Dr. Carol Ann Mason BSc (Hons), MSc, MergS, C.Psychol, Eur.Erg.

Dr Carol Mason is currently the new Human Factors Group Leader for MBDA in Filton, Bristol. The group has the responsibility of carrying out human factors investigations for future missile systems.
Carol started her career in human factors with British Aerospace 18 years ago and worked on projects in the fields of space, nuclear and military. During her time there she helped to organise conferences for the Ergonomics Society and edited the Teleoperation and Control International Symposium proceedings in 1988.
Carol then moved on to the Department of Employment where she was responsible for developing the user requirements and interface design of DEMACS the careers service YTS database, managing the user support team and monitoring the research carried out by the government in the careers service.
From here Carol moved on to the MOD where she worked as a Senior Psychologist with the RAF working on a number of projects mainly in the area of computer-based-training and later became a specialist in desktop virtual reality training software. Her interest in virtual reality was further developed when she moved to become a Senior Lecturer in Computing and Multimedia at the University of Gloucestershire where she recently obtained a PhD as a result of her research into the design of active learning virtual environments.