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Director

Dr. Erika E. (Miller) Gallegos

Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering Department

erika3@colostate.edu

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Erika Image Dr. Erika Gallegos is an Assistant Professor in the Systems Engineering Department at Colorado State University. Her research is centered on integrating humans with complex systems to enhance safety, performance, and sustainability in the design and evaluation of new and existing infrastructure. Dr. Gallegos' work focuses on modeling human behavior and cognitive workload over time to evaluate the interactions between humans and machines, with an emphasis on developing appropriate trust, maintaining situational awareness, and improving decision making of human operators. Her research is primarily applied to the transportation domain. Current focuses include integrating smart technology (e.g., connected vehicles, connected infrastructure, autonomous vehicles) into the transportation system while facilitating safety for all users (e.g., automated, non-automated, motorized, non-motorized). As well as, enhancing vehicle electrification through equitable and sustainable end-user solutions. Her education and research backgrounds are in civil engineering, industrial and systems engineering, transportation engineering, and human factors. She received her B.S. from Oregon State University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington.


Current Graduate Students

On-Campus Students

Angie Robinson, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Train-Pedestrian Safety Countermeasures

Shiva Pourfalatoun, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Evaluating Micro-Mobility Adoption, Perception, and Implementation: An Analysis on E-Scooters

Trevor Lanigan, MS candidate

Thesis: Driver's Physiological Measures (EEG, EKG) in Dynamic Situations

Distance Students

Anima Sabale, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Design and Development of a Smart Crew User Interface for Lunar Exploration Activities

Christopher Pastor, PhD candidate

Dissertation: A Systems Approach to Measuring Generative AI Realism in a Spatial Computing Environment

Dan Perreault, PhD candidate

Dissertation: A Novel Framework for Failure Modes Effects Analysis Application in Complex System Design

Eric Stewart, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Accuracy and Resilience of Traffic Sign Recognition Capability of Automated Driving: Expectations of the Driving Public

Flavio Ortolano, PhD candidate

Dissertation: A Human-AI Collaboration Maturity Model for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

John Phillips, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Autonomous Unmanned Systems for the US Navy to Inform Requirements, Acquisition, Operations, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

Joshua Hicks, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Human Factors in the Flight Deck

Kaelin Glover, ME candidate

Project: Risk Analysis in Nuclear Systems

Kenneth (Kenny) Corl, DEng candidate

Dissertation: Relational and Technological Process Concept Utilizing a Human-in-the-Loop Centered Methodology for USSOCOM

Lauren Jurek, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Developing a Civilian Training Program to Prepare for Commercial Spaceflight

Marija Krunic, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Acclimatization Threshold of the Human Body to Human Induced Global Environmental Change: A Systems Perspective

Mark Rogers, DEng candidate

Dissertation: System Optimization for Procedures and Records Management in a Commercial Nuclear Power Plant

Maryam Gracias, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Agile Versus Waterfall Methodologies in the Aviation Industry

Paul Jenkins, DEng candidate

Dissertation: Pursuit of 3-Log Reduction of Infectious Airborne Bioburden in Indoor Environments through Remotely Monitored UV Eradication

Panteha (Penny) Alipour, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Augmented and Virtual Reality in Marketing for Customer Engagement

Peter Coronado, PhD candidate

Dissertation: FDA Medical Device Authorization Process as a Complex System

Ricole Johnson, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Evaluating and Enhancing User Trust in Urban Air Mobility Passenger Systems

Robert Baker, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Cost-Based Risk Management in Mission Critical Microgrids with Nonmyopic Operational Strategies

Samir Albaroudi, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Human Factors in Medical Imaging Systems

Scott Ledgerwood, PhD candidate

Dissertation: XR for Public Safety Operations and Training

Shawnette Adams, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Human Factors in Veterinary Medicine

Susan Archer, PhD candidate

Dissertation: Aviation Human Factors and Safety Systems Effectiveness through a Gender Lens


Alumni

Scholars

Dr. Jubaer Ahmed, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2022-2023)

Expertise: Emotional Intelligence and Driver Behavior

Graduate Students

Michael Botyarov, PhD (2023)

Dissertation: Optimizing Designer Cognition Relative to Generative Design Methods

James Copenhaver, MS (2023)

Project: A Novel Approach to Rocket Engine Alignment

Tim Kemp, MS (2023)

Project: A Systems Engineering Approach to Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Strategies

Matthew Chellin, PhD (2023)

Dissertation: Techniques in Reactive to Proactive Obsolescence Management for C5ISR Systems

Hamza Ahmed, PhD (2022)

Dissertation: Human Systems Integration of Agricultural Machinery in Developing Economy Countries: Sudan as a Case Study

Somayeh Aliebrahimi, MS (2022)

Thesis: Evaluating Factors that Impact Situation Awareness and Takeover Responses During Cyberattacks on Automated Vehicles

Alston Banahan, MS (2022)

Project: The Use of Generators During Power Outages: Designing a Better Interface for Elderly & Physically Impaired Users

Jaciel Espinosa-Severo, MS (2022)

Project: Research Methods: Ubiquity of Autonomous Electric Vehicles

Brice Kipps, MS (2021)

Project: Stall Warning and Prevention System: A System Designed to Precurse Stall Conditions and Prevent Them

James Kirwin, MS (2021)

Project: Quantifying the Performance of the Astro Space Suit

Undergraduate Students

Chandler Young, Intern (Summer 2023)

Department: Mechanical Engineering, University of Jamestown

Tyler Archer, SURE Researcher (Spring 2023)

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Lesley-Ann Knee, BS (2022)

Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering


Affiliations

We are part of the Colorado State University Systems Engineering Department. We are also affiliated with CSU's Center for Intelligent Transportation Systems and Energy Institute.