Combining ideas from human factors, psychology, and engineering, Steve's work takes an interdisciplinary approach to injury prevention and analysis. Steve has a special interest in peoples' intuitive understanding of everyday things such as cars, traffic environments, phones, consumer/industrial products, and their own abilities to use these things safety. Steve's work provides many clues about why people willfully or unintentionally engage in risky behavior - how they perform in critical situations - and how we might best design products, warnings, and environments to prevent harmful outcomes.

Aside from being a career research scientist, Steve is an experienced driver, motorcyclist, bicyclist, skateboarder, and airplane and helicopter pilot and instructor.