Human Systems Integration (HSI) is the marriage of systems engineering and behavioral science. SHARP’s staff of former commanding officers through senior enlisted leaders, registered Professional Engineers (PE) and certified Associates in Risk Management (ARM) bring broad and thoughtful insight to Human Systems Integration in Hull, Mechanical and Electrical areas of ship design and in-service support. Services are offered under SHARP’s Professional Engineering Services, Information Technology, and Management Organization Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) GSA Schedules.

Experience and Work In-Progress

Systems Safety—Thirty years of continuous support to NAVSEA and MARAD.

Damage Control, Survivability, Recoverability—Support to every major surface ship acquisition program since LFT&E legislation. Special interest in Battle Damage Repair.

Automation—Design for civilian modification of USN:MSC transfers. State-of-art commercial controls design for vessels now under construction.

Ergonomics / Human Factors Engineering—Review of machinery space arrangements for maintenance by mixed gender crews. New ship detail design review for human factors.

Risk Management in Design—Performance-based design for life saving equipment in recent new vessel design cited to industry by USCG as “best practice”.

Maintenance Engineering—We seek better ways to attack what really bugged us in ships. Engineering for Reduced Maintenance. Current contracts involve watertight doors, corrosion control, air filtration, and solid and liquid waste systems.

Quality of Life / Quality of Service—Largest installer of habitability upgrades and modernization for USN over last 20 years.

Training—Staff experience in leadership of CNET and Fleet Training Activities, Master Training Specialists, Master Instructors, national award winner for engineering training (ASNE), M/P/T trade-offs, NAVMAC manning algorithms, technical documentation development including in support of technical training.

Change Management Support—Smart Carrier Business Process Review / Enterprise modeling / IT solutions. Staff experience in shore support change including leadership positions in regionalization, BRAC, Tactical Training Strategy and other infrastructure initiatives of the last ten years.