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Driving Assessment Conference

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7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design The Sagamore Resort on Lake George Bolton Landing, New York June 17-20, 2013      This symposium is focused on providing an interdisciplinary forum for scientific exchange between users of driving assessment tools, applications and technology. Attendees will include researchers and practitioners working on applications of driving assessment from the perspective of engineering, psychology, medicine, and public health. For more information, please visit: http://drivingassessment.uiowa.edu/

Request for papers--Ergonomics in Design

Ergonomics in Design (EID) is planning a special issue on human factors/ergonomics solutions to global warming and climate change. EID is soliciting article contributions to this special issue on any topic related to how human factors/ergonomics principles and practices have been applied, or are being applied, in efforts to address global warming and climate change. Articles should show how critical the science of human factors was for the project or research, provide useful information to practitioners, and show how the results of the project or research addresses the problem of global warming and climate change. Information for how to submit articles is below. Pascala and Socolow (2004, Stabilization wedges: Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies. Science, 305 (5686), 968-972.) proposed that the fundamental scientific, technical and industrial solutions to global warming and climate change were already available, and, if i

Anthony McDonald Takes Top Honors at HFES 2012 Annual Meeting

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STTG member Anthony McDonald received dual honors at the 2012 HFES annual meeting for his lead role in the paper titled “Real-Time Detection of Drowsiness Related Lane Departures Using Steering Wheel Angle.” After being named Best Student Paper by the Surface Transportation Technical Group, the article also won the Alphonse Chapanis award, the top honor for student-authored submissions to the conference. The paper’s co-authors are Chris Schwarz, John Lee, and Timothy Brown. An abstract is included below. Tony is a graduate student in the School of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. You can learn more about him at his website, https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/admcdonald/web/. Real-Time Detection of Drowsiness Related Lane Departures Using Steering Wheel Angle Anthony D. McDonald (1), Chris Schwarz (2), John D. Lee (1), Timothy L. Brown (2) (1) University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA (2) National Advanced Driving Simulator,

Job Opening at Battelle

Battelle’s Center for Human Performance & Safety (CHPS) is currently seeking a Research Scientist to join their team in Seattle, Washington.  CHPS human factors staff provide a human-centered approach to the development and evaluation of programs, systems, and products. The human factors researchers at Battelle combine human factors tools and techniques with behavioral science, computer science, and engineering expertise to address the needs and requirements of users, operators, and maintainers. Clients include both government and industry organizations in the transportation, energy, and national security domains. Human Factors Research Scientists work with our technical staff to conduct human factors research with general direction, but limited supervision. Primary activities include literature searches and reviews, field data collection and analysis, laboratory data collection and analysis, and execution of human factors analyses based upon available data. T

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Driving Research at Harvard Medical School

Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, has an IMMEDIATE opening for a postdoctoral fellow to work with Dr Gang Luo in the Mobility and Vision Rehabilitation Center. The available position is to assist in a NIH funded project of driving behaviors of visually impaired people. Natural driving activities of participants in the real world will be collected over a long period of time using a novel in-car recording system developed in Dr. Luo's lab, and the vast amount of data will be analyzed using computerized programs. The research projects also include studies in the state-of-art driving simulator. Results will help understand the safety of driving by visually impaired, which is currently permitted in more than 40 US states. The ideal candidate will have completed their PhD, and have a strong background in driving research. Computer programming or electronic hardware skill would be advantageous. Ability to work independently is important. Applications should be

Get Involved with Voluntary Standards

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by Carol Pollack-Nelson Each year, HFES recognizes a person for outstanding contributions to human factors aspects in the broad area of safety. It is a tradition of the Surface Transportation Technical Group to invite the winner to submit a column for the newsletter. The 2011 recipient of the A. R. Lauer Safety Award and author of this year’s Lauer Letter is Carol Pollack-Nelson, principal of Independent Safety Consulting in Rockville, Maryland. Read more about her work in the HFES Bulletin . Today I read about a “near-miss” experienced by Mike and Carrie Krug, parents of 2-year-old triplets ( KXAN.com, 2012 ). The Krugs live in a home with an in-ground swimming pool. Understandably, they were concerned about the drowning risk it presented to their three toddlers. To address their concern, these parents spent $2,300 to have a “safety net” installed over their pool. “The salesperson told me that if our children got out on the net they would never get wet,” Mike Krug said in the ar

STTG Officer Nominations

It’s that time of year... STTG election time! We are looking for one or more nominees for each of the following positions: Technical Group Chair (2 year term) Newsletter Editor (2 year term) Program Chair Elect (1 year as Elect + 1 year as Program Chair) Webmaster (1 year term) Positions become effective at the close of the 2012 TG business meeting. There are no term limits and you may nominate yourself. If you wish to nominate someone else, please check to be sure that the person is willing to run. Following HFES rules, nominees for the Chair and Program Chair Elect positions must be Full Members of HFES and members of the TG. The Webmaster position can be filled by any HFES member provided they are members of the TG. Please reply to me with nominations by SEPTEMBER 7, 2012. Election ballots will be emailed shortly after the close of the nomination cycle. Thanks,   John Position Descriptions TG Chair: The TG chair has overall res

Job Announcement: Assistant Professor position at Central Michigan

The Department of Psychology at Central Michigan University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position effective August 2013. To apply, visit http://www.jobs.cmich.edu/ and upload a cover letter, curriculum vita, publication reprints, as well as evidence of teaching effectiveness.

Research Announcement: NSBRI, NASA soliciting research proposals

This NRA is available through the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listings "Solicitations" to "Open Solicitations." On the Open Solicitations page, select NNJ12ZSA002N from the list of Solicitations.

Surface Transportation Sessions at HFES 2012

The STTG is pleased to announce its program for the 2012 Annual Meeting This year we earned six lecture sessions–two more than last year–and one discussion panel. Our lectures start Tuesday morning at 10:30. Under the umbrella of “Driver Distraction and Drowsy Driving,” we’ll hear about trends in driver distraction, reading while driving, mobile phone dialing, text messaging, and detection of drowsiness. Tuesday afternoon’s presenters will discuss driver assistance systems. Topics include supplemental sounds for hybrid vehicles, automatic braking, active lane-change correction systems, and several innovative warning systems. Driver Visual Behavior is the theme for the Wednesday afternoon session. Headlight glare, rearview camera displays, and detection of traffic signs are among the topics. Thursday’s sessions begin at 8:30 with an exploration of New Methods for Data Analysis and Design. Techniques include rapid prototyping, agent-based modeling, task analysis, and more. Afte

Job Announcement from Texas Tech University Psychology Department

The psychology department at Texas Tech University is undergoing unprecedented growth and has multiple open faculty positions. Please visit http://jobs.texastech.edu for more details!

Hurry Up! Naturalistic Driving Research Symposium Early Registration Ending Soon!

Just an FYI that the early registration will end soon!  To register, go to: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/ndmas/ registration.html

Faculty position at Georgia Tech

The School of Psychology invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track position in Engineering Psychology, rank open. Visit https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1630 for more details.

Request for Lecture Session Chairs at HFES Annual Meeting

If anyone is interested in chairing a lecture session at the HFES annual meeting this October, please contact Greg Fitch . Responsibilities are minimal, and involve introducing speakers and helping them keep track of their time. We’re short a few chairs and appreciate additional volunteers. Thanks for considering this request.

Job Opening at MEA Forensic

MEA Forensic is seeking a Human Factors scientist capable of technical investigations across a variety of domains. Visit http://www.meaforensic.com/careers/human-factors-engineer/scientist-Toronto/ for more details!

Human Factors Prize Submissions Due July 1

Human Factors invites contributions that explore how the science of human factors/ergonomics can facilitate the design of many types of products. The specific product is not the focus; rather, we are seeking research that would facilitate product design in general. Examples of the types of papers sought, as well as other details, may be found on the FAQ page, http://www.hfes.org/web/ pubpages/hfprizefaq.html .

Job posting: Google User Experience Researcher

Google is currently seeking an experienced human factors expert to join our research program in self-driving vehicles, and assist various other projects around the company. If interested, please contact Brian Cullinane with your resume directly at cullinane@google.com .

Positions Available at Transportation Research Board

TRB has announced two position openings for transportation professionals at our Washington, DC offices. Both positions are for Senior Program Officers in our Technical Activities Division. Interested individuals should use the following link: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA4/ats/careers/searchResults.jsp?org=NAS&cws=1

4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI'12)

4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI'12). October 17-19, 2012, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA Conference website: http://www.auto-ui.org

3rd International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research

You are invited to register and attend the “Third International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research” sponsored by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence.  The symposium will be held at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center in Blacksburg, VA on August 27 – 30, 2012.