Frank Durso received his PhD from SUNY at Stony Brook and his BS from Carnegie-Mellon University. He is Professor of Psychology at Texas Tech University on the faculties of the human factors program and the applied cognition program. He currently is president-elect of APA's Applied Experimental division, is chair of the Aerospace Technical Group of Human Factors and on the executive council of the Society for Applied Research on Memory and Cognition. He was President of the Southwestern Psychological Association and founder of the Oklahoma Psychological Society. A fellow of APA and APS, he serves on the editorial boards of the "Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied," "Human Factors," "Air Traffi c Control Quarterly," and "Cognitive Technology." He is recipient of the Regents' Award for Research and the Kenneth E. Crook award for instruction from the University of Oklahoma where he served as professor and founding director of OU's Human-Technology Interaction Center. He has been funded by NSF and the FAA, the latter continuously since 1990. His research interests have focused on cognitive factors in dynamic situations, in particular air traffi c control. He is coauthor (with Nancy Cooke) of the forthcoming book titled "Stories of Human-Technology Failures and Cognitive Engineering Successes" designed to promote cognitive engineering to students and the public.