Joe Manganelli

Joe Manganelli is Part-Time Faculty in the User Experience Design program in the School of Information.  He is also a member of Kent State's Design Innovation Initiative.

His goal is improving the capacity of the built environment to enhance human cognitive and physical health, well-being, and performance.

Joe is the founder of xplr design, llc, a human factors research and design consultancy focused on human-systems-environment symbiosis. Joe is a Principal Architect with Fluor. Regarding research activity, he is a co-author of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's, Internet-of-Things-Enabled Smart-City Framework and completed a post-doctoral research fellowship studying distracted driving (phone GUIs) at CU-ICAR. More recently, he is involved in research projects related to human-centered cyber-physical systems, smart infrastructure and smart environment technology and strategy, and human-systems performance modeling. 

For the UXD program, Joe typically teaches courses on information architecture, accessibility evaluation and universal design, researching the user experience, and the portfolio course. 

Joe is a Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP) with areas of focus on user experience research, requirements development and validation, information architecture, usability, and the cognitive performance and decision making and human-systems integration dimensions of human factors. He is also a licensed architect in the states of Georgia and South Carolina, focused on the design of commercial, institutional, industrial, and biotech/pharma facilities.

*The School of Information faculty are superstars in the field. Therefore, it is impossible to list all of the work they do on one page. Listed below is a small selection of Dr. Manganelli’s work. Further information can be viewed in his CV (found below) or on ResearchGate.

Teaching

Academic Programs
User Experience Design
Library & Information Science

User Experience In Libraries, Archives and Museums

Courses
UXD 60103    Researching the User Experience I 
UXD 60113    Researching the User Experience II
UXD 60118    Accessibility Evaluation and Universal Design

Selected Publications

Bucksey, R., Delgado, A., Manganelli, J. (2019). Treating blockchain-based smart contracts as a special case of control systems: A useful perspective for facilities owners, operators, architects, engineers, contractors, and suppliers. Medium. https://medium.com/@joe.manganelli/treating-blockchain-based-smart-contracts-as-a-special-case-of-control-systems-d939b9215468

Burns, M., Manganelli, J., Wollman, D., Boring, R., Gilbert, S., Griffor, E., Lee, Y., Nathan-Roberts, D., Smith-Jackson, T. (2018). Elaborating the human aspect of the NIST framework for cyber-physical systems. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 62(1), 450-454. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621103

Manganelli, J. (2018, Sept. 19-21). Agents’ cognition in the smart city: Agent architecture assessment framework [Conference poster with extended abstract]. ANFA 2018 Posters Booklet, p. 53. Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture Conference 2018, La Jolla, CA. https://jmanganelli.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/20180821_abstract152_manganelli_v5.pdf

Burns, Martin J., Manganelli, J. (2018, June 18-20). Using the IES-City framework [Conference paper and presentation]. 4th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP) 2018, Taormina, Sicily, Italy.

Bhat, V., Fracsella, A., Brutti, A., Jeong, S., Burns, M., Manganelli, J., Murrillo, M., Hierro, J., Binkley, D., Verga, E.S. & Zaslavsky, A. (2018). A consensus framework for smart city architectures [Technical report]. National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://pages.nist.gov/smartcitiesarchitecture/

Threatt, A., Merino, J., Brooks, J., Healy, S., Manganelli, J., Walker, I., & Green, K. (2017). The design, prototyping, and formative evaluation of an assistive robotic table (ART) for stroke patients. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 10(3), 152-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/1937586716687802

Grants

• Primary Co-Author: Contributing much of the literature and concept, NSF H-CPS (2011)
• Minor Co-Author: Contributing minor graphical content, Assistive Robotic Table, NSF Grant Award # IIS-1116075, (2010) – NSF award, $250,000
• Author: Contributing all content and writing, Siemens GO PLM Software Grant (2010) – awarded by Siemens, $1,500,000

Professional Service

• Paper Reviewer for the Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (2012-present), (areas of focus: Cognitive Engineering and Decision-Making (CEDM), UX, and Environmental Design (ED))
• Member of the National Institute of Building Sciences National Building Information Modeling Standards Core BIM Work Group (2020 - 2022)
• Member for the BCPE Standard Setting SME Panel (2020 - 2021)
• Panelist for “How The Industry is Getting Smarter About Smart Buildings,” Buildings 2.0 Conference 2019, Chicago, IL
• Session Chair for the HFES Conference 2018, Philadelphia, PA - Elaborating the Human Aspect of the Cyber-Physical Systems Framework
• Session Chair for the HFES Conference 2017, Austin, TX; Session Co-Chair for the HFES Conference 2014, Chicago, IL
• Member of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) buildingSMART alliance Council Thought Leadership Sub-Committee (2016 - 2018) and Information Standards Sub-Committee (2016 - 2018)
• MLAB Co-Chair of the USGBC-SC (2017); MLAB Member (2014-2017)
• Board Member of USGBC-SC (2014 - 2016); Chapter Vice Chair (2016); Chapter Treasurer (2015)
• Session Co-Chair for the WMSCI Conference 2016, Orlando, FL

Awards/Achievements

• Runner Up, Article of the Year, Fluor P4 Publication Program (2017)

Affiliations

• Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), Associate Member
• American Institute of Architects (AIA), Member
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Associate Member
• Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE), Certificant
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), Member
• Information Architecture Institute (IAI), Member
• International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Member
• International Code Council (ICC), Member
• National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), Member
• National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), Member
• User Experience Professional Association (UXPA), Member
• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Accredited Professional 
• International Well Building Institute (IWBI), Member