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Kapil Chalil Madathil, Ph.D.

Kapil Chalil Madathil holds the Wilfred P. Tiencken Professorship at Clemson University. Dr. Chalil Madathil's area of expertise lies in applying the knowledge base of human factors engineering to the design and operation of AI enabled human-machine systems that involve rich interactions among people and technology. His research encompasses the entire spectrum of system design, ranging from identifying user needs to designing and developing computing systems and empirically evaluating the efficacy of these interventions. Utilizing qualitative and quantitative methodologies, his research strives to understand how humans perceive, make sense of, and interact with human-machine systems.

His work is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the United States National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Defense, the Department of Education, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, and several other industry and state agencies.

• Awarded the University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award (URSAA) from Clemson University, recognizing his contributions in research and scholarship.
• Awarded the William C. Howell Young Investigator Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, for outstanding scientific contributions to the human factors and ergonomics discipline.
• Over 120+ publications in peer-reviewed conferences and journals
• Articles have been cited more than 3400  times
• Chair of the Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award Committee
• Co-chair of the Mentorship Committee
• Associate Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
• Associate editor of the HFES journal Human Factors in Healthcare and Ergonomics and Design