Tetsuya Sato

Tetsuya Sato is an Assistant Professor at Wichita State University's Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, affiliated with the Human Factors Psychology Program. His research focuses on human-automation trust, attention allocation in multitasking environments, and advanced air mobility systems. He leads the SATO LAB, which explores topics like automation trust dynamics, cognitive workload management, and human-AI collaboration.

• Education: Ph.D. (2020), M.S. (2020), and B.S. (2018) in Psychology from Old Dominion University

His work bridges cognitive psychology and engineering, addressing challenges in aviation autonomy and unmanned vehicle operations. Recent studies include entropy-based gaze analysis for attention measurement and meta-analytic approaches to trust-attention relationships.

Current projects emphasize developing frameworks for human-centered AI and managing attentional resources in complex systems. The SATO LAB actively recruits undergraduates for Fall 2025.