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Ph.D.   Industrial Engineering,  University of Oklahoma, May 1993

M.S.     Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, December 1990

B.S.     Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, May 1988

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Dr. McCauley-Bell’s primary teaching interests at the graduate level are human factors or ergonomics  and intelligent systems development.  Most recently, she developed an undergraduate course in information security that she taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   She has developed courses in Biomechanics, Ergonomics, Expert Systems and Fuzzy Set Theory.  In graduate courses she regularly brings material from her research projects into class and invites her collaborators to present current topics to students through guest lectures.  The diversity in presentation approaches is to reinforce the material and provide an array of teaching techniques compatible with various learning styles.   At the undergraduate level her love for statistics has made her one of the colleges most sought after instructors for Probability and Statistics for Engineers.   Her dedication and enthusiasm as an instructor on has earned her the Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award and the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award both in 1995-‘96.  In addition to the course development, she is also involved in increasing cultural diversity among engineering students at the UCF College of Engineering.  She co-authored a proposal to develop a 3-2  program between Bethune Cookman College, a local historically Black College and the University of Central Florida.

One of the most successful teaching activities undertaken by Dr. McCauley-Bell  has been through the distance learning activities at the UCF College of Engineering.  Dr. McCauley-Bell was chosen to teach the engineering core course in undergraduate statistics, STA3032 in the inaugural semester of interactive engineering courses.  Her lecturing style promoted inclusion and interaction among local and distant students.  The course reviews and administration concur that her approach to teaching interactive courses can serve as a model for distance learning programs.

Dr. McCauley Bell supervises research students at the Masters and Doctoral Level.  She has served as regularly served as a committee chair and a committee member.  She also conducts an average of two independent studies courses per year on special topics.  Finally, Dr. McCauley-Bell is a firm believer in community teaching as she is regularly a guest lecturer in community centers, high-schools and churches.  Community teaching can be defined as the dissemination of knowledge to pre-college and non-academic environments.  This is a valuable tool  and is instrumental in promoting a secure future for the University of Central Florida and the technical community.

Teaching Emphasis
Fuzzy Set Theory: Theoretical Foundations and Application
Human Factors/Ergonomics
Biomechanics
Expert Systems and other Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Probability and Statistics for Engineers

Course Development
Introduction to Information Security
Theory and Applications of Fuzzy Set Theory in Industrial Engineering and Related Environments (graduate)
Ergonomics Laboratory to supplement existing course (graduate)
Biomechanics (graduate)
Introduction to Industrial  Engineering (undergraduate)
Introduction to Engineering (undergraduate)
Introduction to Statistical Analysis with JMP (continuing education course for Lucent Technologies)
Interactive Statistics Techniques:  modified existing Probability and Statistics for Engineers course to be taught live via interactive system (undergraduate)

Teaching Innovations
Interactive Teaching  Techniques.  This innovation consisted of the development of specific strategies to successfully teach statistic courses that consist of on-site students and remote interactive sites.  The methodology involves creation of integrated lectures that require input from all sites for discussion of specific issues and solutions to problems.  The result has been outstanding reviews from remote and in-class students as well as recognition from administration as “the model faculty member in teaching distance learning courses.”

Ergonomics/human factor laboratories have been developed from during the 1994-’95 academic year.  These labs have substantially enhanced the learning environment of the ergonomics course and are continually applauded in the course evaluation.

An Introduction to Engineering Course was developed to target under-represented minority engineering students.  This course is designed to address the basic concerns that all entering engineering students have about college but also focuses on issues that the literature has indicated as stumbling blocks for minority students.  The retention rate for students after their first year in this program is approximately 87.5%. 

A graduate course in fuzzy set theory was developed to capitalize on the experiences and success of current research projects.  The course provided theoretical foundations, development techniques, and research applications.

Teaching innovations:  “Statistics for Real” - a semester project which requires students to locate, identify, model, and explain actual statistical distributions and/or examples in everyday life.

Courses Taught
Introduction to Information Security (Fall '98) taught at MIT
Seminar in Human Impact in Information Security (Spring '99) taught at  MIT
EIN 4243 Human Engineering (Fall '99)
EIN 5602Expert Systems (Summer ’95,’96,’97, '99)
EIN 5248 Ergonomics (Fall ’93, ’94, ’95, ’96, ’97)
STA 3032 Statistics (Summer ’93; Fall ’93, ‘94, ‘95, ’96, ’97; Spring ’94,’97)
EIN 6908 Fuzzy Set Theory and Applications in Industrial Engineering (Spring ‘95)
ENG 1006 Introduction to Engineering (Summer ’96,’97)
EIN 1006 Introduction to Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (Spring ’96)
EIN 6249 Biomechanics (Spring ’97, Spring '00)

Collaborations Established to Support Teaching
Human Engineering Committee - I serve as the IEMS Department Industry Alliance Liaison.  Organized numerous local organizations to address common ergonomics and safety problems in the Central Florida area.  Currently approximately 11 organizations are interested in further development of the UCF-Industry partnerships.  These collaborations have resulted in three thesis topics, guest lectures from practicing engineers and site visits for an entire class of students.

Armstrong Laboratories, Wright Patterson, AFB, Ohio.  A collaboration which allowed the application of fuzzy techniques to human factors problems through sharing of data and information.  Collaboration produced a funded project and a conference proceeding.

Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida.  A collaborative effort to apply fuzzy techniques to modeling the decision making process in target acquisition.  Collaboration resulted in a funded project, conference proceeding, and referred journal article.

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Ph.D.   Industrial Engineering,  University of Oklahoma, May 1993

M.S.     Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, December 1990

B.S.     Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, May 1988

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TECH-SOLUTIONS.NET, INC., Orlando, FL  (March 1999 - present)
Position: President and Chief Executive Officer
Duties:  Interface with corporate executives, government officials and senior military officers in obtaining funding, establishing collaborations and projects on behalf of Tech-Solutions.net, Inc.  Management of twelve contract employees and oversight on research projects.

Co-founded this venture to create a high tech company specializing in technical solutions in the areas of information management, manufacturing, simulation, human factors and information security. Company expertise lies in creating simulations, ergonomic solutions, artificial intelligence models and decision support systems as well as providing training in simulation and ergonomics. Clients include the Army Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, SAIC and others.

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. (May 1993-present)
Position: Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department
Duties:   Conducted research in the area of ergonomics, safety, and fuzzy set theory and artificial intelligence research  particularly with applications to human factors. Industry Liaison for the Human Engineering Committee Industry Alliance that consists of local companies interested in addressing ergonomics and safety in the workplace. Teaching responsibilities include delivery and course development of undergraduate and graduate courses, advising students. Taught courses include ergonomics, safety, expert systems, statistics, fuzzy set theory and introduction to industrial engineering.  Conduct research in human factors/ergonomics including identification and measurement of occupational risk factors. Extensive service roles include participation in professional organizations and public service throughout the university and community.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA.  January ‘98–July ‘99
Position: Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Duties: Evaluation of the human factors issues associated with information security.  Research has opened the field of “Human Impact in Information Security”; developing methodologies for classification of risks, training, and automation to mitigate human factors risks associated with the field of information security.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (5/97 – 8/97)
Position: NASA/American Position: American Society of Eng. Education Research Fellow
Duties: Lead the effort to produce metrics and guidelines for a management development effort at Kennedy Space Center, NASA. The long-range objective was to produce a knowledge based system for offering guidance and management in career development.

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. (1998-1993)
Position: Graduate Research Assistant,  School of Industrial Engineering
Duties: Responsibilities included initiating an ergonomic research project with the City of Oklahoma City Fire Department. The purpose of this research was to determine job related physical performance standards. The study resulted in the implementation of new guidelines for screening and testing applicants.

1992-1993 Seagate Technology, Incorporated
Position: Associate Engineer
Duties: Designed a fuzzy rule-based expert system to be used in failure analysis.  Participated as a member of the Seagate Artificial Intelligence research group and served as the liaison between the University of Oklahoma Research team and Seagate Technology.  As a team member, interpreted the statistical and neural network results in order to determine applicability of research outcomes.  Current outcomes of the research have impacted process design by identifying the parameters that predict the failure rates for the disk drives.

05/1989-08/1989 National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Position: Research Assistant
Duties: Researched methods to encourage females, minorities, and handicapped individuals to pursue careers in engineering and the sciences.  As a result of this study, the method for selecting scholarship recipients was re-evaluated and an innovative scholarship program that was in danger of elimination was renewed.

05/1988-08/1988 Rockwell International, Dallas, Texas
Position: Industrial Engineer Intern
Duties:  Performed work place evaluations, analysis of processes, and   ergonomic evaluations.

Consulting Experience
1999 - Kirtland Air Force Base, NM; Offering expertise in human factors analysis for biological warfare related equipment.
1999 - Served as an expert witness in legal cases involving warning, product liability.
1998 - Provided technical guidance for TASC/Litton, Inc. in the development of intelligent systems for information warfare.
1996 - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Logicon Technical Services, Incorporated,  Dayton, Ohio.  Development of a model for management of uncertainty in information processing for aircraft personnel.
1991 - Marement Shock Manufacturing Facility, Chickasha, Oklahoma Evaluated ergonomic issues in the facility and produced solutions and training to combat risks of cumulative trauma disorders and acute injuries

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• Keynote Speaker, Portuguese Ergonomic Society International Conference: Ergonomics and Quality, April, 2000
• 1999 Outstanding Woman of Color in Technology: Educational Leadership
• International Guest Lecture Series, Portuguese Ergonomics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, October 1998
• Publishers Award: Women Looking Award, Atlanta GA, May 1998
• American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Faculty Fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Kennedy Space Center, 1997
• University of Central Florida College of Engineering, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1996-’97
• Nations 50 Top Women in Science and Engineering, National Technical Association, February, 1997
• Outstanding Woman of Color in Technology Nominee, October 1996
• Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award Winner, December, 1996
• Finalist - NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut Program, 1994
• Institute of Industrial Engineers Dissertation of the Year Award, Nominee - 1993
• University of Oklahoma Outstanding Minority Graduate Student, 1993
• Amoco Dissertation Fellowship, 1991
• U.S. Black Engineer of the Year Award, Student Leadership, 1989
• University of Oklahoma Outstanding Minority Graduate Student, 1989
• National Science Foundation, $90,000 Creativity Fellowship, 1989

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Areas of Service Interest and Focus

Dr. McCauley-Bell has been extremely involved in service activities throughout her career.  Her commitments have been in the form of college, department and university, level committees and more recently serving in national organizations.  In 1999 she was elected to the national board of directors for the Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network (WEPAN).  WEPAN is an organization tasked with increasing the presence of women in engineering and technical fields at all levels.  Likewise, she has been involved in professional societies as a member of conference committees for international meetings serving on committees at the New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal and delivering keynote addresses and workshops within her area of expertise.   Through her many service activities, she has placed an emphasis on community service to the surrounding community, and national efforts to promote an interest in engineering education among youth.  These activities have enhanced her technical reputation and have resulted in national recognition for her commitment to community service.  She is nationally sought as a motivational speaker and advocate for engineering education. 

Professional Service

Vice-Chair: IEEE Computer Society Standards Activities Committee,  Virtual Intelligence: P1423 Recommended Practice for Terminology - Definition of Terms for Fuzzy Systems (1996- present)

Vice-Chair: IEEE Computer Society Standards Activities Committee,  Virtual Intelligence: P1440 Guide for the Definition and Specification of Fuzzy Systems in Applications and their Interfaces with other Elements of Computational Intelligence (CI) of the System (1996 - present)

Track Chair: Human Factors and Ergonomics,  International Industry Engineering and Management Systems Conference 1998

Organizing Committee Member: International IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Conference, October, 1997, Orlando, FL 

Conference Planning Committee: International Industry Engineering and Management Systems Conference 1994

Member, Science Advisory Council: Orlando Science Center

Professional Memberships

• Institute for Industrial Engineers (IIE)

• System Safety Society           

• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society  (HFES)

• Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

• North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS

• Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)

• Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network (WEPAN)

University Service

• Committee Chair - Minority Engineering Program Faculty Advisory Committee (1993 - present)

• Faculty Advisor - UCF Chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) (1994 - present)

• Faculty Advisor - UCF Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (1993 - present)

• College of Engineering Liaison to the Zora Neale Hurston Festival (1994 - 1996)

• Member - Search Committee Member: Vice  Provost of Information Technology (1994-‘95)

Public Service

• Member - Orlando Science Center Science Advisory Council, 1995 - present

• Regional Advisory Board Candidate - National Society of Black Engineers, 1994-’95

• Keynote Speaker - Ronald McNair Research Conference, Buffalo, NY, July, 1997

• Keynote Speaker - African American Female Summit, Orlando, FL  July, 1996

• Keynote Speaker - Black Expo Orlando, FL  Opening Reception,  August, 1996 Keynote Speaker - SECME Annual Conference, Daytona Beach, FL March,  1994

• Keynote Speaker -  On Your Own Annual Conference: Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma City, OK, January 1994, ’95, ’96, ’97

• Keynote Speaker:  “Setting Goals and Achieving Dreams”, Trinity College, Hartford, CN, April 1997

• Expanding your Horizons - Panelist, UCF College of Engineering, February 1995

• Why Choose Engineering - Panelist, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Oviedo, FL, May 1995

• Mentor - Accept Program, Seminole County Public Schools, 1996

• Board Member - Beta Teen Parent Program, Orlando, FL  1994 - present

Mentoring Activities

• Official UCF mentor to two Kennedy Space Center NASA Scholars: both mentees have done very well and continue to pursue degrees in Industrial Engineering

• Mentor to seven minority female graduate students including three at UCF and four others across the nation

• Mentor to one student at Crooms Academy for Teen Mothers

Community Service Presentations

• On your Own – Oklahoma City, OK

• “Teach In”  Teague Middle School, Seminole County Public Schools, February, 1997

• The GEM Summer Institute “Strategies for Success in Engineering Graduate Programs”, San Diego, CA  July 17, 1997.

• The Ronald McNair Annual Research Conference,  “Goal Setting and Making it Happen - Guide to Academic Success”  SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo NY.

• “Girls Invent the Future” , Keynote Address, Girls, Inc. of Winter Haven, October, 1996

• Florida, Georgia Alliance for Minority Participation (FGAMP) Annual Expo. Opening Reception Speaker, January 14, 1996. 

• Motivational Speaker “On Your Own”, Program.  Oklahoma City Public Schools, January, 1996; January 1997, March, 1997.

• Keynote Address, BETA Teen Parent Program, May, 1995.

• Professional Development Workshop Facilitator, YMCA Black Achievers Program, February, 1 1996.

• Motivational Speaker, Seminole Teen Parent Program, February 1995.

• “Industrial Engineering as a Profession”  1994 College Awareness and Readiness for Engineering (C.A.R.E.) Program, University of Oklahoma.  June 14, 1994

• “Believe it and You can achieve it!”  Keynote Address, African American Female Summit, May 20, 1995

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Dr. McCauley-Bell has been active in submission of manuscripts for refereed journal publications and conference presentations throughout her career.  Her research interests revolve around two domains.  The primary research area is the development of intelligent systems and tools for mitigation of risks in human factors and information system related applications.  The secondary  research focus is model development for prediction and reduction of risks and  injuries.  While these areas have  roots in the foundation of industrial engineering the research has benefited from the synergy of interdisciplinary theory and applications.  These research endeavors have led to publication acceptances in the prestigious Journals of the Institute for Electrical, Electronic, and Engineering (IEEE).  The acceptance rate for manuscripts in IEEE Journals averages about 20%.   Other results of these research efforts include two additional manuscripts published in the official journal of the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA), Fuzzy Sets and Systems and a publication in the internationally respected Journal, Ergonomics.  Her interdisciplinary work has also resulted in a publication in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive, Waste Practice Periodical and, Dr. McCauley-Bell was honored with an invitation to contribute an article for a special issue of The Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing.  This special issue, dedicated to Computational Intelligence in Intelligent Manufacturing, hosts a prestigious list of international authors.

In addition to journal article submission, Dr. McCauley-Bell has produced over thirty peer-reviewed conference proceedings and delivered approximately forty conference presentations since 1993. The reputation that she has established through scholarly interaction resulted in an invitation to submit a chapter for a research textbook on fuzzy modeling and to serve as the keynote speaker at national and international conferences.  Finally, the wealth of information that has been produced from her research projects and industrial experiences are being compiled into a text book/  The text book to be used in her Expert Systems Class is titled “Artificial Intelligence Applications in Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing: Neural Networks, Expert Systems, and Fuzzy Set Theory”  which she is co-authoring.  The book  has been accepted for publication by Prentice Hall Publishing Company and is scheduled for completion the summer of 2000.

Referred Journal Publications
Carstens, D., McCauley-Bell, P., and Malone, L.  Development of a Model for Determining the Impact of Password Authentication Practices on Information Security, submitted to Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Journal

McCauley-Bell, P., Crumpton-Young, L., and Wang, H.  Measurement of Cumulative Trauma Disorder Risk in Clerical Tasks Using Fuzzy Linear Regression” IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics, Volume 29C Number 1, February 1999.

McCauley-Bell, P.R. and Crumpton, L.  “A fuzzy linguistic model for the prediction of carpal tunnel syndrome risks in an occupational environment” Ergonomics Vol. 40, No. 8  August, 1997  pp. 790-799.

McCauley-Bell, P.  and Badiru, A. “Fuzzy Modeling and Analytic Hierarchy Processing to Quantify Risk Levels Associated with Occupational Injuries Part I: The Development of Fuzzy Linguistic Risk Levels” IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, May 1996.

McCauley-Bell, P.  and Badiru, A. “Fuzzy Modeling and Analytic Hierarchy Processing as a Means to Quantify Risk Levels Associated with Occupational Injuries Part II: The Development of a Fuzzy Rule-Based Model for the Prediction of Injury” IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, May, 1996. 

Wang, H. and McCauley-Bell, P., “Fuzzy regression analysis to predict risk of occupational injuries” Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 92/3, pp. 317-340, December, 1997.

McCauley-Bell, P.,  Reinhart, D.  Sfier, H. and Ryan, B.  “The Development of a Methodology and Expert System for Municipal Solid Waste Composition Studies”  ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive, Waste, May, 1997

Wang, H. and McCauley-Bell, P.  "Fuzzy Clustering Analysis and Multifactorial Evaluation for Students' Imaginative Power in Physics Problem Solving".  Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol.  78, 1996 pp. 95-105

Crumpton, L., McCauley-Bell, P. and Soh, T.  “Modeling Overall Level of Fatigue using Linguistic Modeling and Fuzzy Set Theory”. submitted to Applied Ergonomics,  August, 1997.

Crumpton, L., McCauley-Bell, P. and Soh, T.,  “A Predictive Model for evaluating Accommodations needed by Disabled Persons”.  Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation submitted September, 1997.

McCauley-Bell, P., Hansman, R. and Rodriguez, M. (draft available) “An Exploratory Survey on the Impact of Human Error in Information Security” submitted Applied Ergonomics,  1998.

McCauley-Bell, P., Hansman, R. and Rodriguez, M. (draft available) “Information Security and Human Error” to be submitted to Computers and Security, December, 1998.

Text Book accepted for publication
Badiru, A., McCauley-Bell, P. and Sieger, D.  Artificial Intelligence Applications in Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing: Neural Networks, Expert Systems and Fuzzy Set Theory  Prentice Hall, London,  completion date August 2000

Book Chapters
”Techniques and Applications of Fuzzy Theory in Quantifying Risk Levels in Occupational Injuries”. Fuzzy Theory Systems Techniques and Applications, McCauley-Bell, P., Crumpton-Young, L. and Badiru, B.  Academic Press, San Diego, CA.  anticipated publication date of April, 1999

Human Impact in Information Security, (Proposal accepted for: will still undergo additional peer review). McCauley-Bell, P., Information Security Management: Global challenges in the Net Millennium, Editor Gurpreet Dhillon, Idea Group Publishing.

Technical Reports
McCauley-Bell, P., Demara,R., and Costas, C. The Development of Autonomous Agents for Supporting virus protection tools in a large corporate network.  Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Information Systems, Orlando, FL  and Lockheed Martin Corporate Information Security Division, Bethesda, MD.

McCauley-Bell, P. and Freeman, R.   Uncertainty Management in Evidence Accrual for Information Warfare. Prepared for Logicon Technical Services, Incorporated, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH., January 1997

Karr, C., Cisneros, J. and McCauley-Bell, P.   Target Analysis and Threat Analysis using Fuzzy Set Theory.  Prepared for the U.S. Army, STRICOM, Orlando, Florida. November, 1995.

Reinhart, D. McCauley-Bell, P. Ryan, B. and Sfeir, H. Municipal Solid Waste Composition Studies.  Prepared for the Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida November, 1995.

Ragusa, J., McCauley-Bell, P. and Brill, R.  September, 1995  A Survey and Analysis of Group Decision Making Activities at the Kennedy Space Center.  Prepared for NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

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Refereed Conference Proceedings (abbreviated list)
McCauley-Bell, P.  A Holistic Paradigm for Evaluating the Role of Humans in the Security of Networked Information Systems,  Sandia National Laboratories High Consequence Conference, November 11 - 14, 1999

McCauley-Bell, P., Walters, M. and Waltensperger, G.  Human Factors Needs and Requirements in High Consequence Biological Agent Detection Systems. Sandia National Laboratories High Consequence Conference, November 11 - 14, 1999

McCauley-Bell, P., Carstens, D., Wilson, T. and Grimsley, E.  Development of a Model for Deterring the Impact of Password Authentication on Information Security, World Automation Conference, June 11 - 15, 2000 Maui, Hawaii

Carstens, D. and McCauley-Bell, P.  The Importance of Human Error on Logistics Information Systems, Society of Logistics Engineers Annual Conference, February 2000, Orlando, FL

Carstens, D., McCauley-Bell, P. and Malone, L. Guidelines for the Development of a Model to Determine the Impact of Password Authentication Practices on Information Security, submitted to Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Conference August, 2000.

Crumpton, L., Soh, T.Z., and McCauley-Bell, P.  “An Overview: A model to Predict the Degree of Accommodation Needed by Disable Persons in the Workplace”, Proceedings of the 6th Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, pp. 409-414, May 17-18, 1997, Miami, FL,  refereed

McCauley-Bell, P. and Malek, M. “The Quantification of the Safety Criteria in the Construction Industry” to be published in the Proceedings of the Annual Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems Conference, March 10-12, 1997, Cocoa Beach, FL. refereed

McCauley-Bell, P. and Freeman, R.  “Fuzzy logic as a modeling development tool in computer generated forces for use in distributed interactive simulation”.    Proceedings of the International Fuzzy Systems and Intelligent Control Conference pp. 323-331, April 8-11, 1996, Maui, Hawaii refereed

McCauley-Bell, P.  “Quantification of various types of natural language imprecision: An algorithm for multiple attribute risk evaluation”.  Proceedings of the International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress, pp. 125 - 132, July 21-28, 1995, Sao Paulo, Brazil. refereed

McCauley-Bell, P.  “Fuzzy Applications in Uncertainty for Computer Generated  Forces”  Proceedings of the SOUTHCON Technical Conference,  June 1996, Orlando, FL.

McCauley-Bell, Pamela and Freeman, R. “Fidelity differences among interactive simulators”  Proceedings of the Semi-Annual DIS Workshop, pp. 171-174,  September, 1995 Orlando, FL.

McCauley-Bell, P. and Stuckey, L.  “An Ergonomics Test Tool - An Integration of Current Techniques”  Proceedings of the ISCA 9th International Conference pp. 36-40, December, 11-13, 1996, Orlando, FL refereed

Cisneros, J., Clark, K., McCauley-Bell, P. and Rajput, S.  “Threat Analysis using Fuzzy Set Theory”.  Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Computer Generated Forces and Behavioral Representation, pp. 455-461., July 23-25, 1996, Orlando, FL.

McCauley-Bell, P. and Freeman, R. “Quantification of Belief and Knowledge Systems in Information Warfare”.  Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems., pp. 1579-1585, September  8 - 11, 1996.  New Orleans, LA refereed

McCauley-Bell, P. and Freeman, R. “Evaluation of the differentials in Distributed Interactive Simulation Environments”.  Proceedings of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) Conference, September, 1995.  College Park, MD. refereed

McCauley-Bell, P. and Freeman, R., “A theoretical basis for linguistic variables in fidelity definition for distributive interactive simulation”  The DIS Standards Workshop,  pp. 965-970,  September 1995, Orlando, FL.

McCauley-Bell, P., Mowatt, J., Sutton, C. Crumpton, L. and Killough, K. “A linguistic model for the evaluating the risk of cumulative trauma disorders in construction  workers.”  Proceedings of the Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems (IEMS) Conference, 1995, pp. 214-218. Cocoa Beach FL  March 11 - 13, 1995 refereed

Heileman, M. and McCauley-Bell, P.  "Ergonomic considerations in launch vehicle design and processing for operational efficiency".  Thirty-First Space Congress Research, Cocoa Beach, FL.

McCauley-Bell, P. and Heng, W. "Development of Human Factors Criteria for Screen Usability".  Proceedings of the IEMS '94 Conference, pp. 221-226,  March 14-16, 1994, Cocoa Beach, FL. refereed

Oser, R. and McCauley-Bell, P.   "Alarm Systems in Modern Aircraft: Ergonomic and Human Performance Issues." Proceedings of the IEMS '94 Conference, pp. 203-208,  March 14-16, 1994, CoCoa Beach, FL. refereed

McCauley-Bell, P. and Badiru, A. “Concept Mapping as a Knowledge Acquisition Tool in the Development of a Fuzzy Rule-Based Expert System".  Proceedings of the Computers and Industrial Engineering Conference, Vol. 25, No. 1-4, pp. 115-118, 1993. refereed

McCauley-Bell, P. and Badiru, A. , "A Fuzzy Linguistic Model for Job Related Injury Risk Assessment."  Proceedings of the Computers and Industrial Engineering Conference.  Vol. 23,  pp. 209-212, 1992. refereed

Purswell, J., McCauley, P. and Merrick, C. "Job Related Physical Performance Tests for Firefighters".  Advances in Industrial Ergonomics and Safety III,  pp. 577-581, 1991.

Conference Presentations
McCauley Bell, P., “A Methodology for Development of Fuzzy Generic Agents in Simulated Environments”  The 6th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 17-18, 1997, Miami, FL.

McCauley-Bell, P.  “An Overview: A model to Predict the degree of accommodation Needed by Disable Persons in the Workplace”, The 6th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 17-18, 1997, Miami, FL

McCauley-Bell, P.  “The Use of Fuzzy Logic to Develop a Mathematical Model to Quantify Fatigue” Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Volume I, pp. 33-38.

Reinhart, D. and McCauley-Bell,  “Municipal Solid Waste Composition study -  Phase I”  The  Third Annual Research Symposium Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Tampa, Florida.  September, 19, 1995

McCauley-Bell, P.   "A linguistic model for categorizing and qualifying the risks of occupational injury in hand intensive environments." Third Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference,  May 18, 1994.

McCauley-Bell, P “A systems approach to evaluating human factors Issues associated with fidelity differences in distributed interactive simulation”. Computer and Industrial Engineering Conference, Miami, Florida.  March 4-6, 1996

Invited Conference Presentations
McCauley-Bell, P.  “Measurement of Nonspecificity in Evidence Accrual using the Hartley Function“  INFORMS ’97,

McCauley-Bell, P.  “Fuzzy Applications in Uncertainty for Computer Generated  Forces”  Proceedings of the SOUTHCON Technical Conference,  June 1996, Orlando, FL.

Other Technical Presentations  (abbreviated list)
"Fuzzy Set Theory in Information Management": National Society of Black Engineers Annual Conference, March, 1999

"Introduction to Information Security," National Society of Black Engineering, Annual Conference, March, 1999

"Prediction of occupational risks of the upper extremity," New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, October, 1998

“Uncertainty Management in Human-Centered Environments using Fuzzy Modeling” United Technology Research Center, Distinguished Lecturer, Hartford, Connecticut, April 14, 1997.

“Evidence Accrual under Uncertainty”  presented to Logicon Technical Services, Inc.  January 16, 1997.

“An Improved methodology for Municipal Waste Composition Studies” Technical Advisory Group Meeting, Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, July 14, 1995, Orlando, FL

“Ergonomics in American Industry: A new direction” McCauley-Bell, P. Albany State College Distinguished Lecture Series, June, 1995.

Fuzzy Set Theory in Human Factors Model Development Military Intelligence.  Presented to the Defense Information Systems Agency, December, 1995.

Fuzzy Applications in the Human Interface for Interactive Technology.  Presented to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA),  September, 1995.

Information Warfare complexity modeling with fuzzy set theory.  Presented to Armstrong Laboratory, Wright Patterson, AFB, Ohio.  August, 1995

“Complexity modeling of uncertainty in human factors issues”.  Presented to Logicon Technical Services, Wright-Patterson, AFB, Ohio.  February, 1996

“Human Engineering Committee Industry Alliance:  Addressing the Needs of the Central Florida Industrial Community”, June 5, 1996

“Municipal Solid Waste Composition Studies in Florida:  Addressing Uncertainty and Differentials between Florida Counties”.   Department of Environmental Protection, November,  1995.

Fuzzy Set Theory and Natural Language Computations.  Presented to Motorola, Chicago, Illinois, April, 1995.

“Fuzzy Set Theory: Applications in Natural Language and Predictive Model Development”.  McCauley-Bell, P.  presented at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, February, 1995

“Fuzzy Modeling”  presented to Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida,  February 23, 1995

“Introduction to Fuzzy Set Theory”  presented to the Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida,  June 29, 1995

“Fuzzy Set Theory in Natural Language Representation”.  McCauley-Bell, P.   Albany State College Distinguished Lecture Series, June, 1995

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Areas of Research Specialization and Interest
Dr. McCauley-Bell’s research interests bring together her background in physical ergonomics, human factors and intelligent system development with the modeling techniques of fuzzy set theory.  The combination of this research interest has resulted in synergistic approaches for addressing challenging modeling and quantification issues.  Most recently she has initiated research in the application of human factors to the area of information security. This research is designed to offer information security professionals the guidelines needed to effectively design security policies that do not exceed the capabilities of humans.  She has obtained federal and state funding to support her research interest and has been zealous in providing sound theoretically based research with a strong application orientation.

The diversity within the discipline of industrial engineering has allowed her to build on an array of methodologies in industrial engineering and forge fruitful research and scholarly partnerships.  Internal collaborators have included the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Psychology Department and the UCF Institute for Simulation and Training (IST).  External collaborators include  Wright-Patterson AFB,  United Technologies Research Center, and Motorola.  Each of these collaborations has resulted in technical presentations and/or publication of technical articles.  To date, she has eight refereed journal articles accepted or in print and over twenty referred journal publications.  Her more recent focus has been on the development of intelligent systems (agents) with the uncertainty modeled through fuzzy set theory.   This research initially funded by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is  establishing her reputation as an authority in this area.  This work has lead to focusing the efforts of Dr. McCauley-Bell into improving the distribution and management of information in networked systems, with an emphasis is how this impacts users.  First, this  research focuses on the evaluation of the Human Impact in Information Security (HIIS) and secondly, the development of intelligent tools to mitigate risks associated authentication techniques, human error and other security issues.

Human Impact in Information Security

The primary factor in economic losses associated with information security incidents is human error.  This is of grave concern when the efforts to address the human factors issues or human error risks in the information security are largely nonexistent. Research by McCauley-Bell has demonstrated a statistically significant impact and perceived importance of human error in industries as well as an interest among  organizations in addressing these problems.  In response to this work, methodologies to reduce risks of human error in information security are being  developed (i.e. reducing the impact of system administrator overload with intelligent agents).  Additional work is being funded to further analyze the needs of HIIS, define components of HIIS (create a taxonomy), and reduce user workload due to excessive demands on human memory through intelligent support.

Dr. McCauley Bell also serves as  Vice-Chair of two IEEE Standards committees on Virtual Intelligence and is a guest author in a special issue of the Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing.   Finally she has regularly interacted with graduate students as a committee member and committee chair.   Dr. McCauley-Bell makes an effort to tie her research back to the educational environment.  Through every research project she has produced lectures that demonstrate the research process and  validate the concepts that she teaches in the classroom.   

Research Emphasis

• Fuzzy set theory in human factors model development  

• Development of Intelligent Systems using fuzzy modeling techniques

• Prevention and Prediction of Injuries

• Modeling Intelligence Systems for Military-Related applications

• External Funding

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Joint project with the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU)  and Florida State University (FSU) College of Engineering, $313,096   (5/99 - 5/02) Project is developing a neuro-fuzzy approach for the detection of anomalous activities in distributed computer systems. Project goal is to develop a prototype internet-connected file server to demonstrate the effectiveness of a distributed, neuro-fuzzy defensive information operation (DIO) paradigm for detecting anomalous computer activities.

LOCKHEED MARTIN, CO., Enterprise Information Systems, Orlando, FL. and Corporate Information Security Department, Bethesda, MD., Principle Investigator, $70,000 (9/98 – 8/99).  This project is tasked with developing a multiple agent system (MAS) of passive and active intelligent agents to monitor and interact with existing systems within a network.  The MAS searches for attempts to exploit known system vulnerabilities.  The MAS will be a multi-level hierarchy designed to detect and monitor ports while the agent code responds to trigger events and initiates a response.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, Principle Investigator, $50,000 (1/98 – 12/98). Evaluating the human side of information security; application of fuzzy modeling and intelligent agents in information security; The research has initiated the field of “Human Impact in Information Security”.

Defense Information Systems Agency, Department of Defense (DOD).  ($39,476)  Principal Investigator - This project is designed to develop  a methodology for creating generic fuzzy agents that engage in dialog and coordinate transfer of information.  This project has applied a technique developed through the interaction with Wright-Patterson AFB, Human Factors laboratory for managing uncertainty in information through the use of fuzzy set theory. 

Marion County ($14,983) Principal Investigator - This project designed as an environment to evaluate an expert system-based methodology for performing municipal solid waste composition studies.

Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management - Co-Principal Investigator.  Development for an Expert System to Facilitate Municipal Solid Waste Composition Studies -- Phase II,  $22,000,  P.I. McCauley-Bell, P. and Co-PI Reinhart, D. April 1, 1995 -  December 31, 1995

National Science Foundation Research Planning Grant Supplement ($10,000). Principal Investigator.  This project involves the evaluation of the use of fuzzy set theory (FST) as a modeling tool in  identifying and modeling the primary elements that are necessary to describe human performance.  FST will also be used to evaluate the feasibility of linguistic hedges in human computer interaction (July , 1995)

Simulation Training Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) - ($8,000) Fuzzy Set theory in Computer Generated Forces - Researcher.  This project evaluates the use of fuzzy set theory in addressing the uncertainty associated with decision making, dynamic obstacle avoidance, and target prioritization in computer generated forces.

Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management - Co-Principal Investigator.  Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study -- Phase I,  $50,581 P.I. D. Reinhart, B.  Al-Yousfi, and  P. McCauley-Bell.     April 1, 1995 -  December 31, 1995

National Science Foundation Research Planning Grant ($18,000)- Principal Investigator - This project involves the evaluation of the use of fuzzy set theory (FST) as a modeling tool in  identifying and modeling the primary elements that are necessary to describe human performance.  FST will also be used to evaluate the feasibility of linguistic hedges in human computer interaction (August, 1994)

National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) ($120,000), EPSS Research & Applications" - Co-Principal Investigator  This research involved the evaluation of the current methodologies used for imagery in engineering applications at Kennedy Space Center (May, 1994).

National Science Foundation - ($18,000) Conducted National Science Foundation Sponsored Artificial Intelligence research (05/92 - 05/93).  Co-Principal Investigator. The goal of this research was to determine the feasibility of utilizing fuzzy set theory as a means to represent weights associated with the risk factors of occupational injuries in the development of a fuzzy expert system.

• INTERNAL FUNDING

UCF - EIES - ($11,000) University of Central Florida sponsored research. This research for promoting the use of Fuzzy Set Theory in Multi-Criteria Decision Making Analysis (May, 1993).

University of Central Florida - Principal Investigator Expert Advisor: Participated in research in the development of a knowledge based system for academic advisement.  Will attempt to utilize fuzzy set theory to improve the user interface (August, 1993).

Additional  Scholarly Activities

• Associate Editor, Industrial Engineering Encyclopedia

• Referee for IEEE  Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

• Referee for International Journal of Industrial Hygienist

• Referee for Industry, Engineering and Management Systems Conference

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