human performance Experts

Robert Karlicek

Director, Center for Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) & Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Applications of LEDs in Lighting, sensing, disinfection, displays and control systems

Todd Shoepe

Chair and Professor of Health and Human Sciences (Sabbatical, Fall 2026)Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Shannon Roberts

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Shannon Roberts is an expert in understanding how technology and infrastructure guide the design of driver-vehicle interactions.

Eni Halilaj

Associate Professor, Mechanical EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Eni Halilaj seeks to understand and optimize human movement mechanics.

Lou Russell

CEO / Queen / Learning FacilitatorRussell Martin & Associates

As a sought-after international speaker to leaders, Lou blends her humorous stories with her engaging on-the-ground experience to customize

Steve Walton

Professor in the Practice of Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Cory Smith, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Applied physiologist specializing in aerospace and environmental physiology,

Michael Knodler Jr.

William W. Boyer Endowed Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the UMass Transportation CenterUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Michael Knodler's main areas of research and teaching are related to transportation safety, operations, design, and education.

Robert Lindeman

Sleep ConsultantRobert Lindeman Sleep Consultant

Robert Lindeman is a Lay Leader at his Synagogue, Congregation Kehillath Israel.

Tom Kaminski

Professor, Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kaminski is a leading expert on issues related to purposeful headers in interscholastic and intercollegiate soccer.