Katelyn Schwieters is a research fellow in the Human Factors Safety Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her research interests include advanced statistical analysis, error analysis and performance assessment, gender biases in trauma care, and user-centered design. She has contributed to research investigations focusing on rural intersection designs, supportive in-vehicle technologies for older drivers, crash data collection and reporting interfaces, in-vehicle displays for lane guidance, and rear-facing displays for snowplows.
Schwieters received her bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of Minnesota, her master’s degree in applied social psychology at Metropolitan State University, and her PhD in human factors and ergonomics at the University of Minnesota.