Barbara Fecht
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
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Biography
Barbara has over 30 years of R&D and project management experience in the national laboratory, university and private sectors. At PNNL, she supports clients in areas of performance reliability and risk management. A recent focus was to help build a laboratory emphasis in biomarkers for environmental sustainability and predictive toxicology. In the private sector, she was a participating founder in a medical imaging company, Advanced Imaging Technologies, Inc. (AIT), responsible for strategic planning, clinical research management, and securing initial investment. Barbara holds three patents, and has been an invited speaker at ASTM's International Symposium on Performance of Protective Clothing; Joint Services Workshop on Methodology for Testing Chemical Defense Clothing Materials; and the Department of Defense Technical Advisory Group Plenary Sessions. Barbara has represented PNNL in the DOE's Annual Review of Women's Programs and has been the recipient of a Federal Design Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Research Interests
- Risk Assessment and Human Performance
Education and Credentials
- M.S., Biomechanics, University of Illinois, 1974
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1980
- M.S., Bioengineering, University of Michigan, 1980
- B.S., Physical Education Research, Washington State University, 1971
Selected Publications
2009
- Unwin SD, and BA Fecht. 2009. "Consumer Choice and Dempster-Shafer Models of Threat Prioritization for Emerging Dual-Use Technologies: Their Application to Synthetic Biology." Defense & Security Analysis 25(1):37-52.
2008
- Unwin SD, BA Fecht, and TM Bergsman. 2008. "Business Metrics of Laboratory Space Utilization." Facilities 26(9/10):366-373.
2004
- Whitney PD, J Young, J Santell, R Hicks, C Posse, and BA Fecht. 2004. "Analysis of Medication Error Reports." In Proceedings of IMECE 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition held in Anaheim, California, pp. 121-126. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY.