Linda Ng Boyle
Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Washington, 1998
- M.S. Inter-Engineering, University of Washington, 1994
- B.S. Industrial Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1986
Dr. Boyle returned to her alma mater from the University of Iowa. Her research interests center on understanding behavior while driving vehicles as influenced by a person's likelihood of mishaps, injuries, and crashes. Injury is the fifth leading cause of death in the US and the leading cause of premature death. In her work she has found that many innovations are designed to increase a person's safety by simplifying demands and tasks in safety-critical situations. However, long-term use may also decrease their awareness, increase distractions, and degrade the ability to respond appropriately. Modeling this dynamic adaptive behavior is the core of many of her lab research studies.
Boyle has served as the Director of the Human Factors and Statistical Modeling Lab and on the executive committee of the Prevention Research Center both at the University of Iowa. Dr. Boyle has received many awards for her work including an NSF Career Award and an Outstanding Educator Award.
New Faculty 2009 by Department
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Antonino Ferrante
Setthivoine You
Bioengineering
Barry Lutz
Kim A. Woodrow
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Linda Ng Boyle (also ISE)
Cynthia Chen
Michael Dodd
Erkan Istanbulluoglu
Andrey Shcherbina
Chemical Engineering
James Pfaendtner
Computer Science & Engineering
Su-In Lee
Anup Rao
Electrical Engineering
M.P. (Anant) Anantram
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Linda Ng Boyle (also CEE)
Mechanical Engineering
Brian Polagye