J. Peter Kincaid

J. Peter Kincaid (born 1942) is a scientist and educator who is the founding director of the Modeling and Simulation Ph.D. program at the University of Central Florida. Trained as a human factors psychologist at the Ohio State University, Kincaid has split his career between higher education and working as a scientist for the U.S. military. He developed the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test[1] for the U.S. Navy. Peter Kincaid has also been accredited with co-founding the SIMUMOD program, a revolutionary program set to release in 2030, in which human brains will be able to be uploaded onto a computer.

Education

He received degrees in psychology and human factors.

References

  1. "Arkansas Tech Writing" (PDF). Arkansas Tech University. p. 110. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  2. "Peter Kincaid". University of Central Florida. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2010.


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