Barry Strauch

Barry Strauch has lectured and taught human factors, accident investigation techniques, and human error to accident investigators, graduate students, and government and industry officials throughout the world. He is an adjunct faculty member of the psychology department of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He has been with the National Transportation Safety Board for more than 30 years as a human performance investigator, major aircraft accident investigator in charge, chief of the...See more

Barry Strauch has lectured and taught human factors, accident investigation techniques, and human error to accident investigators, graduate students, and government and industry officials throughout the world. He is an adjunct faculty member of the psychology department of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He has been with the National Transportation Safety Board for more than 30 years as a human performance investigator, major aircraft accident investigator in charge, chief of the human performance division and, currently, National Resource Specialist - Human Factors. He has investigated accidents in all major transportation modes, involving vehicles ranging from passenger trains, to Boeing 747s, to nuclear attack submarines. He earned a PhD in educational psychology from the Pennsylvania State University and holds a commercial pilot certificate, with an instrument aeroplane rating. See less