Biography

Dr. Jie (Jay) Xu is a human factors engineer who has studied the principles and methods of human factors and ergonomics, human-computer interaction, and 

systems engineering and their application in the design of sociotechnical systems in healthcare and nuclear power industries. He has conducted human factors research related to trust in technology, group affect, team physiological compliance, physician-patient communication, user-centered design, simulation traini-ng, and event reporting. These studies were conducted in various environments, such as the laboratory, primary care, emergency care, surgical room, intensive 

care, cancer care, and nuclear power main control room.

He's current research interests include neuroergonomics, augmented cognition, teamwork, and user experience. His goal is to advance the theory and practice of human factors engineering and design effective, efficient, and safe work systems.

His current research interest is the measurement and prediction of human stress responses and understanding how such responses influence human-human 

and human-computer system interactions and performance. He focused his research on understanding human performance under stress using neuroergonom-ics and augmented cognition methods. His goal is to advance the theory and practice of human factors engineering and design effective, efficient, and safe 

work systems.

Work Experience

2017 – present       Assistant Professor                       Center for Psychological Sciences, Zhejiang University

2017 – present       Adjunct Assistant Professor          Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety, Vanderbilt University

2016 – 2017           Research Instructor                       Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety, Vanderbilt University

2013 – 2015           Research Project Coordinator       Wellness and Health Enhancement Engineering Lab, Northwestern University

2010 – 2013           Research Assistant                        UW Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Education and Training

2016                      Postdoc                                         Human Factors                                    Vanderbilt University

2016                      Ph.D.                                              Industrial Engineering                         University of Wisconsin – Madison

2011                      M.S.                                               Industrial Engineering                         University of Wisconsin – Madison

2009                      B.S.                                                Applied Psychology                             East China Normal University

2009                      B.E.                                                Mechanical Engineering                      Donghua University

Selected Research Projects

2016 – 2017,“Monitoring, Extracting and Decoding Indicators of Cognitive Load”

                        US Department of Defense, Co-Investigator

2015 – 2017,“Meta-Level Design Guidance and Operator Performance Measures for Hybrid Control Rooms”

                        US Department of Energy, Co-Investigator

2013 – 2015,“National Infrastructure for Standardized and Portable EHR Phenotyping Algorithms”

                        US National Institutes of Health, Usability Consultant &Project Coordinator

2012 – 2015,“Active and Passive User Trust in Sociotechnical Systems”

                        US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Project Manager

Selected Publications

[1]      Chrouser, K., Xu, J., Hallbeck, S., Weinger, M. B., & Partin, M. (In press). The influence of stress responses on surgical 

          performance and outcomes: literature review and the development of the surgical stress effects (SSE) framework. 

          American Journal of Surgery.

[2]      Xu, J.*, Reale, C., Slagle, J. M., Anders, S., Shotwell, M. S., Dresselhaus, T., and Weinger, M. B. (2017). Facilitated Medication-

          related Event Reporting to Improve Medication Management Quality and Safety in Intensive Care Units. Nursing 

          Research,66(5), 337-349.

[3]     Xu, J., Anders, S., Pruttianan, A., France, D. J., Lau, N., Adam, J. A., & Weinger, M. B. (2017). Human Performance Measures 

         for the Evaluation of Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Interfaces: A Systematic Review. Proceedings of the 10th 

         International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC 

         & HMIT 2017).

[4]     Xu, J.*, Rasmussen, L. V., Shaw, P., Jiang, G., Kiefer, R., Mo, H., Pacheco, J. A., Speltz, P., Zhu, Q., Denny, J., Pathak, J., 

         Thompson, W. K., & Montague, E. (2015). Review and evaluation of electronic health records-driven phenotype algorithm 

         authoring tools for clinical and translational research. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 22(6), 

         1251-1260. [Editor’s Choice]

[5]     Xu, J., Montague, E., Gratch, J., Hancock, P., Jeon, M., & Pfaff, M. (2015). Advances of Research in Affective Processes in 

         Communication and Collaboration. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

[6]     Xu, J., Le, K., Deitermann, A., & Montague, E. (2014). How different types of users develop trust in technology: A qualitative 

         analysis of the antecedents of active and passive user trust in a shared technology. Applied Ergonomics, 45(6), 1495-1503.

[7]     Montague, E., Xu, J., & Chiou, E. (2014). Shared Experiences of Technology and Trust: An Experimental Study of 

         Physiological Compliance between Active and Passive Users in Technology Mediated Collaborative Encounters. IEEE 

         Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 44(5), 614-624.

[8]     Xu, J., Montague, E. (2013). Group polarization of trust in technology. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of Human 

         Factors and Ergonomics Society, 56(1), 344-348.

[9]     Xu, J., & Montague, E. (2012). Psychophysiology of the passive user: Exploring the effect of technological conditions and 

         personality traits. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 42(5), 505-512.

[10]   Montague, E., & Xu, J. (2012). Understanding active and passive users: The effects of an active user using normal, hard and 

         unreliable technologies on user assessment of trust in technology and co-user. Applied Ergonomics, 43(4), 702-712.