Principal Investigator
Nate Tenhundfeld
Nate leads FACTOR Lab’s research on human-machine interaction, with a focus on trust, decision-making, and human–AI teaming.
Human-machine interaction · Huntsville, AL
Build better
teams.
FACTOR Lab brings Human Factors research to the design of AI, robotics, and other intelligent systems.
Human-machine interaction
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Alabama in Huntsville
01 The research question
Design for the
human in and
on the loop.
We study how people understand, trust, and guide intelligent systems when decisions matter.
See our approach ↘
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We start with people: the context they work in, the constraints they carry, and the signals they need to make good decisions with a machine partner.
+02 Applied research
Research for
the real world.
We study trust, transparency, and human judgment in the technologies and decisions people encounter every day.
Grounded in
real contexts.
- 01MobilityTrust in autonomous vehicles
- 02Health & accessAI-supported resource allocation
- 03InformationDeepfake labels and disinformation
- 04LearningGenerative AI and assessment
03 Selected publications
Recent work,
in the record.
Peer-reviewed work that grounds how we think about trust, AI, and human decision-making.
- 2026
Ahmadi, A., Baudry, J., Tenhundfeld, N.L., Goff, K., & Adamek, D. Using AI to Enhance Healthcare Resource Management and Allocation: A Focus on the Autism Community in Alabama. PLoS One, 21(3).
- 2025
MacKenzie, W.I., Weber, R., Barr, H.M., Lanius, C., & Tenhundfeld, N.L. Deepfake Label Recall: Combatting Disinformation with Labels is Especially Effective for Those Who Dislike the Speaker. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
- 2024
Tossell, C., Tenhundfeld, N.L., Momen, A., Cooley, K., & de Visser, E.J. An Empirical Analysis of Student Perceptions of ChatGPT Use in a College Essay Assignment: Implications for Learning, Assessment, and Trust. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies.
- 2023
Tenhundfeld, N.L., Forsyth, J., Sprague, N.R., El-Tawab, S., Vangsness, L., & Cotter, J.E. In the rough: Evaluation of convergence across trust assessment techniques using an autonomous golf cart. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making.
- 2023
Atchley, A., Barr, H.M., O’Hear, E., Weger, K., Mesmer, B., Gholston, S., & Tenhundfeld, N.L. Trust in Systems: Identification of 17 Unresolved Research Questions and the Highlighting of Inconsistencies. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.
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04 The lab
Research with
people at the center.
FACTOR Lab brings Human Factors, cognitive science, and interaction design to AI and robotics—keeping people central to complex systems.
Meet the lab ↘05 People
A lab is built
by people.
Meet the researchers shaping the work—and the questions that move it forward.
Open invitations
06Work with
the lab.
Students, collaborators, and journalists are welcome to start a conversation.