Scott A. Shappell, Ph.D.

Dr. Shappell joined Clemson University as a tenured Professor of Industrial Engineering in 2005. Before joining the faculty at Clemson, Dr. Shappell was the Human Factors Research Branch Manager at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute of the Federal Aviation Administration in Oklahoma City, OK. There he managed research programs on advanced Air Traffic Control systems, behavioral stressors, and aircrew performance. In addition, he continued to conduct studies of both civil and military aviation accidents using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) that he co-authored with Dr. Douglas Wiegmann at the Mayo Clinic.

Before joining the Civil Aeromedical Institute however, then Lieutenant Commander Shappell (he has since been promoted to Captain as a Naval Reservist) served as the Human Factors Branch Chief at the U.S. Naval Safety Center and as a human factors accident investigation consultant for the Joint Service Safety Chiefs. Prior to the Naval Safety Center, he served as the Force Aerospace Psychologist for the Commander, Naval Air Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. His adventures in the U.S. Navy and the civilian sector have given him a well-rounded past in aviation psychology and aeromedical safety. Consequently, he has published over 60 papers and one book in the fields of aviation accident investigation, spatial disorientation, sustained operations, flight deck injuries, and aircrew fatigue.

Prior to his commissioning in the U.S. Navy, Dr. Shappell received a B.S. in psychology (1983) from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio graduating Summa Cum Laude with honors in psychology. He followed with a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1990.

 Dr. Shappell is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, Fellow and Past-president of the Aerospace Human Factors Association; Member of the American Psychological Association and Secretary-Treasurer of Division 19 - Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology, Member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and Member of the Association of Aerospace Psychologists, Member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators, and Member of the University Aviation Association. In addition, he serves as a consulting/associate editor for the International Journal of Aviation Psychology; Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine and is a regular peer reviewer for the journal Human Factors.