Clemson Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Guest Speaker, Stacy Balk: Friday March 3rd

Hi everyone!

We will have a guest speaker (a former Clemson graduate student) talking with us remotely over Skype this Friday, March 3 at 1pm in Brackett Hall, room 414 (notice the room and time change). Our guest speaker will be Dr. Stacy Balk. She is currently a Human Factors Program Manager at Leidos. She will talk to us about her job and some of her recent research projects.

Please come prepared to ask questions.

We hope to see you there!

Adopt-A-Family & Guest Speaker (Friday 11/11)

We have a new guest speaker and Adopt-A-Family events tomorrow!


Friday, Nov. 11th 10:00am – 11:00am

Holiday Social/Pick names for Adopt-A-Family in Brackett 414

Every year we give back to our community by getting Christmas gifts for children in less fortunate homes. Please come celebrate the holidays and spread the holiday cheer! You may pick a family from our list, then later go out to purchase a gift or two from their child’s wishlist. We will have breakfast food and drinks available at the event.


Friday, Nov. 11th 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Guest Speaker at the Human Factors Discussion Group in Brackett 419

We will have a guest speaker (a former Clemson graduate student) talking with us remotely over Skype. Our guest speaker will be Linnea Hagen from Amazon. She will talk to us about her work as a Senior User Researcher.

See you there!

Guest Talk about Human Factors at Furman University

Yesterday, Tuesday September 13th, HFES officers visited Dr. Gil Einstein‘s undergraduate psychology class at Furman University to deliver a guest lecture on Human Factors, its impact on our daily lives, and the research pursuits of our Clemson students and faculty.

einstein furman hfes talk

From left to right: Madison Sauls, Darlene Edewaard, Dr. Gil Einstein, Will Leidheiser, Dan Quinn.

We want to thank Dr. Einstein for allowing us this great opportunity to spread our message. We hope to see you again next year!

“Swaying the audience: Postural precursors of motion sickness”

Hi everyone!

Please join us this Friday (March 25th) at 2:00pm in Brackett 419 for a very exciting guest speaker, L. James (Jay) Smart, Jr., Ph.D
from Miami University!

“Swaying the audience: Postural precursors of motion sickness”

Synopsis: In recent years there has been increasing evidence that motion sickness should be thought of as a movement disorder rather than a perceptual disorder. Previous research (Smart et al. 2014) has shown that the postural sway of people who will eventually become motion sick exhibit different sway patterns than people who remain well prior to symptoms. Our current research is examining whether there is something inherently disruptive about these sway patterns and can they be used to predict motion sickness in real time

K14814 Dr. Leonard Smart Faculty Profile
L. James (Jay) Smart, Jr., Ph.D Associate Professor at Miami University

Dr. Rick Tyrrell’s Professional Development Talk

Join us this Friday, February 26, 2016 at 2pm in Brackett 419 for Dr. Rick Tyrrell’s Professional Development Talk on Forensic Consulting.

Rick

Prof. Rick Tyrrell occasionally serves as an expert witness in the litigation of traffic crashes. In this week’s HFDG he will discuss his experiences in the world of forensic consulting. He will describe a few typical cases and then will discuss some of the many issues that become relevant when an academic who does research on safety gets involved in legal disputes that often involve injuries, fatalities, and millions of dollars. Because of the variety of topics that could be discussed, he hopes to tailor the discussion to the questions of the group. In other words, this will be a group discussion, not a presentation.

Dr. Rich Pak’s Professional Development Talk on Publishing

Please join us for Rich Pak’s Professional Development Talk on Publishing. In this HF discussion group talk, Rich will be leading the discussion on the “ins and outs of publishing.” He and other faculty will be sharing their personal experiences with publishing and giving tips on going from research to publications.

When: January 29, 2016; 2-3 pm

Where: Brackett 419