Shannon Bowling

757-683-3179

241E KAUFMAN HALL
NORFOLK, 23529

Dr. Bowling’s research interests include the modeling of human performance in complex environments by the use of virtual reality technology, ascertaining factors that influence performance in visual search and decision making tasks, and the analysis of training interventions. He also is interested in using modeling and simulation for decision making in complex environments. He teaches topics relating to modeling and simulation including operations research, optimization methods, systems dynamics, and agent-based modeling. Recently Dr. Bowling was a PI on a project involved in a large scale modeling effort for the Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Bowling has various papers published and/or submitted in the area of modeling and simulation.

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, (2003)

M.S. in Engineering Technology, Quality Systems, East Tennessee State University, (2000)

B.S. in Electrical Engineering technology, Bluefield Sate College, (1998)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Bowling, S. R., Pazos-Lago, P. Maria . and Landaeta, R. "The Usefulness of Mini Lectures Supplements in an Online Teaching Environment" $3,000. Old à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã University. May 2010 - August 2010
Landaeta, R., Rabadi, G., Bowling, S. R., Daniels, C., Pazos-Lago, P. Maria . and Watson, G. S. "Deployment and Evaluation of a Customized Project Management Development Program for the US Army Core of Engineers-Norfolk District " $60,330. Federal. January 2010 - June 2010
Landaeta, R., Watson, G. S., Daniels, C., Parsons, V., Bowling, S. R., Pazos-Lago, P. Maria . and Rabadi, G. "5.Design of a Customized Project Management Development Program for the US Army Core of Engineers-Norfolk District (USACE-NAO) (Phase II). " $77,282. Federal. April 1, 2009 - May 1, 2010
Watson, G. S., Landaeta, R., Bowling, S. R., Pazos-Lago, P. Maria ., Daniels, C., Parsons, V. and Rabadi, G. "Deployment of a Customized Project Manager's Development Program for the US Army Corp. of Engineers - Norfolk District" $60,330. Local. -
Rabadi, G., Kady, R., Bowling, S. R., Robertson, J. and Mielke, R. R. "The Development of Modeling and Simulation Engineering Courses in Support of Modeling and Simulation Graduate Program" $100,000. Private. January 2009 - December 2009
Rabadi, G. and Bowling, S. R. "Process Modeling and Scheduling at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding" $86,520. Private. November 17, 2008 - June 15, 2009
Bowling, S. R., Yetiv, A. S. and Earnest, D. "Economic Globalization and Vulnerability: How Vulnerable is the Global Shipping System to Terrorist and Adversarial Nation Attacks" $367,648. Federal. - May 1, 2008
Bowling, S. R., Rabadi, G., Keating, C. B., Landaeta, R., Earnest, D. C. and Unal, R. "System-of-Systems Engineering Modeling and Analysis for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) – Phase II" $129,998. Federal. September 1, 2007 - March 1, 2008
Unal, R., Rabadi, G., Keating, C. B., Bowling, S. R., Landaeta, R. and Earnest, D. C. "System-of-Systems Engineering Modeling & Analysis for SB Initiative" $145,000. June 1, 2007 - October 1, 2007
Bowling, S. R., Rabadi, G., Keating, C. B., Landaeta, R., Earnest, D. C. and Unal, R. "System-of-Systems Engineering Modeling and Analysis for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI)" $145,000. Federal. June 1, 2007 - September 1, 2007
Rabadi, G., Yetiv, S., Earnest, D. C., Carmel, S. and Bowling, S. R. "Economic Globalization and Vulnerability: How Vulnerable is the Global Shipping System to Disruption?" $354,000. Federal. -
Pinto, C. Ariel., Keating, C. B., Gheorghe, A. V., Noor, A. K., Sokolowski, J. A., Sousa-Poza, A., Rabadi, G., Bowling, S. R., Searcy, C. and Cooley, N. "Center of Excellence for Border Security and Immigration" $17,663,773. Federal. -
Rabadi, G., Keating, C. B., Sousa-Poza, A. and Bowling, S. R. "System-of-Systems Engineering Analysis for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI)" $228,580. March 2006 - March 2007
Bowling, S. R. "What Features Should be Included in Simulation-based Training to have a Positive Effect on Training Transfer and Retention?" $695,800. Federal. - April 1, 2006
Bowling, S. R. "Exploration of the Operational and Business Value of Different Sources of Project’s Resource and Labor in the US Army Corps of Engineers" $10,000. Federal. - March 1, 2006
Bowling, S. R. "MITRE DHS Systems of Systems " $218,581. Federal. - March 1, 2006
Pinto, C. Ariel., Rabadi, G., Mun, J., Bowling, S. R., Landaeta, R. and Tillman, H. J. "A Micro-World Simulation for Healthcare Management: A System-of-Systems Engineering Approach " $98,000. Old à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã University. -
Bowling, S. R. "DHS Border System-of-Systems Engineering Analysis" $848,768. - July 1, 2004

Articles

Bowling, S. R., Rabadi, G., Khasawneh, M. T. and Shearer, N. E. Initiative Mapping Methodology for System of Systems Applications.
Bowling, S. R., Rabadi, G., Khasawneh, M., Shearer, N. and Jun, Z. Initiative Mapping Methodology for Systems Applications. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Keating, C. B., Rabadi, G., Landaeta, R. and Bowling, S. R. (2009). Systems of systems engineering for border security and inmigration: methodologies, processes, and tools. The International Journal of Systems of Systems 1 (4) , pp. 414 – 444.
Deller, S. T., Bell, M. I., Bowling, S. R., Rabadi, G. and Tolk, A. (2009). à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãing the Information Age Combat Model: Quantitative Analysis of Network Centric Operations. International Journal for Command and Control 3 (1).
Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, M. T., Kaewkuekool, S. and Cho, B. R. (2008). A Markovian Approach to Determining Optimum Process Means in a Production System with Independent Quality Characteristics. Journal of System Science and System Engineering , pp. 1861-9576.
Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S. and Cho, R. B. (2008). A Markovian Approach to Determining Optimum Process Means in a Production System with Independent Quality Characteristics. System Science and System Engineering.
Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M., Kaewkuekool, S., Jiang, X. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2008). Evaluating the Effects of Virtual Training in an. International Journal of Aviation Psychology 18 (1) , pp. 104-116.
Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, M. T., Kaewkuekool, S., Jiang, X. and Gramopadhye, A. K. (2008). Evaluating the Effects of Virtual Training in an Aircraft Maintenance Task. International Journal of Aviation Psychology 18 (1) , pp. 104-116.
Bhowmick, A., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2007). Evaluation of Alternate Multimedia for Web-Based Asynchronous Learning. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 37 (7) , pp. 615-629.
Rao, P., Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2006). Impact of Training Standard Complexity on Inspection Performance. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing 16 (2) , pp. 109-132.
Master, R., Jiang, X., Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M., Gramopadhye, K. A., Melloy, J. B. and Grimes, L. (2005). Measurement of Trust Over Time in Hybrid Inspection Systems. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing 15 (2).
Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S. and Cho, R. B. (2005). Tables of a Truncated Standard Normal Distribution: A Doubly Truncated Case. Quality Engineering 17 , pp. 33-50.
Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S. and Cho, R. B. (2005). Tables of a Truncated Standard Normal Distribution: A Singly Truncated Case. Quality Engineering 17 , pp. 33-50.
Kelkar, K., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2005). The Added Usefulness of Process Measures Over Performance Measures in Interface Design. International Journal of Human Computer Interaction 18 (1) , pp. 1-18.
Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M., Kaewkuekool, S. and Cho, R. B. (2004). A Markovian Approach to Determining Optimum Process Target Levels for a Multi-Stage Serial Production System. European Journal of Operational Research 159 (3) , pp. 636-650.
Jiang, X., Khasawneh, T. M., Master, R., Bowling, S. R., Gramopadhye, K. A., Melloy, J. B. and Grimes, L. (2004). Measurement of Human Trust in a Hybrid Inspection System Based on Signal Detection Theory Measures. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 34 (5) , pp. 407-419.
Singh, V., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2004). The Evaluation of Alternate Learning Systems: Asynchronous, Synchronous and Classroom: Production Planning and Control Course. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 33 (6) , pp. 495-505.
Gramopadhye, K. A., Melloy, J. B., Jiang, X., Khasawneh, T. M., Kaewkuekool, S., Bowling, S. R., Bingham, J., Master, R., Chen, S. and Watson, J. (2003). Using High Fidelity Simulator for Aircraft Inspection Training: Development and Usability Analysis. Human Factors and Aerospace Safety 3 (2) , pp. 121-146.

Conference Proceeding

Shearer, N., Khasawneh, M., Zhang, J., Bowling, S. R. and Rabadi, G. (2010). Sensitivity Analysis of a large-scale system dynamics immigration model (pp. 78 – 81) Charlottesville, VA: Proceedings of The IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS'10).
Rabadi, G., Bowling, S. R., Keating, C. B. and Unal, R. (2009). Sensitivity Analysis Framework for Large and Complex Simulation Models Istanbul: Proceedings of the 2009 Summer Computer Simulation Conference.
Shearer, N. E., Khasawneh, M. T. and Bowling, S. R. (2009). Can One Gene Change the World? - An ABM Approach Miami: Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC) .
Deller, S., Rabadi, G., Bell, M., Bowling, S. R. and Tolk, A. (2009). Modeling the Information Age Combat Model: An Agent-Based Simulation of Network Centric Operations (pp. 9-15) Proceedings of Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) World 2009 Conference & Expo.
Khasawneh, T. M., Marie, A., Zhang, J., Zain El Abdein, T. and Bowling, S. R. (2008). A System Dynamics Approach to Modeling China's Population Suffolk VA: Modeling, Simulation, & Gaming Student Capstone Conference.
Peterson, B., Henrie, M. and Bowling, S. R. (2006). Where’s the Management? Chicago IL : American Society for Engineering Education Conference.
Kaewkuekool, S., Samanlioglu, F., Bowling, S. R. and Khasawneh, T. M. (2006). A Logistic Regression Model for Predicting Trust in an Inspection System Orland FL: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Samanlioglu, F., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R. and Jiang, X. (2006). A Multi-Criteria Strength-Stress Reliability Optimization Model in Engineering Design Orland FL: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Bowling, S. R., Rabadi, G. and Keating, C. B. (2006). An Integrated Framework for Modeling and Simulation of the U.S. Southern Border: A Border Patrol Perspective Orland Fl: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Khasawneh, T. M., Alshara, M. K. and Bowling, S. R. (2006). Determining the Most Economic Process Mean for Various Quality Characteristics Orland FL: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Bowling, S. R. (2005). Developing an Evaluation Tool for System of Systems using a Desirability Function Methodology Virginia Beach, VA: American Society of Engineering Management.
Kaewkuekool, S., Nansa-arg, S., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R. and Jiang, X. (2005). Effect of Prior Information on Task Environments and Feedback Training to Improve Aircraft Inspection Performance Gdynia, Poland: The 9th Baltic Region Seminar on Engineering Education.
Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M., Kaewkuekool, S. and Jiang, X. (2005). Evaluating the use of Velocity and Acceleration Based Finite Impulse Response Filters for 3D Eye Movement Analysis in a Virtual Environment Atlanta GA: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Thiruvengadachari, S., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S. and Jiang, X. (2005). Human-Machine Systems Reliability: Current Status and Research Perspective Atlanta GA: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Jiang, X., Khasawneh, T. M. and Bowling, S. R. (2005). Measuring Trust in Inspection Systems: A Multivariate Approach Atlanta GA: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Kaewkuekool, S., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Jiang, X. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2004). Effect of Alternate Training Strategies on Aircraft Inspection Performance New Orleans, Louisiana: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting.
Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Jiang, X., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2004). Effect of Error Severity on Human Trust in Hybrid Systems New Orleans, Louisiana: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting.
Tetteh, G. E., Jiang, X., Mountjoy, N. D., Bowling, S. R., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Khasawneh, T. M. (2004). An Evaluation of Systematic Search Strategies on Inspection Performance Using a Job-Aiding Tool Houston, Texas: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Bowling, S. R., Howard, A. J., Kohl, M. R., Vining, J. B. and Khasawneh, T. M. (2004). An Approximate Solution for the Optimum Process Mean in a Single Stage Production System Houston TX: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M., Jiang, X. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2004). An Empirical Study on the Effect of Arrangement on Performance of Two Inspectors Houston TX: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Jiang, X., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2004). Investigating Human Perception and Trust Due to Changes in Hybrid Inspection System Parameters Houston TX: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Gopinath, M., Kaewkuekool, S., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2003). A Tool for Conducting Ergonomic Audits Oregon: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Jiang, X., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2003). Communication between Humans and Machines in a Hybrid Inspection System Oregon: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Kaewkuekool, S., Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2003). Correlating Humans’ Trust to System's Action and Inspector's Intervention Behavior in a Hybrid Inspection System Oregon: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S., Khasawneh, T. M., Jiang, X. and Gramopadhye, K. (2003). Evaluating the Use of Virtual Reality for Training in Aircraft Inspection (pp. 246-251) Las Vegas, NV: The 8th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications and Practice.
Gramopadhye, K. A., Duchowski, T. A., Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M. and Kaewkuekool, S. (2003). Technology the Equalizer: Can it be Used to Improve Novice Inspection Performance? Crete, Greece: HCI International.
Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S. and Cho, R. B. (2003). The Determination of Optimum Process Target Values in Production Systems: A Markovian Approach Oregon: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Khasawneh, T. M., Kaewkuekool, S., Bowling, S. R., Desai, R., Jiang, X., Duchowski, T. A. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2003). The Effect of Eye Movements on Visual Inspection Performance Oregon: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Taylor, R., Bowling, S. R. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2003). The Effects of Intermittent, Random, and Continuous Noise on the Visual Search Component of a Visual Inspection Task Oregon: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Cho, R. B., Kaewkuekool, S., Bowling, S. R. and Khasawneh, T. M. (2003). The Optimum Target Value for a Process Based on A Quadratic Loss Function Oregon: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Jiang, X., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2003). A Model for Predicting Human Trust in Automated Systems (pp. 216-222) Las Vegas, NV: The 8th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications and Practice.
Hall, R., Jiang, X., Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M., Kaewkuekool, S. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2003). An Evaluation of Job-Aiding for an Inspection Task Denver: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Jiang, x., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2003). Correlating Signal Detection Theory Measures with Trust in a Hybrid Inspection System Oregon: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Jiang, X., Khasawneh, T. M., Kaewkuekool, S., Bowling, S. R., Taylor, W., Bankers, S., McClendon, C., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2003). Impact of Task Complexity on Hybrid Inspection System Performance Denver: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Gramopadhye, K. A., Desai, R., Bowling, S. R. and Khasawneh, T. M. (2003). Task Analysis of General Aviation Inspection Activities: Methodology and Findings Denver: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S. and Cho, R. B. (2002). A Cost Effective Strength-Stress Reliability Modeling and Optimization in Engineering Design Orlando, FL: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S., Khasawneh, T. M. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2002). Confined Space Work In Aircraft Maintenance Industry: Scope for Improving Safety and Reducing Errors Orlando: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Kaewkuekool, S., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2002). Measurement of Trust in Hybrid Inspection Systems: Review and Evaluation of Current Methodologies and Future Approach Orlando, FL: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Kaewkuekool, S., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Gramopadhye, K. A., Duchowski, T. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2002). Using Virtual Reality Technology to Support Job Aiding and Training Orlando: Industrial Engineering Research Conference.
Sahasrabudhe, R., Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2002). Analysis of Per-Item vs. Per Lot Paced Visual Inspection for High Target Probability Baltimore: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Ginwalla, Z. N., Kaewkuekool, S., Bowling, S. R., Gramopadhye, K. A. and Melloy, J. B. (2002). Measurement of Trust in a Hybrid Inspection for Different Levels of Error Randomness Baltimore: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Gramopadhye, K. A., Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, T. M., Kaewkuekool, S., Melloy, J. B., Duchowski, T. A., Medlin, E. and Cournia, N. (2002). Using Training to Improve Performance of Inspectors on the Hangar Floor San Francisco: the 16th Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance Symposium.
Singh, V., Khasawneh, T. M., Bowling, S. R., Jiang, X., Master, R. and Gramopadhye, K. A. (2001). The Evaluation of Alternate Learning Systems: Asynchronous, Synchronous and Classroom Maui: International Conference on Computer-Aided Ergonomics and Safety.

Presentations

Bowling, S. R. (March , 2003). Evaluation of the Use of Feedforward Information in a Virtual Reality Environment: Aircraft Maintenance Industry Clemson University Research Forum Clemson, SC.
Bowling, S. R. and Khasawneh, M. T. (February , 2003). Modeling Humans in Inspection Systems: The use of Advanced Technology IIE Regional Conference Clemson, SC.
Bowling, S. R., Khasawneh, M. T. and Kaewkuekool, S. (October , 2001). Industrial Engineering department Tour: Research at the Advance Technology Systems Laboratory Industrial Engineering Dapartment Tour Clemson, SC.
  • 2004: Selected as Best Ergonomics Paper, Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference