The SIS Lab Team Performance Group seeks to enhance the performance of teams in various environments. Our studies strive to further understand the aspects that build high-performance teams based on communication, cohesion, and psychological factors (i.e., emotional intelligence, cognitive style, personality, environmental attitudes and behaviors). We utilize quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches to explore structured frameworks that influence team performance, such as The Systems of Systems approach, and Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. The Team Performance Group aspires to untangle the inherently complex web of teaming to advance knowledge in an interdisciplinary world, where teams are becoming unavoidable and essential to achieving a sustainable world.

**SIS Lab** at the U.S. Solar Decathlon.

Publications

Journal Articles

Engome Tchupo, D., Kim, J. H., & Macht, G. A. (2020). Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) for the Analysis of Team Communication. Applied Ergonomics, 83, 102979. DOI:10.1016/j.apergo.2019.102979

Macht, G. A., Nembhard, D. A., & Leicht, R. M. (2019). Operationalizing Emotional Intelligence for Team Performance. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 71, 57-63. DOI:10.1016/j.ergon.2019.02.007

Macht, G. A., & Nembhard, D. A. (2015). Measures and Models of Personality and their Effects on Communication and Team Performance. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 49, 78-89. DOI:10.1016/j.ergon.2015.05.006

Macht, G. A., Nembhard, D. A., Kim, J. H., & Rothrock, L. (2014). Structural Models of Extraversion, Communication, and Team Performance. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 44 (1), 82-91. DOI:10.1016/j.ergon.2013.10.007

Leicht, R. M., Macht, G. A., Riley, D. R., & Messner, J. I. (2013). Emotional Intelligence Provides Indicators for Team Performance in an Engineering Curriculum. Engineering Project Organization Journal, 3 (1), 2-12. DOI:10.1080/21573727.2012.743118

Conference Papers

Engome Tchupo, D., Sreeramakavacham, S., Kim, J. H., & Macht, G. A. (2017, October). Fuzzy Logic Patterns Communication and Team Performance. Proceedings of the 61^st Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting: Communication, Austin, TX.

Simanto, M. H. S., & Macht, G. A. (2017, May). Sustainability and Team Performance: A Working Model. Proceedings of the 2017 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) Annual Conference: Work Systems Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA.

Ayer, S. K., Macht, G. A., Leicht, R. M. & Nembhard, D. A. (2014, May). Teams Assessing Teams: How peer evaluation is affected by team member personality traits. Proceedings of the 2014 Construction Research Congress (CRC): Construction in a Global Network, 349-358, Atlanta, GA. DOI: 10.1061/9780784413517.036

Sprehn, K. A., Macht, G. A., Okudan Kremer, G. E. & Nembhard, D. A. (2013, August). Personality, Cognitive Style, and Team Performance. Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), Seoul, Korea.

Kim, J. H., Macht, G. A., Rothrock, L. & Nembhard, D. A. (2013, July). Developing Metacognitive Model for Team-Based Dynamic Environment Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. Proceedings of the 10^thInternational Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: Understanding Human Cognition – Volume Part 1, 325-334, Las Vegas, Nevada: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39360-0_36

Macht, G. A., Nembhard, D. A. & Leicht, R. M. (2013, July). Personality and Emotional Intelligence Interactions for Engineering Teams: A Preliminary Study. Proceedings of the 10^thEngineering Project Organization Society (EPOS) Conference, Winter Park, CO.

Macht, G. A., Leicht, R. M. & Nembhard, D. A. (2013, May). Emotional Intelligence, Communication, and Team Performance. Proceedings of the 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Kim, J. H., Macht, G. A. & Li, S. (2012, October). Comparison of Individual and Team-Based Dynamic Decision-Making Task (Anti-Air Warfare Coordinator): Consideration of subjective mental workload and metacognition. Proceedings of the 56th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting, 56(1), 2517-2521, Boston, MA. DOI: 10.1177/1071181312561522

Macht, G. A., Leicht, R. M. & Nembhard, D. A. (2012, July). Emotional Intelligence Subcategories Predict Team Performance in an Engineering Curriculum. Proceedings of the 9^th Engineering Project Organization Society (EPOS) Conference, Rheden, The Netherlands.

Macht, G. A., Leicht, R. M., Riley, D. R. & Messner, J. I. (2011, August). Emotional Intelligence Provides Indicators for Team Performance in an Engineering Curriculum. Proceedings of the the 8^th Engineering Project Organization Society (EPOS) Conference, Estes Park, CO.

Books & Chapters

Endsely, T., Macht, G. A., Engome Tchupo, D., Hammett, C., & Brownson, J. R. S. (2020). “Consideration of Diversity in Distributed Team Performance.” In Handbook of Distributed Team Cognition, edited by M. McNeese, E. Salas, and M. Endsley. Publisher: Taylor & Francis CRC.

Technical Presentations

Macht, G. A. (2019). Teams & Communication. In Tufts University Human Factors Capstone, Medford, MA, February 19.

Engome Tchupo, D., Sreeramakavacham, S., Kim, J. H., & Macht, G. A. (2017). Communication Patterns and Team Performance: A Working Model. Proceedings of the 2017 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) Annual Conference: Sensors & Devices for Human-Systems Interaction, Pittsburgh, PA, May 20-23.

Macht, G. A. (2015). Team Dynamics & Performance. In URI Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering Seminar Series, Kingston, RI, October 2.

Macht, G. A., Nembhard, D. A., & Leicht, R. M. (2014). Interpersonal Skills, Communication, and Team Performance. In INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 9-12.

Macht, G. A. & Nembhard, D. A. (2013). Personality, Communication, and Team Performance. In INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 6-9.

Macht, G. A., Nembhard, D. A., Kim, J. H. & Rothrock, L. (2012). Develop a Team Selection Protocol from a Human-in-the- loop Simulation: Personality, Communication, and Team Performance. In INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, October 14-17.

Macht, G. A. & Nembhard, D. A. (2011). Develop a Team Selection Protocol from a Human-in-the-loop Simulation. In INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, November 13-16.