Publications

Technical Reports

France, M., Melnik, G., Safar, H., & Multer, J. (2021). Reducing Hazards Associated with Visual and Automation-Aided Track Inspections. US Department of Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration. LINK

Young, J., Flynn, D., France, M., & Gabree, S. (2021). Driver Behavior at Malfunctioning Crossing and Emergency Notification System Sign Awareness. US Department of Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration. LINK

Safar, H., France, M., Multer, J., & Roth, E. (2020). Preventing Stop Signal Overruns: A Good Practice Guide for Passenger Railroads. US Department of Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration. LINK

Safar, H., Roth, E. Multer, J., & France, M. (2019). Why Do Trains Pass Stop Signals? A Systems View. US Department of Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration. LINK

Multer J., Safar, H., Roth, E. & France, M. (2019). Why Do Passenger Trains Run Through Switches in the Rail Yard? US Department of Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration. LINK

Isaacs, M., France, M., Melnik, G. (2019). Human Factors Evaluation of an Experimental Locomotive Engineer Crewstation. US Department of Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration. LINK

Cardosi, K., Lu, J., France, M., Lennertz, T., Hoffman, A., & Sheridan, T. (2018). Monitoring Risk Associated with Operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System: Models for Analysis of Mandatory Occurrence Reports involving UAS-Manned Aircraft Encounters. US Department of Transportation: Federal Aviation Administration. LINK

Journal and Conference Papers

Roth, E., France, M., & Multer, J. (2018). Understanding Why Railroad Yard Crews Run Through Misaligned Switches, Through the Lens of Sociotechnical Systems. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 1-5, 2018. LINK

France, M. & Thomas, J. (2017) Engineering for Humans: A New Extension to Systems Theoretic Process Analysis. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Aviation Psychology at Wright State University, Dayton, OH, May 8-11, 2017.

Calabrese, C., Mejia, B., McInnis, C.A., France, M., Nadler, E. & Raslear, T.G. (2017). Time of Day Effects on Railroad Worker Injury Risk. Journal of Safety Research, 61, 53-64. LINK

Masters Thesis

France, M. Engineering for Humans: A New Extension to STPA (masters thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. LINK