Table of Contents:
- Meet the Giants of Our Field at the 2023 Titans Symposium
- Save the Date for the 2023 HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care
- Nominations for 2023 HFES Fellows Now Being Accepted
- Renew Your Membership and Save
- Answering the "So What Question" Webinar Series
- Instructional Materials on Standards
- Call for Papers: Special Issue of Human Factors
- Call for Papers: Special Section of Human Factors
- HFES Schedule of Events
- 2022 Stanley Caplan User-Centered Product Design Award
- Help Promote the Foundation for Professional Ergonomics Worldwide
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Register Today for the Virtual 2023 Titans of HFE Symposium |
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The Titans of HFE Symposium, February 13-14, 2023, is a virtual showcase of the premier researchers, practitioners, and academicians in HFE. These speakers will present the foundational areas of the science and provide their insights into the future of the field.
The Titans of HFE Symposium is an ideal opportunity to gain knowledge and insights into important areas such as situation awareness, attention, decision-making, spinal ergonomics, human error, team cognition and interaction, automation, autonomous vehicles, telepresence, patient safety, macro-ergonomics, aging, inclusion, stress, human system interactions, and team effectiveness. Register to secure your spot today!
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Save the Date for the 2023 HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care
The HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 2023 is heading to the Loews Sapphire Falls Resort in Orlando, FL, March 26-29, 2023. This educational activity is your opportunity to learn insights on the latest science and best practices, understand innovations in the safety of health care providers and patients, sharpen the focus of HF/E initiatives, and improve your regulatory approaches.
Grow your professional network by connecting with human factors experts, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, biomedical engineers, health care providers, FDA representatives, patient safety researchers, and more! Dedicated networking events will provide the opportunity to connect with your peers facing similar challenges, exchange best practices, and share ideas you can implement at your institution when you return home.
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Now Accepting Nominations for 2023 HFES Fellows
The Fellows Selection Committee invites HFES members to submit applications for the 2023 HFES Fellow designation. Election to Fellow status is an honor conferred by distinguished colleagues to recognize outstanding achievement, consistently superior professional performance, exceptional contributions, personal service to the Society, and other meritorious accomplishments by Society members. Any Full Member in good standing may apply. Individuals may apply for Fellow status on their own behalf or submit an application on behalf of another.
Applications are due by Friday, March 17, 2023.
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Renew Your Membership and Save!
Calling all members! There are only 30 days until the new year. Take this time to renew your HFES membership for 2023! We are grateful you are a member of HFES this year and will appreciate your continued affiliation.
As you renew for another great year with HFES, please consider adding Contributing or Supporting membership to provide the Society additional support. These programs provide special recognition and are valuable to HFES by helping us advance our mission in several ways. And please do not forget to renew your Technical Group memberships or consider joining a new Technical Group.
There will be new exciting offerings and educational activities at HFES in 2023 so don’t miss out! Be sure to renew to remain a member of HFES and act before November 15 to save!
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Jump Start the New Year with an HFES Webinar:
Answering the "So What Question" Webinar Series: How Can Human Factors Help With Implementing Automation in the Oil and Gas Industry
January 6, 2023 | 9:00 a.m. CT
Free for members and non-members
In this webinar, Dr. Endsley will introduce the “human-autonomy systems oversight model” developed based on several decades of applied research that includes out-of-the-loop performance problems, monitoring, and trust, among many others.
The webinar will also provide an overview of the key solutions to reduce the risk of human performance issues when interacting with autonomous systems such as human-automation interface features, central automation interaction paradigms comprising levels of automation, adaptive automation, and granularity of control approaches.
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Instructional Materials on Standards |
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HFES' membership includes the spectrum of HF/E professionals - from academics to practitioners. Connecting research to practice is important to practitioners in their daily roles. Furthermore, one of the Society’s strategic goals is to translate the science of HF/E into practice. For that reason, it is important that HFES publications link to regulations, standards, guidelines, and best practices – of which standards are a subset. Those connections could be accepted definitions, data collection methods, design requirements, or other types of information that practitioners could use. However, many publications are written by faculty and students who are generally unfamiliar with standards. As such, HFES now offers its members several resources in this area.
Click the More Information button below for two reports, PowerPoint files, and videos on standards and information regarding how to find them. For more information, contact Executive Council member Paul A. Green at pagreen@umich.edu.
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Call for Papers: Special Issue of Human Factors (IF = 3.598)
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems
The Global investment in renewable and sustainable energy systems is critical for addressing the climate crisis. The investment is scaling up new energy sources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, etc.; building out smart grids to transmit energy flows that fluctuate throughout the day and incorporate large-scale energy storage systems; developing green manufacturing of steel and cement; transitioning to clean automobiles, busses, trucks, trains, and planes that use electricity or green hydrogen; expanding networked vehicle charging systems; incorporating smart building heating and air-conditioning systems and electrical appliances; etc. However, the rapid changes of these complex systems can be accompanied by failures that slow adoption. HF/E plays a critical role in the design for usability and reliability of such complex systems.
The proposed special issue invites contributions that address HF/E in the design and adoption of renewable and sustainable energy systems and devices. Papers can approach the topic by proposing theoretical frameworks, conducting modeling or laboratory experiments, or presenting findings from field studies on renewable and sustainable energy topics.
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Call for Papers: Special Section of Human Factors Journal
Assessment and Effectiveness of Driver Monitoring Systems
Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) aim to assess in real-time the state of the driver, including their physiological and attentional state. They are designed to detect the onset of detrimental conditions like distraction and drowsiness, and alert the driver if their attention or vigilance levels fall below set safety thresholds. The introduction of effective and accurate DMS is expected to drastically reduce the number of collisions caused by human error, with at least 140,000 fewer serious injuries expected in the European Union alone by 2038. Despite their potential, however, little is known about the effectiveness of DMS. Data on the accuracy of existing systems is sparse. Furthermore, while current DMS leverage vehicle dynamics and drivers’ behavioral patterns to determine levels of distraction and drowsiness, novel approaches that leverage the recording of physiological or neural signals are promised to increase the accuracy and effectiveness of driver state detection. The issues of drivers’ acceptance of and trust in these systems are also key, with recent investigations questioning their perceived accuracy across diverse traffic scenarios.
The proposed special section invites theoretical, methodological, and empirical efforts that explore the assessment and effectiveness of current and novel strategies for driver state detection.
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Upcoming Meetings and Events
Attention Chapters, Technical Groups, Affinity Groups and beyond – HFES is pleased to post information concerning any upcoming meetings, webinars, or other events you wish to raise awareness about on our Events listing page. We also will post meetings of allied societies provided they do not occur close to any HFES organized activity.
Let us know about your meetings and other events. Email us at info@hfes.org.
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2022 Stanley Caplan User-Centered Product Design Award
We are pleased to announce that the recipient of the 21st annual Stanley Caplan User-Centered Product Design Award is: VersiPD™ Cycler System by Fresenius Medical Care.
Please join us to hear directly from the winner on December 12, 2022, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Eastern Time. This special session will include a presentation on the design and development of the award-winning product. This session is open to all members of HFES, the media, and the public.
Read more about the award here.
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You Can Help FPE Promote Professional Practice Worldwide
The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) has had a very productive year, thanks to its many donors, volunteers, and supporters. We recognized the distinguished career of Ukrainian ergonomist Dr. Gregory Bedny as Ergonomics Practitioner of the Year and awarded Ms. Siobhan Merriman from University of Southampton, UK the Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award for her applied research on drivers’ trust of vehicle automation. In collaboration with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the American Industrial Hygiene Association, useful tools for ergonomics practice were compiled as a free web resource and translated into Spanish and Arabic for broad accessibility to practitioners. Two grants were awarded to researchers in Thailand and Malaysia to address ergonomics issues that promise to have major impacts. FPE delivered several short courses and webinars with the purpose of sharpening practitioners’ skills and preparing them for professional certification. We have also provided mentoring to early career professionals as well as support for certified professionals who are experiencing financial hardship. Details on these and other projects that promote professional practice in human factors and ergonomics can be found at Ergofoundation.org.
FPE continues to work closely with the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics on projects of mutual interest. FPE also has established cooperative agreements with the European Academy of Industrial Management and the International Ergonomics Association. These linkages help ensure wide visibility for human factors and ergonomics practice.
To help us continue such valuable services for our professional community worldwide, we need your support. FPE depends solely on the continuing support, both in time as a volunteer and funding as a supporter, to promote excellence in the professional practice of HFE.
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HFES wants to promote the important achievements of our members in the bi-weekly Bulletin. Appropriate topics include research milestones or other significant achievements, professional accolades, awards or recognitions, promotions or new positions, and similar professionally-oriented topics. If you would like to share news with the HFES community, please fill out this form.
Additionally, if you are made aware of the passing of any members of HFES, please let us know. Contact HFES Executive Director Steven Kemp at skemp@hfes.org.
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