About me
E. Asher Balkin is a senior research engineer in the Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory (C/S/E/L) in the College of Engineering at Ohio State University.
He has worked on a wide range of safety and complex systems projects including programs for the Federal aviation administration regarding the safe and resilient use of drones in a domestic airspace, multiple projects for NASA involving spacesuit design and launch operations. His work in the medical field includes pioneering research on the safe use of surgical robotics for prostate and other cancer surgeries. Most recently he has worked with his colleagues at Ohio State University to develop an expansive program to move innovative thinking about safety and accidents out of University and research settings and into operational and industrial environments.