Dr. Casali is the Grado Chaired Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech, and a Board-Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE). He founded the Auditory Systems Laboratory in 1983, a versatile auditory/acoustics research facility at Virginia Tech that he directs today. He also is CTO of HEAR, LLC, a design, testing, and litigation support company. He is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a former President of the National Hearing Conservation Association. He was the recipient of the NIOSH-NHCA Safe-in-Sound Award for Innovation in Hearing Conservation in 2016, and the NHCA’s Outstanding Hearing Conservationist Award in 2009. His research at Virginia Tech has been sponsored by various government agencies and corporations to a total of over $10 million. Dr. Casali holds 5 patents and has authored over 200 publications. He enjoys working with the U.S. military, various companies, and community groups on auditory situation awareness, hearing protection and earphone design, community noise, ergonomics, and patent and product liability litigation.