Michael Boyce

Accepting select engagements

Human Factors

Michael W. Boyce is the principal of Boyce Human Performance, LLC, providing expert witness services and human performance consulting grounded in decades of applied research across human factors engineering, augmented reality, human-robot interaction, and healthcare systems.

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Daubert-tested

Reports and depositions

60+

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1,154+

Total Citations

h-index

i10-index

Practice

Areas of Expertise

01

Human Factors Engineering

02

Human Performance

03

Augmented and Mixed Reality

04

Military Training and Simulation

05

Intelligent Tutoring Systems

06

Human-Robot Interaction

07

Agent Transparency

08

Assistive Technology

09

Emergency Evacuation

10

Cybersecurity Human Performance

11

Healthcare Human Factors

12

Physiological Measurement

13

Geospatial Science Education

14

Expert Witness Services

Engagements

Representative Matters & Research Engagements

Augmented Reality Sandtable (ARES) for Military Tactics Training

Led foundational research and development of the ARES system for the U.S. Army, examining the impact of augmented reality and surface projection on military tactics comprehension and learning outcomes. Associated publications have accumulated 40+ citations.

Principal Researcher

Situation Awareness-Based Agent Transparency Framework

Contributed to the development and publication of the SA-Based Agent Transparency model (ARL-TR-6905), one of the most-cited works in human-robot interaction research with 419+ citations across versions.

Co-Author / Researcher

Human Performance in Cybersecurity Research Agenda

Authored a seminal research agenda on human performance in cybersecurity presented at the HFES Annual Meeting, which has accumulated over 101 citations and helped define a field of applied human factors inquiry.

Lead Author

Emergency Evacuation Design for Individuals with Disabilities

Conducted applied research on designing evacuation instructions and assistive technology for disabled adults, resulting in peer-reviewed publication in Applied Ergonomics with 24+ citations.

Lead Researcher

Healthcare Human Factors — Emergency Department Systems

Directed human factors engineering projects across emergency department settings, including clinical decision support for agitation, hand hygiene quality improvement, nurse staffing assessment tools, and VR-based interprofessional simulation education.

Principal Researcher

Extended Reality for Military Training Comprehension

Led a study published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality examining how extended reality technologies enhance military tactics comprehension during training, accumulating 48 citations since 2022.

Lead Author

Engagement

Frequently Asked Questions

Boyce provides expert witness and consulting services in cases involving human factors engineering, human performance failures, human-robot interaction, assistive technology, emergency evacuation design, healthcare systems, and cybersecurity human performance. His research background allows him to address both liability and standard-of-care questions grounded in peer-reviewed science.

Yes — Boyce is available in both capacities, offering litigation consulting, case analysis, report preparation, deposition testimony, and trial testimony as needed.

Boyce holds a Google Scholar h-index of 14 and an i10-index of 23, with over 1,154 citations across more than 60 peer-reviewed publications as of June 2026. His work appears in leading journals such as Applied Ergonomics, Military Psychology, BMJ Open, and Frontiers in Virtual Reality.

Yes — Boyce has collaborated extensively with U.S. Army research laboratories on projects including the Augmented Reality Sandtable (ARES) and agent transparency frameworks, and has also conducted applied research in emergency department workflow, clinical decision support, and infection control. Several of his publications in these domains have become highly cited references in their respective fields.

Boyce has published foundational research on agent transparency and human-robot interaction, including work presented at the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, and is well-positioned to opine on matters involving autonomous systems, operator trust, and human-machine teaming.

His expertise spans defense and military training, healthcare and clinical environments, cybersecurity, emergency management, assistive technology, and educational technology — making him well-suited for matters arising across a broad range of industries.

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