Prof. Caldwell and GROUPER examine and improve how people get, share, and use information well in settings including aviation, critical incident response, healthcare, and spaceflight operations.
Prof. Caldwell has been Director and Principal Investigator of the NASA-funded Indiana Space Grant Consortium since 2002, promoting STEM education throughout Indiana. He was elected Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in 2008, and was elected to the IISE Council of Fellows in 2022. Since 2020, he has served on the Purdue Equity Task Force and Implementation Team as a strategic advisor and Provost Fellow for the West Lafayette campus to address racial inequities facing recruitment, experience, and success of African-Americans at Purdue.