About

Bradley was raised in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area, attending public schools in Maryland Heights and Florissant. He graduated in the top ten percent of his class from Hazelwood Central High School in 1997. Bradley was awarded a Missouri Higher Education Academic “Bright Flight” Scholarship for having a composite score on the ACT in the top three percent of all Missouri students. In the fall of 1997, He enrolled at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) and received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (May 2002) and a Master of Science in Engineering Management (May 2003). Prior to graduation, Bradley passed the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, and has been enrolled in the state of Missouri as an Engineer Intern since 2002. He hopes to fulfill the requirements to become a registered Professional Engineer in the future.

During his undergraduate years at UMR, Bradley took elective courses in the areas of manufacturing, rapid product design, and optimization. For the Fall 1998 Semester, Bradley participated in the cooperative work program, where he was employed by Siemens Building Technologies, Landis Division, in St. Louis, Missouri as a co-op engineer. There he interpreted system design specifications, reviewed customer requirements, and carried out on-site investigations to design HVAC systems, building automation controls, and fire/life safety systems for several large-scale projects. Throughout his years at UMR, Bradley was a member of the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (Formula SAE) team, in which SAE student members conceive, design, fabricate, and compete with small formula-style racing cars. He was elected as the team’s president for his senior year and led the team of 20 members to a 16^th place finish among 140 international colleges and universities at the 2002 Formula SAE competition in Pontiac, Michigan. Due to his intense passion for the Formula SAE team and an interest in the team’s dynamics, Bradley completed an undergraduate research project with his future Master’s advisor, Dr. David Spurlock. The project led into his graduate research and Master’s Thesis entitled “Performance & Project Spirit of Student Design Competition Teams.” During his Master’s curriculum in Engineering Management, Bradley focused on the “Management of Technology” option area, taking courses such as project management, human factors engineering, management for engineers, managerial decision-making, research methodology, engineering design optimization, and advanced engineering economy.

On August 11, 2003, Bradley entered federal employment as a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Human Research and Engineering Directorate (ARL-HRED) at the Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri field element. There, he has provided Human System Integration (HSI, a.k.a. MANPRINT) support during the Department of Defense acquisition process of new Army equipment, and to existing military systems. He has conducted a broad range of research and practice of human factors engineering and ergonomics including: Ergonomic analysis and intervention through application of the 3-Dimensional Static Strength Prediction Program (3DSSPP), NIOSH lifting equation, Energy Expenditure Prediction Program (EEPP), Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA), and anthropometric measurement; Display modality experimentation, evaluating the effects of visual, auditory, and tactile displays on mission performance, situation awareness, mental workload, and user preference; Interface design and analysis using heuristic review of man-machine interfaces and graphical user interfaces; and Human performance modeling using the Improved Performance Research Integration Tool (IMPRINT). During his tenure at ARL-HRED, Bradley has gained experience conducting research through various methods, such as surveys, experiments, simulations, field studies, and the formal Army test and evaluation process. From 2004-2006, Bradley served as a scientific member of the ARL-HRED Human Use Committee (a.k.a. Institutional Review Board).

Bradley is has been a member of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society since December 2004. At the 48th annual HFES meeting in New Orleans, he received the Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group “2004 Practitioner Award” for his presentation of “Ergonomic Evaluation of U.S. Army Bridge Construction” by Andrew S. Bodenhamer, Bradley M. Davis, and Rotian S. Kotian.

Bradley’s current research interests in human factors and ergonomics are focused on alternate and multi-modal display design, designing for and evaluation of situation awareness, computer based instruction systems, and hand-held landmine detection training.

Bradley has completed several personal and professional training courses including “High Impact Presentations” from Dale Carnegie Training, “MANPRINT Action Officer’s Course” and “Combat Developments Course” from the U.S. Army Logistics Management College, “Basic IMPRINT Workshop”, from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Human Research and Engineering Directorate, “Essentials of Anthropometry” taught by Dr. Bruce Bradtmiller of Anthrotech, and “Designing to Enhance Situation Awareness” taught by Dr. Mica Endsley of SA Technologies.

Bradley is extremely proficient with regards to computer hardware and software. He is very well versed in MS Windows and Unix Operating Systems, highly skilled in MS Office applications, SPSS statistical analysis software, and has exposure to mechanical design software such as Pro/E, I-Deas Master Series, and AutoCAD. Bradley has programming experience with MS Visual Basic, Fortran, LabVIEW, MS Access and mySQL database design, HTML, PHP, and CGI (Perl).