| Activity | Date of Birth: 27/11/1927
Place of Birth: Isleham, Cambridgeshire UK
Died: 4/11/2014
University Qualifications and Professional Training:
London University (External), BSc. Psychology 1958-1961
London University (External), PhD.Psychology 1961-1967
Professional career:
Engineer, Cambridge Instrument Company (nd)
Engineer, Royal Engineers (War Service)
MRC,APU Research Assistant 1953-1956
MRC,APU Research Scientist 1956-1957
MRC,APU Assistant Director 1974-1993
Defence and Civil Institute for Environmental Medicine (DCIEM ), Toronto Visiting Scientist 1971-1972
Univ.of Aston External Examiner 1979-1982
Univ.of Groningen Extra-Mural Professor of Traffic Science 1988-1991
Transport Reg.Lab. Hon.Research Fellow 1992-1997
Other Honours and Awards:
Distinguished Foreign Colleague Human Factors Society 1990
Order of the British Empire (OBE) HM Government, 1991
A.R.Lauer Award Human Factors & Ergonomics Society 1993
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Student/Grad/Assoc/Member 1953-1987
Ergonomics Society Member/Fellow/President/Hon.Fellow 1961-
Editor of Ergonomics 1975-1980
BPS Grad/Associate/Fellow
Founder of BPS Professional Bodies Liaison Group on Human Computer Interaction 1983-1984
Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) Member 1969-1974
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Member/Fellow/President Europe Chapter
1981-
European Society for Cognitive Psychology Member 1988-1995.
Sources: Ivan D. Brown's Personal Details Sheet.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected publications:
Driver Fatigue, Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, February 1994
Drivers' Judgments of Safe Distances Vehicle Following, Colbourn, Christopher J.; Brown, Ivan D.; Copeman, Alan K, .Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, February 1978
Review of the Looked But Failed to See Accident Causation Factor (Road Safety Research Report S. No. 60)
Drivers' margins of safety considered as a focus for research on error, Ergonomics, Vol.33 1990
Burgeoning issues in ergonomics, 1975-1980 Ergonomics, Vol.30 1987
An Asymmetrical Transfer Effect in Research on Knowledge of Performance, J. App. Psychol., 50, (2), 118-120. (1966).
Decrement in Skill Observed after 7 Hours of Car Driving, Psychon. Sci., 7, (4), 131-132. (1967).
Some Alternative Methods of Predicting Performance Among Professional Drivers During Training, Ergonomics, H, (1), 13-21. (1968).
Measurement of Control Skills, Vigilance and Performance on a Subsidiary Task during 12-hours Car Driving with, D. C. V. Simmonds and A. H. Tickner, Ergonomics, 10, (6), 665-673. (1967)
Measurement of Fatigue in Abnormal Physical Environments. . In "The Effects of Abnormal Physical Conditions at Work". pp. 168-178. (Eds. Davis & Tyrer.) Livingstone, London. (1967).
Increasing Efficiency by Ergonomics, in Production Engineering Research Assoc. Symposium Manual "Ergonomics and Higher Productivity", Section 5, pp. 1-5. (1968). |