About Me

Dr. Beau Schelble is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the founding director of the AI and Robotics for Collaborative Systems (ARCS) Lab. His research centers on understanding and optimizing collaborative systems comprised of both human and computational elements. He received a Ph.D. in human-centered computing from Clemson University. His research expertise focuses on trust, situation awareness, and intelligent information sharing within human-AI teams.

Dr. Schelble’s research has prioritized the exploration of human factors to enhance the ability of human-AI teams to coordinate successfully in complex environments. As an interdisciplinary researcher, Dr. Schelble continuously leverages qualitative, quantitative, and computational methodologies to fully contextualize challenging research questions on topics within the human factors and systems engineering domains, heavily emphasizing shared knowledge, trust, intelligent information-sharing, and situational awareness. Additionally, his work spans various contexts, including advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, emergency response management, the future of work, and command and control environments. Dr. Schelble’s work has resulted in over 35 articles in high-impact journals and conferences across human factors, systems engineering, and human-computer interaction. These works have also been recognized for multiple best paper awards/nominations (5 total).