The Following Seas
Join Bill and Nora on 'The Following Seas,' powered by ASTM International and the Navy! You'll meet amazing guests who have worked for the Navy, from scientists and engineers to military heroes. Discover the cool science, engineering, and standards behind how the Navy operates all over the world from seabed to space and how you can help.
The Following Seas
Episode 4: Fascination for how things work!
Join Nora and Bill as they learn how turning trash into treasure leads to designing technology that fits people. Today we talk to our guest, Daniel Wallace.
Daniel Wallace is recently semi-retired from the Navy and was the Technical Warrant Holder for Displays and Human Factors Engineering for the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for 12 years. In his role as a Technical Warrant holder, he was responsible to assist acquisition programs in balancing operational, technical, and programmatic requirements against human performance demands. His PhD is in Cognitive Experimental Psychology from the University of Maryland, with a focus on Human Factors engineering. He has worked for IBM and a Navy defense contractor before joining the Navy in 1996. He has been instrumental in developing a number of the critical specifications, standards, processes, policy, tools, and practices for DoD human factors, but he is quick to acknowledge that this business is a team sport, and these products are community effort. When not doing human factors, he is active in community STEM outreach, serving on his local county school board, and doing volunteer disaster relief. Oh, and he has been known to make a balloon animal or two. While Daniel may have retired from government service, he continues to work part-time with Basic Commerce and Industries.
