Dr Tham Ming Po has held senior R&D management positions in MNCs, including serving as Motorola's Manager for Human Factors Engineering in Singapore and China ; Director of Honeywell's Advanced Technology Labs in Singapore and Beijing ; Chief Technology Officer in Honeywell's Automation and Control Solutions business in Asia Pacific, and Regional Director of Human Factors Engineering for Dell Global BV .
For the past 18 years he has been closely involved in Human Factors Engineering research in the public and private sectors in Singapore , East Asia , Canada and the USA . His research interests encompass error analyses; visual displays; information processing and operator's performance in complex systems; decision-aiding, and the dynamics of creative collaboration in distributed and multi-cultural product development teams.
He has a BA in Psychology from the University of Calgary , and an MA in Experimental Psychology and PhD in Engineering Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sample Publications
Tham, M. P ., & Cui, S. (2005) Usability Engineering: Tools and techniques to facilitate global product development efforts. Book chapter in: 設計可用性工程：案例與實務，全華科技圖書股份有限公司 , 台灣 ( Usability engineering: Applications and practices. Taipei : China )
Tan, A. L S., Helander, M., & Tham, M. P. (2004) Navigating with Handheld Electronic Maps. Proceedings of the Second Annual Work with Computing Systems Conference, 2004. H.M. Khalid, M.G. Helander, A.W. Yeo (Editors) . Kuala Lumpur : Damai Sciences.
Helander, M., & Tham, M. P. (2003) “ Hedonomics - Affective Human Factors Design”. Editorial in Special Issue on “ Hedonomics - Affective Human Factors Design”. Helander, M., & Tham, M. P . (Editors) Ergonomics, 46 (13 / 14), 1269 – 1272
Khalid, H. M., Helander, M., & Tham, M. P. (2001). Proceedings of the Second Affective Human Factors Design Conference (Editors), Singapore , June 27-29, 2001
Fu, X. Fu, Zhou, G & Tham, M. P. (2001) The usability of on-line shop in China . Proceedings of the HCI International Conference, New Orleans , 2001.
Tham, M. P ., Fu, X. Fu, & Zhou, G (2000). Cultural considerations and applicability of western usability guidelines in the design of Chinese e-commerce websites. APCHI2000, Singapore .
Tham, M. P . & K. C, Tan (1999). Challenges in Designing User Interfaces for Handheld Communication Devices: A Case Study”, HCI International 1999, The Hague , Netherlands .
Tham, M. P . (1998). Usability Checklist - Design guidelines for displays and user-interfaces in handheld communications devices. HFE Technical Report . Motorola Paging Division, Motorola Information and Messaging Sector.
Wickens, C. D., Miller, S., & Tham, M. P . (1997). The Implications of Datalink for Representing Pilot Request Information on 2D and 3D Air Traffic Control Displays. Journal of Industrial Ergonomics.
Fox, J, Faden, S., Konrad, C., Marsh, R., Merwin, D., Sochacki, J., Sohn, Y. W., Tham, M. P ., Wickens, C., Lintern, G., Kramer, A., & Doane, S. (1995). Modeling pilot scanning behavior: Strategies and expertise. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus , Ohio , Dept of Aviation
Tham, M. P . & Kramer, A. F., (1994). Attentional Control and Piloting Experience. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Conference, October 24-28, 1994. Nashville , TN.
Tham, M. P ., Wickens, C., Liang, C. & Long, J., (1993). An Evaluation of Perspective and Stereoscopic Displays as Alternatives to Plan View Displays in Air Traffic Control. In Jensen, R. and D. Neumeister (Eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, April 25-29, 1993. Columbus , OH .
Williams, H. P., Tham, M. P ., & Wickens, C. D. (1992). Resource Management and Geographic Disorientation in Aviation Incidents: A Review of the ASRS Data Base. Aviation Research Laboratory Technical Report ARL-92-3/NASA-92-2. Aviation Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Savoy , IL.
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