John Casali, PhD
Virginia Tech & HEAR LLC
Grado Chaired Professor and Director, Auditory Systems Lab
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Dr. John Casali is the Grado Chaired Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech and Director of the Auditory Systems Lab.He also is Founder of Hearing, Ergonomics and Acoustics Resources (HEAR) LLC, a product design, testing, and litigation support company. A Fellow of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society and the Institute of Industrial Engineers, he received the NIOSH-NHCA Safe-in-Sound Award for Innovation (auditory situation awareness-ASA) in 2016, and the NHCA Outstanding Hearing Conservationist Award in 2009.He has directed over 110 research projects sponsored by U.S. government/military agencies as well as many corporations, totaling over $15M. Many of the 200+ publications emanating from his research concern hearing protection, ASA, military hearing scenarios, and auditory displays/warnings. Dr. Casali also holds 7 Patents, has advised 56 graduate students to degree completion, and has served as an expert witness in over 60 court cases, patent office actions and public hearings. During the past decade, he led the development of the "DRILCOM" indoor ASA test facility and the "PASAT" ASA training system. He enjoys being an amateur mechanic to his small collection of classic sports cars of the 1950's to 1970's.
