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Ferne Friedman-Berg, PhD.


Ferne Friedman-Berg is an engineering research psychologist with the Human Factors Branch. She joined the team in 2006 as a federal employee, having previously supported the team as a contractor for over four years. Dr. Friedman-Berg has conducted human-in-the-loop research examining how weather tool use influences air traffic controller performance metrics and compared weather tool designs by analyzing user interaction data. She has evaluated the use of eye-movement metrics as correlates of workload and to measure interest in display design components. She has also conducted research on aviation security issues and screener effectiveness and performance.

Dr. Friedman-Berg received her B.A. in Psychology from Temple University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she also completed a graduate minor in statistics.

Contact Information

Ferne Friedman-Berg, PhD.
Federal Aviation Administration
William J. Hughes Technical Center, Building 28
Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405
Phone: (609) 485-7460
Fax: (609) 485-6218
ferne.friedman-berg@faa.gov

Publications

Friedman-Berg, F., & Racine, N. (2013). Staffed NextGen Tower: A Camera Integration and Computer-Human Interface Part-Task Evaluation (DOT/FAA/TC-13/45). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Friedman-Berg, F., & Racine, N. (2013). Staffed NextGen Tower Human-in-the-Loop 2 (SNT HITL 2): Camera Integration Evaluation (DOT/FAA/TC-13/41). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Deshmukh, A. (2010). Moving Toward an Air Traffic Control Display Standard: Creating a Standardized Target Symbology for Terminal Situation Displays (DOT/FAA/TC-TN-10/04). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Deshmukh, A. (2009). Voice Over Internet Protocol: Speech intelligibility assessment (DOT/FAA/TC-TN-09/04). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Pai, S. (2008). Expertise and website usability: Aviation-related expertise and website usability: Implications for eGovernment web design. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 5(1), 64-79.

Allendoerfer, K., Friedman-Berg, F., & Pai, S. (2007). Human factors analysis of safety alerts in air traffic control (DOT/FAA/TC-07/22). Green, D.M., & Swets J.A. (1988). Signal Detection Theory and Psychophysics. Los Altos, CA: Peninsula. Parasuraman, R., & Riley, V. (1997). Humans and automation: Use, misuse, disuse, and abuse. Human Factors, 39, 230-253. Sorkin, R. D., & Woods, D. D. (1985). Systems with human monitors: A signal detection analysis. Human-Computer Interaction, 1, 49-75. Wickens, C. D. (1992). Engineering psychology and human performance. New York: HarperCollins.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., Pai, S. (2008). Moving toward an air traffic control display standard: Creating a standardized color palette for terminal situation displays (DOT/FAA/TC-08/15). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Pai, S., &. (2008). Nuisance alerts in operational ATC environments: Classification and frequencies. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 52, 104-108.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Pai, S. (2007). Usability assessment of the fly.faa.gov website (DOT/FAA/TC-07/11). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Allendoerfer, K., Friedman-Berg, F., & Pai, S. (2007). Human factors analysis of safety alerts in air traffic control (DOT/FAA/TC-07/22). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, U., & Friedman-Berg, F. J. (2006). Using eye movement activity as a correlate of cognitive workload. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 36(7), 623-636.

Ahlstrom, U., & Friedman-Berg, F. (2006). TRACON controller weather information needs: III. Human-in-the-loop simulation (DOT/FAA/TC-06/10). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, U., & Friedman-Berg, F. (2006). Controller scan-path behavior during severe weather avoidance (DOT/FAA/TC-06/07). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, U., & Friedman-Berg, F. (2005). Subjective workload ratings and eye movement activity measures (DOT/FAA/CT-05/32). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Friedman-Berg, F., & Ahlstrom, U. (2005). Evaluating controller use of advanced weather products by evaluating user interaction patterns. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting (pp. 30-34). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Friedman-Berg, F., Yuditsky, T., Smith, A. (2004). Developing human factors design principles for information display systems in air traffic control . Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 48, 2386-2390.

Yuditsky, T., Friedman-Berg, F., Smith, A. (2004). Design of Information Display Systems for Air Traffic Control (DOT/FAA/CT-TN04/33). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Della Rocco, P., Panjwani, G., Friedman-Berg, F., Kopardekar, P., & Hah, S. (2004). Collocation of User Request Evaluation Tool, Traffic Management Advisor, and Controller Pilot Data Link Communications: An Initial Human Factors Evaluation (DOT/FAA/CT-TN04/06). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Yuditsky, T., Sollenberger, R. L., Della Rocco, P. S., Friedman-Berg, F., & Manning, C. A. (2002). Application of color to reduce complexity in air traffic control (DOT/FAA/CT-TN03/01). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center.