Young Bui

About Young Bui

I am a human factors scientist at Exponent, where I use my understanding of human cognition to evaluate perceptual and decision-making issues that contribute to accidents. I have extensive experience in assessing visibility and conspicuity issues, and apply this knowledge to a wide array of contexts such as automobiles, pedestrians, motorcycles, bicycles/scooters, and tractor-trailers. I perform general assessments of roadway environments that include analyses of lighting, glare and sightline evaluations as they may relate to vehicle accidents, slip/trip-and-fall incidents, and other premises liability claims. I am also continuously involved in research on various topics in human factors, including driver looking behavior, perception of roadway hazards, divided attention, and witness memory of events. I also work on projects assessing the role of warnings and instructions in various accidents scenarios for both products and premises, and regularly combine my knowledge of human behavior with my OSHA training to evaluate how the behavior of individuals may contribute to industrial and occupational accidents.Additionally, I have experience overseeing projects employing various methodologies (human-subjects testing, inclusive literature reviews, quantitative injury and risk analyses), and have experience coordinating and carrying out large-scale usability testing of consumer products. I am also capable of combining this experience with customized programming methods that leverage online platforms for various applications, including questionnaire surveys, experimental studies, and comprehension testing.

Experience

1. Senior Managing Scientist

   Exponent

   Jan 2015 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Presently, I am a human factors scientist at Exponent, an engineering and scientific consulting firm that performs work in analyzing accidents and failures to determine their causes, as well as in assisting clients with new products/processes to help prevent problems in the future. As part of my consulting practice, I use my expertise in human cognition to understand how people interact with their world, and how these interactions can contribute to accidents and mistakes.

Education

• Washington University in St. Louis

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Experimental Psychology

  2015

• Washington University in St. Louis

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Experimental Psychology

  2011

• UCLA

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Applied Developental Psychology

  2008

Skills

• Research
• Experimental Design
• Research Design
• Statistics
• Data Analysis
• Spss
• Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Quantitative Research
• Science
• Human Factors
• Teaching
• Program Evaluation
• Higher Education
• Microsoft Office
• University Teaching
• Scientific Writing
• Microsoft Excel
• Literature Reviews
• Public Speaking