About
Personal injury analyst. BA, MS, SM, PhD in physics & psychology (including MIT); 45 yrs R&D, teaching, trial testimony, industrial training, 'in the trenches'. Perception, vision, warnings, equipment/product design, vehicle/industrial accidents.
Dr. Sugarman is a Fellow of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society and a member of the American Psychological Association. He has held an appointment at SUNY at Buffalo.
Dr. Sugarman has conducted R & D in instructional system development, perceptual processes, vehicle driving, human-computer interaction, equipment design and evaluation, and physiological processes. He has authored over 60 papers and publications, numerous training programs, and five patent disclosures (one US patent awarded), and is a contributor to the Human Factors Engineering Guidelines and Preferred Practices for the Design of Medical Devices, ANSI/AAMI HE48-1993, Human Factors Design Process for Medical Devices, ANSI/AAMI HE74:2001, and current revisions.
Dr. Sugarman's projects include an evaluation of a system to prevent drunken driving, an investigation of factors contributing to decreased alertness during long-duration low-event driving, studies of camouflage, and programs requiring the design of operator-computer and operator/maintainer-machine interfaces. He was selected by the international Human Factors and Ergonomics Society to participate in a program to develop a comprehensive human factors plan for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Dr. Sugarman’s primary work has been the development of multimedia training programs for industrial operations, environmental health & safety, and maintenance for light to heavy industry. He also conducts classes on ergonomics for safety and ergonomics teams. He was employed to manage quality for the construction of the Buffalo Life Sciences Complex for Turner Construction Company. Dr. Sugarman is currently Chief Scientist for Stavatti Aerospace.
In 2003, he was an invited columnist on Human Factors for the Buffalo Law Journal. Dr. Sugarman provides expert testimony in criminal and personal injury trials (both defense and plaintiff) applying his unique combination of expertise in physics and human factors psychology to:
vehicle accidents,
industrial and construction accidents,
perception and vision,
warnings and labels,
product and equipment design induced errors,
medical equipment errors,
training,
instructions and procedures,
individual differences,
cognitive psychology,
situational awareness,
slip and fall,
ergonomics and workplace layout,
physics and optics