Alec Gonzales received his PhD from Clemson University on December 17, 2025. He began his PhD program in August 2021 and has since then published 10 peer-reviewed articles, presented 10 oral and 23 poster presentations at local and international conferences, and mentored 18 undergraduate and graduate students.
PhD candidate Patrick Fuller received the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Student Member with Honors award the ASPIRE 69th International Annual Meeting. For more information,
At the ASPIRE 69th International Annual Meeting, PhD student Patrick Fuller presented two lectures titled “Survey-Informed Systems Framework for Robotic-Assisted Surgery Cybersecurity” (left) and “Identifying and Assessing Nontechnical Skills in Robotic Surgery: A Task Analysis Approach” (right). PhD student Matthew Ball …
At the ASPIRE 69th International Annual Meeting, Dr. Jackie Cha moderated the discussion panel, “Augmented Cognition Meets AI: Enhancing Human Performance with Real-Time, Adaptive, and Trustworthy Intelligence” and led a lecture as session chair for “Occupational Ergonomics 4: Workplace Wellbeing: Addressing Physical and Non-Physical Challenges”.
On August 18th, 2025, Alec Gonzales successfully defended his dissertation titled, “Decision-making training of minimally invasive surgical skills“.