an MSE in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan and is a registered Professional Engineer (US) as well as a Chartered Engineer (UK). He served in the US Navy in the Atlantic and Pacific. He has written numerous technical papers and is the author of Human Factors for Naval Marine Vehicle Design and Operation (Ashgate 2009).

Anders af Wåhlberg is a research consultant and part-time teacher. Clients include Uppsala University (Sweden), Swedish Forestry Research Institute, Cranfield University (UK) and Queensland University of Technology (Australia). Anders has a B.A. in history, and an M.A. as well as a PhD in psychology, from Uppsala University. His main research interests are driver behaviour and accidents. He has also published on the topics of risk perception and fuel-efficient driving. He has worked as a research assistant at the Centre for Risk Research, Stockholm School of Economics, and led various projects at Uppsala University's Department of Psychology.

Don Harris is a Fellow of the Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors and a Chartered Psychologist. He is author of over 150 academic papers and has edited or authored 19 books.  

Professor Harris is Commissioning Editor (along with Neville Stanton and Eduardo Salas) for the Ashgate series Human Factors in Defence and Editor in Chief of the Journal Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors.  In the last two years he has published two books with Ashgate, Human Performance on the Flight Deck and Writing Human Factors Research Papers.

New Human Factors Books from Ashgate

Safety and Quality in Medical Transport Systems edited by John W. Overton, Jr. and Eileen Frazer, Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems, USA, December 2012

Designing Soldier Systems edited by Pamela Savage-Knepshield, U.S. Army Research Laboratory - Human Research and Engineering Directorate, USA; John Martin, U.S. Army Research Laboratory – Human Research and Engineering Directorate, USA ; John Lockett III, U.S. Army Research Laboratory – Human Research and Engineering Directorate, USA and Laurel Allender, U.S. Army Research Laboratory - Human Research and Engineering Directorate, USA, December 2012

Driver Distraction and Inattention edited by Michael. A. Regan, University of New South Wales, Australia, John D. Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and Trent W. Victor, Volvo Technology, Sweden, January 2013

Trapping Safety into Rules by Corinne Bieder, Airbus, France and Mathilde Bourrier, University of Geneva, Switzerland, February 2013

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