Table of Contents
- Human Factors Implications of President Trump’s Executive Orders
- HFES President's Message
- HFE WOMAN Opens Call for Award Nominations
- Volunteers of the Month
- Our Newest Corresponding Member: Tara Monti
- FPE 2025-2026 Impact Grants
- 2025 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care
- Register Today: HFES Regional Meetings
- Submit a Nomination for HFES Awards
- Upcoming Webinar
- We Want to Hear From You About #ASPIRE25
- Call for Papers
- Upcoming Meetings and Activities
- Community Updates
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Human Factors Implications of President Trump’s Executive Orders | Since President Donald Trump took office on January 20, a series of executive actions have shaken the research community. These included targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), federal science funding, civil servant workforce, the regulatory environment and climate initiatives. This is a rapidly changing situation that HFES is monitoring and responding to as needed to help protect programs relevant to human factors/ergonomics professionals. | |
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To my human factors/ergonomics colleagues and the HFES community
The last month has been an unprecedented time of stress and upheaval for many if not most of us—personally and professionally. Many of the executive orders have fundamentally challenged and diminished the ability of HF/E researchers and practitioners to do their work. Others have struck at the fundamental principles of HF/E and the vision of HFES to create designs that work for all individuals.
HFES' role is not to be political in this type of circumstance. However, it is our role and responsibility to advocate for those actions that support our mission, vision and strategic goals. This is not just a responsibility we have to our members, it is a responsibility we have to those who lives we all touch through our research, design and practice. The world is a safer and better place because of the work we do and HFES’ role is to continue to advocate for us to be able to do that work.
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HFE WOMAN Opens Call for Award Nominations | |
Human Factors and Ergonomics Women’s Organization for Mentorship and Networking (HFE WOMAN) would like to announce the nomination period is now open for their 2025 awards. These awards will be presented at the annual HFE WOMAN luncheon.
HFES Full Members, Fellows and Emeritus Fellows in good standing are encouraged to nominate candidates. Candidates need not be members of HFES. Candidates for the award may self-nominate or ask colleagues to submit nominations on their behalf.
All materials should be sent as a single PDF file by Friday, May 30.
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HFES is excited to share our volunteers of the month, nominated by committee chairs to recognize their efforts. Congratulations to the three volunteers for January. | |
John Kleber
Training Technical Group (TTG)
Dr. John Kleber, the TTG's communications chair, has put a lot of effort in highlighting the TTG's successes for the last month or so, worked on sharing newsletter items, updates on the TTG leadership team and TTG members spotlights.
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Nohra Murad
Local Chapters
Nohra has been amazing with helping us to understand the needs of the local chapters. She created a survey for distribution at ASPIRE2024, to help people learn about their local chapters. She conducted interviews with many current and past leaders and created a comprehensive report. She made recommendations that were implemented to the chapter section of the HFES website. She is organizing a repository of materials for current and future leaders. She has truly been invaluable!
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Megan Salwei
Health Care Technical Group (HCTG)
Megan is the current HCTG awards and scholarship chair. She has been a critical team member, stepping up to help with other officers' tasks, no matter if they are related to her role and responsibilities, or just are for the good of the technical group.
She has helped to proof newsletters, student affairs efforts (which she previously chaired), awards, etc. Often, she has helped with items that have quick turn around time, sometimes even when she is out of office.
Her dedication and effort are commendable!
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Aakash Yadav
Human, Artificial Intelligence and Robot Teaming (HART) Technical Group
The HART Technical Group recognizes Aakash Yadav, a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Aakash shared his research at our TG's January membership discussion meeting by giving a talk titled "Trust in multi-human-robot teams: a neuroergonomics approach" and leading the subsequent meeting discussion. Aakash also volunteered to be the HART webmaster and has been making a lot of great updates and changes to our website.
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Our Newest Corresponding Member: Tara Monti | |
The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics has initiated a program to sponsor HFES memberships for HF/E students and professionals residing outside the United States. We are very pleased to introduce a new HFES member from the second group of recipients.
"Hello, my name is Tara Monti. I have B.A., Hon. kinesiology and physical education from Wilfrid Laurier University (2011) and Hon. diploma in occupational health and safety management from University of Western Ontario (2012). In 2016, I obtained my Canadian registered safety professional license.
Currently, I am a senior EHS technologist at 3M, in London Ontario, Canada. My primary areas of focus are ergonomics and industrial hygiene in manufacturing operations, research and development laboratories as well as warehousing operations. In this role, I educate and provide ergonomic training as well as complete ergonomic assessments, physical demands analysis, provide advice on risk prioritization and work with engineering and employees on the development and implementation of risk reduction strategies and solutions.
The primary motivation for use of this membership will be to advance my knowledge and understanding, through credible resourcing and apply this knowledge directly to the application in the facilities which I have ergonomic responsibility. Membership would also serve to provide potential networking relationships with other professionals, across the globe."
Please contact us at info@ergofoundation.org to nominate a recipient or to donate to support this program.
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FPE 2025-2026 Impact Grants | |
The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) is announcing the availability of the FPE Impact Grants that aim to support small projects in the quest to develop professional ergonomics around the world. The funding preference will be given, but not limited to, applicants from developing countries (as defined by the United Nations) or proposals that help develop or grow professional ergonomics in developing countries.
The deadline for submission is Wednesday, April 30.
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2025 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care | |
Join us in Toronto, from March 30-April 2, 2025, for the 2025 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. This event will bring together health care professionals, researchers and industry leaders to explore innovative HF/E solutions for improving patient safety and health care outcomes.
You can enhance your experience by adding workshops or attending the Healthcare Robotics Summit, where you’ll get an in-depth look at the latest advancements in the field. You may register for the Healthcare Robotics Summit without registering for the full Symposium.
The Westin hotel is sold out. We've added a limited supply of rooms at the Delta Hotels Toronto. See the hotel and travel page for more details.
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Thank You to Our Sponsors | | |
Register Today: HFES Regional Meetings | |
On Friday, April 11, HFES is launching an exciting new initiative: Regional Meetings. These concurrent, one-day, in-person gatherings are designed to bring HF/E professionals together for impactful programming and networking opportunities closer to home. These meetings will take place in key regions across the U.S., allowing for greater accessibility to the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, typically found only at the HFES Annual Meeting.
Western Region — Palo Alto, CA
Southern Region — Houston, TX
Midwest Region — West Lafayette, IN
Southeast Region — Atlanta, GA
Northeast Region — Philadelphia, PA
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Submit a Nomination for HFES Awards | |
HFES full members and fellows are invited to submit nominations for society awards to be presented at ASPIRE—the 69th HFES International Annual Meeting convening October 13-17 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago.
Award nominations are invited for individuals whose contributions merit special recognition. The awards for which nominees are sought are:
- Hal W. Hendrick Distinguished International Colleague Award
- Paul M. Fitts Education Award
- A.R. Lauer Safety Award
- Alexander C. Williams, Jr., Design Award
- Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award
- HFES Inclusion Award
- Oliver Keith Hansen Outreach Award
- William C. Howell Young Investigator Award
- Bentzi Karsh Early-Career Service Award
Some awards are available to nonmembers; however, only members of HFES may submit nominations.
The nominations submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, May 2.
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HFES Training Technical Group: Early Career Webinar: Innovations and Trends in Training Research
Friday, April 4 at 12:00 p.m. ET
Join us for a webinar featuring Virginia Tech researchers Mahdis Tajdari and Sakshi Taori from the industrial and systems engineering department. Mahdis will present "Enhancing Peri-personal Navigation: A Haptic Feedback Design Approach for Vertical and Horizontal Target Search," while Sakshi will discuss "Evaluating Cognitive Workload in Collaborative Manufacturing Scenarios: Human-Human and Teleoperator-Robot-Human." This session offers valuable insights into emerging research in HF/E.
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If you’re interested in organizing a webinar for HFES, complete the webinar request form. Once you’ve completed the form, HFES staff will send you a calendar invitation within 48 hours.
If you have any questions or concerns about webinars, please contact us at education@hfes.org.
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We Want to Hear From You About #ASPIRE25 | |
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HFES is committed to gathering input, receiving feedback and constructively engaging with everyone who contributes to organizing an outstanding ASPIRE—the 69th HFES International Annual Meeting. Your support and participation are greatly appreciated.
ASPIRE Office Hours
Join us each Friday at 12:00 p.m. ET for ASPIRE Office Hours and help us organize an outstanding HFES International Annual Meeting.
Technical Program Committee Monthly Meetings
Technical Program Chairs are encouraged to join us each month for in-depth discussions of the submission and review phases along with other important topics. These meetings are held from 7:30-8:30 p.m. ET on the first Wednesday of each month.
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NEW: Special Issue of Healthcare Human Factors
HFES is seeking papers of user-centered design processes and/or clinical trials addressing Human Factors considerations with biometric data for a special issue in Healthcare Human Factors. Novel interventions and programs have emerged from research teams interested in helping individual patients soundly interpret the data and apply the information to make decisions about their health and wellness goals in a meaningful way. This special issue plans to publish high-quality research or quality improvement studies that address similar interventions.
The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2025.
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Special Issue of the Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
The Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making invites submissions for a special issue addressing the ethical and performance challenges associated with AI-enabled systems across all domains, with special emphasis on high-consequence environments such as health care, aviation, military operations, driving and others.
This issue seeks to explore how AI technologies can be designed and implemented in ways that allow for seamless integration with human operators, while incorporating ethical principles such as lawfulness, traceability, transparency, reliability and bias mitigation.
The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2025.
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Special Section of Human Factors on Studying Vigilance: Methodological Issues in Sustained Attention Research
The Human Factors journal invites submissions for a special section on methodological challenges in vigilance research. This section explores methodological advances in measuring and applying vigilance research to real-world settings. Topics include theoretical and practical challenges, innovative laboratory and field methods and diverse approaches such as behavioral, neuroergonomic and computational techniques.
Please contact Jason McCarley for more information or questions.
The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2025.
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Upcoming Meetings and Activities
Attention chapters, technical groups, affinity groups and beyond: HFES is pleased to post information concerning 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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Community Updates
HFES wants to promote the important achievements of our members in the biweekly Bulletin. Appropriate topics include research milestones or other significant achievements, professional accolades, awards or recognitions, promotions or new positions and similar professionally oriented topics.
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Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Tel.: +1 (202) 367-1114, Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ET | Fax: +1 (202) 367-2114 | E: info@hfes.org
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