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The student chapter holds regular meetings which include discussions of current issues and opportunities in human factors and ergonomics. Students also interact with human factors professionals outside of the university community through visits to local businesses and research facilities, guest speakers, and a mentoring program that pairs HF professionals at IBM with students of similar career interests. The student chapter serves as a place to discuss research ideas and network with other ergonomics students, faculty, and professionals.

 
 EVENTS
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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Student and Local HFES Chapter Event: Professor Younho Seong
    • Title: Supporting Human Judgment and Decision Making Performance/Trust Calibration with Decision Aids and Sensemaking
    • Date: Friday, June 20, 2008
    • Time: 11:30am - 12:45pm
    • Location: HumanCentric - 200 MacKenan Drive, Cary, NC 27511
    • Professor Younho Seong of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at NC A&T will give a presentation on his recent research on the effects of decision aid quality on user trust and performance in tactical applications. This talk will emphasize the need to calibrate human trust in automated aids for effective performance.
    • This will be a "brown bag" seminar with refreshments served by the Carolina Chapter. Local and Student Chapter announcements will made from 11:30a-11:45. The presentation will run from 11:45am - 12:30pm.
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
    • Date: September 22-26, 2008
    • Location: New York City

PAST EVENTS

  • HFES Chapter Social - Picnic and Soccer Game, 5-3-08
  • NCSU Human Factors and Ergonomics Colloquium Series Lecture, 4-30-08
  • NCSU Human Factors and Ergonomics Colloquium Series Lecture, 4-16-08
    • Presenter: Chris Kelley
    • Topic: Feedback and Cognitive Resources
  • Student and Local HFES Chapter Event: Mica Endsley, April 11, 2008
  • Student and Local HFES Chapter Event: Mica Endsley, April 10, 2008
    • Topic: Situation Awareness Oriented Design
    • Location: Hi5 Restaurant, Raleigh, NC
    • The Carolina Chapterhosted an informal talk by Mica Endsley and a buffet meal plus cash bar at Hi5 Restaurant. Dr. Endsley spoke on her current research on situation awareness in complex systems.
    • Dr. Mica Endsley, founder and president of SA Technologies, is recognized as a pioneer and world leader in the study and application of situation awareness in advanced systems. The author of over 200 scientific articles and reports on situation awareness, Dr. Endsley's writing is often cited in professional journals. She is the co-author of Designing for Situation Awareness and speaks extensively at conferences. Dr. Endsley has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California. She is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) and Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE).
  • NCSU Human Factors and Ergonomics Colloquium Series Lecture, 4-9-08
  • Industrial Design Case Studies, March 27
    • Location: Kamphoefner Hall, Burns Auditorium at NC State
    • Dr. Haig Katchatorian organized a group of faculty from the NC State Industrial Design Department to give a set of design case study presentations to the local and student HFES Chapters:
      • Bryan Laffitte - "Visualization as a Tool for Collaborative Innovation"
      • Percy Hooper - "Invention, Innovation & Design: Transforming Propositions to Products"
      • Bong-Il Jin - "The World Traffic Safety Design Competitions"
      • Dr. Sharon Joines - "Ergonomic Interventions for  Ultrasound Technicians"
      • Tim Buie - "Game Design: Designing the Interaction Experience"
  • Student Chapter Social Event, March 25, 2008
    • Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Game
  • NCSU Human Factors and Ergonomics Colloquium Series Lecture, 3-19-08
  • Student Chapter Social Event, Feb. 29, 2008
  • NCSU Human Factors and Ergonomics Colloquium Series Lecture, 2-13-08
  • Student Chapter Social Event
    • NC State Basketball Game vs. Clemson, Feb. 16, 2008
  • NCSU Human Factors and Ergonomics Colloquium Series Lecture, 2-13-08
  • John Deere Turf Care - Plant Tour and Presentation, Feb. 14, 2008
  • NCSU HFES Student Chapter Meeting, Feb. 4, 2008
    • This meeting gave members an opportunity to get to know each other better over some bagels and coffee.
  • NCSU Human Factors and Ergonomics Colloquium Series Lecture, 1-30-08
  • HF/Ergonomics Lecture by Dr. Chris Wickens, Jan. 25, 2008
  • Lecture and Dinner with Dr. Chris Wickens, sponsored by the Carolina Chapter, Jan. 24, 2008
    • Location: Hi5 Restaurant, Raleigh, NC
    • Topic: Overtrust in Automation and Complacency Effects with Synthetic Vision Systems
  • Social Event with HFES Carolina Chapter, IIE, and SME, Dec. 18, 2007
    • Location: The University Room, NC State University Club
    • HF students and professionals got together for a social the evening of the last day of NCSU exams.
  • HFES Student Chapter Event: Psychology Lab Tours, November 14, 2007
    • Last year, Industrial Engineering opened their doors to both the Psychology Ergo/Ex program and the HFES Student Chapter by hosting a tour of their facility. In exchange, Psychology wanted to host a tour of their facility.
    • Tour Schedule:
  • World Usability Day, November 8, 2007
    • Location: Ruvane Auditorium at GSK
    • The event includes an interactionary (a live design competition), keynote speech by Anthony D. Hall, food, drink, and fun!
    • Hosted by TriUPA, the local chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association.
  • HFES Student Chapter Lecture, November 7, 2007
    • Speaker: Dr. Anne McLaughlin
    • Topic: Watch Out for "Desirable" Difficulties: Including Feedback in Training
  • Human Factors Lecture, November 2, 2007
    • Guest Speaker: Anand K. Gramopadhye - Chair of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University
    • Presentation Title: The Role of Technology in Making Air Travel Safe
  • Tour of AW-NC (with HFES Carolina Chapter, IIE, and SME), Oct. 25, 2007
  • HFES Student Chapter Brown Bag Lunch Lecture, October 17, 2007
    • Speaker: Dr. Brad Mehlenbacher
    • Topic: Triangulating Learning, Instruction, and Technology: Frameworks for Theory and Practice
  • HFES Carolina Chapter Event: Research on Safety Symbols and Warnings - Some Findings in Brazil, October 8, 2007
    • Speaker: Dr. Claudia Mont’Alvão, Research Professor, Coordinator of Design Program, Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Arts & Design, PUC-Rio Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
  • HFES 51st Annual Meeting
    • Baltimore, Maryland, October 1-5, 2007
  • HFES Student Chapter Meeting, September 26, 2007
  • HFES Student Chapter Meeting, September 10, 2007
    • This was the first organizational student chapter meeting of the school year.
  • HFES Carolina Chapter Social, May 8, 2007
    • Location: Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Downtown Raleigh
    • HFES members of the NCSU and Carolina chapters met to celebrate the end of the semester at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub.
    • This event was hosted by HFES, IIE and SME.
  • Tour of Usability Lab at SAS, March 23, 2007
    • HFES Students Chapter members were invited to see the usability testing lab at SAS, a software company in Cary, NC. Students saw how research is conducted in the usability lab and how usability research is applied to software user interface design. The tour was given by Paul Hankey, Usability Analyst at SAS and graduate of the Ergonomics/Experimental Psychology doctorate program at NCSU.
  • Tour of the Caterpillar plant, March 15, 2007
    • In conjunction with the HFES Carolina chapter, IIE and SME, members of the HFES student chapter were invited to take a tour of the Caterpillar plant in Clayton, NC to see production of large earth-moving equipment.
  • HFES Student Chapter Meeting and Dinner, March 14, 2007
    • Location: Mellow Mushroom in Raleigh (601 W Peace St)
    • NC State HFES Student Chapter members met to enjoy some tasty pizza at this fun restaurant off of Glenwood South.
  • HFES joint meeting of NCSU Student and Carolina Chapters, Feb. 5, 2007
    • Guest Speaker: Henry Petroski, Professor of Civil Engineering and History at Duke University, presents "The Evolution of Useful Things"
  • HFES Student Chapter Meeting - January 24, 2007 HFES Carolina Chapter Meeting - January 11, 2007
    • Location: NCSU Centennial Campus, Research-4 Bldg, Room 1611
    • Ergonomics in the US Navy and Marine Corps was the topic of a presentation by Mindy Smith.
  • IIE/HFES Holiday Social - December 15, 2006
    • Location: State Room of the NCSU Club
    • IIE hosted thisfun year-end holiday social for HFES, SME, & university students
  • Guest Speaker - Admiral Ralph (Benny) Suggs - November 16, 2006
    • Admiral Suggs is a VP for Field Operations at Harley-Davison, a graduate of the Psychology Department at NC State, and the 2006 CHASS Distinguised Alumnus. His talk will address Leadership and Psychology.
  • World Usability Day - November 14, 2006
    • UX professionals from around the Triangle area met at Glaxo Smith Kline for a World Usability Day celebration that included an Interactionary (a live design competition between NCSU and UNC students) and keynote speech by Graeme Boddy, VP of Information Services Business Applications. The NC State team won the competition! The team consisted of Rebecca Green (team leader), Marie Panepinto, Christin Phelps, and Jennifer Cowley.
  • HFES Carolina Chapter Meeting - Speaker: Carl Turner, BCBSNC
    • November 8, 6:30 pm at HumanCentric Technologies Inc.
    • Carl Turner of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC presented his paper on voice authentication from the HFES Annual Meeting.
  • HFES 50th Annual Meeting in San Francisco - October 16 - 20
  • Triangle UPA Meeting - UX Panel and Discussion , Oct. 24, 2006
    • Topic: Process, Budget, and Resources - Design in the real world
    • Location: Glaxo Smith Kline, Moore Dr., Research Triangle Park
  • HFES Carolina Chapter Meeting, October 3, 2006
    • This year, there are four students presenting papers at the HFES Annual Meeting. They will be partially sponsored by the HFES Carolina chapter. At this meeting, the students will give a preview of their presentations.
      • Jennifer Cowley:  "People Do Not Identify Tire Aging as a Safety Hazard"
      • Rebecca Green: "Acquiring Health Information: Interpreting Terminology and Reported Search Sources"
      • Ruiqi Ma: "Situation Awareness and Driving Performance in a Simulated Navigation Task"
      • Noa Segall: "Design of a Cognitive Model-Based Decision Support Tool for Anesthesiology Crisis Management
  • Triangle UPA Meeting - UX Panel: Wireframing, Sept. 19, 2006
  • HFES Student Chapter Meeting: Guest Speaker - Chris Medico, Sept. 18, '06
    • Human perception and stress in high performance driving situations
  • HFES Student Chapter Meeting - Sept. 5, 6:00 PM, Daniels 406
    • Discussion on upcoming chapter events
    • Presentation by Linda Brown on the NCSU/IBM Professional Advisor Program
    • If you were not able to attend, please fill out the application form Word Document - Application Form and send it to yvonne.earnshaw@gmail.com.
  • A discussion with our new department head, Dr. Doug Gillan, Aug. 30, 2006
  • IBM Professional Advisor Program (Featured in the Nov. 2006 HFES Bulletin)
    • 10/28/05 - Design Center Tour
    • 11/11/05 - IBM Director Demo and Lab Tour
    • 1/27/06 - Superlab Tour
    • 2/17/06 - Customer Briefing Center
    • 3/31/06 - Performance Lab Tour
    • 4/21/06 - IBM Retail Store Solutions Briefing Center and Lab Tour
  • HFES 49th Annual Meeting in Orlando
  • Tours of the Ergonomics labs of Dr. Mirka and Dr. Kaber
  • Seminar presented by Dr. Julie A. Adams on "The Human Response to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Device Events"
  • Seminar presented by Dr. Gary Mirka on "Applied Ergonomics Research" sponsored by The North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center
  • Lunch with an Astronaut and a Discussion of Current Space Human Factors and Robotics Research, March 10, 2006
    • Presentation by Dr. Nancy Currie, Senior Technical Advisor, NASA Johnson Space Center
    • Dr. Currie, a five-time Space Shuttle astronaut, spoke on the development of a telerobotics system for spacecraft repairs, one of the cutting-edge space research projects being conducted at NASA Johnson Space Center.
  • HFES Carolina Chapter Meeting - Presentation: Medical Simulators and the Need for Human Factors
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