Dylan Schmorrow

Dylan Schmorrow is a Captain in the US Navy Medical Service Corps, and serves as the Acting Director of the Human Performance, Training, and BioSystems Research Directorate at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering (ASD(R&E)) at Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is also Specialty Leader of the Aerospace Experimental Psychologist community and an Acquisition Professional in the Naval Acquisition Corps. He has previously served as the Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Research at the Office of Naval Research. He was instrumental in expanding the field of Augmented Cognition as a DARPA Program Manager (see Esquire, Avionics Interview). He was also a key developer of Virtual Environment Technology as PM of the VIRTE (Virtual Technologies and Environments) program. He led the development of the Amphibious Assault Vehicle Turret Trainer project. CAPT Schmorrow was the recipient of the first Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation award presented by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) which was presented at the Fourth Augmented Cognition International Conference in Baltimore on October 2, 2007[1] On May 29, 2008 at a ceremony at the Pentagon, CAPT Schmorrow was awarded the Department of the Navy Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Awards for 2007 for his work on the Infantry Immersion Trainer Navy Top Scientist

Education

Jenkins Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Cognitive Research
Naval Postgraduate School – September 1998

Doctor of Philosophy, Experimental Psychology
Western Michigan University – June 1993

Doctoral Fellowship, Experimental Psychology
Georgetown University – August 1992

Master of Science, Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation
Naval Postgraduate School – September 1998

Master of Science, Operations Research
Naval Postgraduate School – September 1998

Master of Arts, Experimental Psychology
Western Michigan University – August 1990

Master of Arts, Philosophy
Western Michigan University – June 1993

Bachelor of Science, Economics and Psychology
Western Michigan University – June 1989

Awards and decorations

Schmorrow's awards include:

	Legion of Merit		Defense Superior Service Medal
	Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 award star)
	Navy Commendation Medal
	Navy Achievement Medal

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