Dr. Moroney, a Professor Emeritus at the University of Dayton and a Board-Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), has 42 years of experience in human factors, with more than 22 years of U.S. Navy active duty experience in both hands-on and management of Navy human factors research, development, test, and evaluation. In 1990, he left the US Navy with the rank of Captain and has taught courses in: Human Factors in Systems Development; Ergonomics; Human Factors in Aviation; Technology, Environment and Behavior; Questionnaire Design; and Industrial/Organizational Psychology. His areas of research have included: workload, questionnaire design, flight simulators, displays, and anthropometry. He continues to support the University by teaching, and assisting the Human Factors Group in the University of Dayton’s Research Institute on a variety of tri-service projects as well as in the School of Engineering’s Design Clinic. He has also worked for the FAA, GM, and local industries. More recently, as an independent contractor, he has supported projects at the Air Force Research Laboratory at WPAFB and local lawyers/prosecutors.
He has held positions at the Naval Air Development Center (NADC), Naval Air Test Center (NATC), and the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC). While at NADC, he was Deputy Department Head of the Air Vehicle and Crew Systems Technology Department and responsible for the day-to-day R&D activities of approximately 500 scientists, engineers, and medical personnel. At NATC, Dr. Moroney served as Chief Scientist on all issues related to aircrew performance. At PMTC, he supported a variety of weapons-related projects for both the airborne and surface Navy. He has served as a member of DoD tri-service and international working groups. He was designated a Navy Aerospace Experimental Psychologist in April 1969 and subsequently flew as an F-4, A-6, EA6B, and OV10 aircrew member. He completed Naval Aviation Safety Officer School in 1982 and was designated a Weapon System Acquisition Manager in 1985. He was the first Chair of the DoD HFE Test and Evaluation TAG, and was reelected twice to that position.
As an Assistant Professor in the Operations Research Department of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Dr. Moroney taught and directed theses (N=9) in OR, physics, electronic warfare EE, and administrative science. He also taught human factors courses at the Naval Aviation Safety School, which was located at NPS. He was an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Dayton from 1990-2008. While there, he directed the HFES accredited graduate program for six years, chaired 15 master's thesis and mentored multiple students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. As part of his emphasis on mentoring, he initiated a series of reports on placement opportunities for human factors and ergonomics professionals, which are currently available to students on the HFES website. His courses emphasized real-world applications and most included interdisciplinary and teambuilding activities. He involved his students in projects in the School of Engineering’s Design Clinic, and was a member of the Innovation Center Advisory Committee. He directed multiple student research teams, whose findings evaluated and impacted the uses of technology to facilitate learning within the University.
Dr. Moroney authored more than 100 scientific and technical publications dealing with topics as diverse as motion sickness, helmet-mounted displays, laser designator systems, and selection and training. He authored/co-authored six book chapters, including one on HFE research techniques in military systems, and three on simulation. He is currently preparing a book on questionnaire design, based on his numerous tutorials and classes in this neglected area. He has supported the development and/or upgrading of the F/A18, A12, F14, EA6B, and ACMR/TACTS, among others. He is a holder of Invention Disclosure: Case #58,894, Aircraft Landing Gear Warning System, 6 June 1977 and U.S. Patent #4,603,486, Automated Anthropometric Data Measurement System (AADMS) of 5 August 1986.
He is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and a Senior Editor of Ergonomics in Design. He has served as: Chair of the Accreditation Review Committee of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES); twice as Chair of the Test and Evaluation Technical Group of the HFES and is a past president of the Southern Ohio Chapter of the HFES. His most recent book (2019), with Joyce Cameron, J. (2019) was Questionnaire Design: How to Ask the Right Questions of the Right People at the Right Time to Get the Information You Need. Washington, D.C: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. The book’s augmenting website is accessible at: https://sites.google.com/view/questionnaires-how-to