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Natalee Cartee proposes her thesis

ABSTRACT: Prospective memory (PM) failures (or failures to remember a future intention) can result in a wide range of negative consequences. The use of reminders has been shown to improve the rate of PM successes. The current study aims to examine the effectiveness of reminders based on their type (text or picture) and their timing. […]

Brock Bass successfully defends his thesis

Faces as Ambient Displays: Assessing the Attention-Demanding Characteristics of Facial Expressions Thesis Defense Dr. Richard Pak (Advisor), Dr. Leo Gugerty, Dr. Christopher Pagano Ambient displays are used to provide information to users in a non-distracting manner. The purpose of this research was to examine the efficacy of facial expressions as a method of conveying information […]

catlab at HFES 2013 in San Diego

Natalee Cartee presented her thesis idea: The Effects of Reminder Type and Anticipatory Interval on Prospective Memory Brock Bass presented his poster: Effects of Age and Gender Stereotypes on Trust in an Anthropomorphic Decision Aid Richard Pak was on a discussion panel: Discussion Panel Human Factors in Everyday Life with Arathi Sethumadhavan of Medtronic, Inc., […]

Margaux Price & Jeremy Mendel Receive their PHD

Dr. Margaux Price receives her PhD (December 2012)

Congratulations to Margaux Price PhD and Jeremy Mendel PhD on graduating in the Fall 2012 with their PhDs in Human Factors! Margaux is now at Deere and Company while Jeremy is now at Google.