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CWSA People

Neelam Naikar

Neelam is the lead scientist at the Centre for Cognitive Work and Safety Analysis (CWSA). She joined the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) as a Research Scientist in 1996 and was promoted to Senior Research Scientist in 1999. Some of Neelam's major projects at DSTO have involved the extension of Cognitive Work Analysis to support the acquisition of complex, military systems and the application of AcciMap Analysis and the Critical Decision Method to enhance safety in these systems. Her current research interests include the development of theories and methods for analysing work in complex sociotechnical systems. Neelam obtained a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1993 and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1996. She is a member of the Board of Editors for the International Journal of Aviation Psychology and is currently writing a book on Work Domain Analysis.

Ben Elix

Ben joined the Centre for CWSA as a Research Scientist in 2006 as part of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation graduate recruitment program. He graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology degree with Honours from the Flinders University of South Australia in 2004. Ben conducted his honours thesis in collaboration with the Land Operations Division of the DSTO (Edinburgh) where he investigated the possibility of using electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings as a real world measure of Situation Awareness. Ben’s current research interests include the application of Cognitive Work Analysis to team design and Human-Machine Interface design.

Sandra Lambeth

Sandra joined the team at the Centre for CWSA as a Research Scientist in December 2007. She received her commercial pilot's license in 2000 before graduating from the University of Melbourne in 2006 with a three year Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in psychology. Between her third and fourth years of study, Sandra was one of Air Operations Division’s Summer Vacation Scholarship recipients, working in the Night Vision Laboratory testing visual acuity of night vision devices. In 2007, she completed her fourth-year Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology at La Trobe University. Her thesis project, conducted with Air Operations Division,  investigated the role of the magnocellular visual pathway in the temporal attention paradigm known as the attentional blink. Sandra’s current research interests include the application of Cognitive Work Analysis to organisational design.

Alanna Treadwell

Alanna joined the Centre for CWSA as a Research Scientist in December 2008. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in psychology and sociology in 2007 from Monash University. In 2008, Alanna began her Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology at Monash University. Alanna’s fourth year thesis project, completed in 2009, investigates the relationship between phantom limb phenomena and the dreaming state. Alanna’s primary focus in her work at the Centre for CWSA is the application of Cognitive Work Analysis to the development of operating concepts for future complex sociotechnical systems.

Jenny Yeung

Jenny joined the Centre for CWSA in April 2010 as a Research Scientist. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Psychology in 2008 and completed Honours in 2009. Her fourth year research project investigated the effects of advanced sleep onset on sleep quality and duration in early morning shift workers. Jenny’s work at the Centre for CWSA focuses on the application of Cognitive Work Analysis to organisational redesign.