Presenter
Ronald Boring
Biography
Dr. Ron Boring is a distinguished scientist at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where he aligns human factors capabilities to nuclear engineering research needs. He has led control room development and human risk efforts for a variety of national and international partners, including U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NASA, Halden Project, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, and numerous industry partners.
He was the founder of the Human Systems Simulation Laboratory at INL and led development of prototyping tools such as the Advanced Nuclear Interface Modeling Environment (ANIME) and human factors evaluation methods like the Guideline for Operational Nuclear Usability and Knowledge Elicitation (GONUKE) to support control room development at U.S. utilities. He has developed the Human Unimodel for Nuclear Technology to Enhance Reliability (HUNTER) method, which is used for virtual operator modeling for advanced reactors. He was the inaugural department manager for Human Factors and Reliability at INL.
Dr. Boring has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Carleton University. He was a Fulbright Academic Fellow to the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and holds the honorary title of Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). In 2021, he was the recipient of the Don Miller Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Nuclear Society (ANS). In 2022, he was recipient of the Arnold M. Small and Betty M. Sanders President’s Distinguished Service Award from HFES. In 2024, he was an Oppenheimer Science and Engineering Leadership Program Fellow, representing INL for the U.S. Department of Energy. Dr. Boring has published over 400 research articles in a wide variety of human reliability, human factors, and human-computer interaction forums. He has served as the Chair for the Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Control Division of ANS, Chair of the Idaho Section of ANS, General Conference Chair for HFES, Conference Co-Chair for the ANS NPIC&HMIT Conference, and Standards Champion for IEEE Nuclear Power Engineering Committee. He presently serves as Chair for the Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference.
He was the founder of the Human Systems Simulation Laboratory at INL and led development of prototyping tools such as the Advanced Nuclear Interface Modeling Environment (ANIME) and human factors evaluation methods like the Guideline for Operational Nuclear Usability and Knowledge Elicitation (GONUKE) to support control room development at U.S. utilities. He has developed the Human Unimodel for Nuclear Technology to Enhance Reliability (HUNTER) method, which is used for virtual operator modeling for advanced reactors. He was the inaugural department manager for Human Factors and Reliability at INL.
Dr. Boring has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Carleton University. He was a Fulbright Academic Fellow to the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and holds the honorary title of Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). In 2021, he was the recipient of the Don Miller Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Nuclear Society (ANS). In 2022, he was recipient of the Arnold M. Small and Betty M. Sanders President’s Distinguished Service Award from HFES. In 2024, he was an Oppenheimer Science and Engineering Leadership Program Fellow, representing INL for the U.S. Department of Energy. Dr. Boring has published over 400 research articles in a wide variety of human reliability, human factors, and human-computer interaction forums. He has served as the Chair for the Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Control Division of ANS, Chair of the Idaho Section of ANS, General Conference Chair for HFES, Conference Co-Chair for the ANS NPIC&HMIT Conference, and Standards Champion for IEEE Nuclear Power Engineering Committee. He presently serves as Chair for the Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference.
Presentations
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Committee Roles
Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Reviewer
Human-AI Robot Teaming Reviewer
Safety Reviewer
Student Forum Reviewer
System Development Reviewer