Ergonomic Introduction
An introduction human factors & ergonomics (7/13/05: currently being updated)
Ergonomics: "The Study of the problems of people in adjusting to their environment; especially the science that seeks to adapt work or working conditions to suit the worker." Also see What is ergonomics?
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or see
http://www.teendrivinginfo.com/
· The Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFES) Annual Meeting is coming up in Baltimore, Maryland October 1-5, 2007
. See the HFES website.
· The International Ergonomics Association Congress is August 9-14, 2009 in Bejing.
· For job opportunities, see Careers in Human Factors
· For more dates see the HFES Calendar
Other Events Pages
· Scan the calendar section of the HFES Bulletins at http://www.hfes.org/news/menu.html for more events.
· Also check out the BayCHI Calendar at http://www.baychi.org/calendar/calendar.html#conf
· Check out HCIRN's Events page at http://www.hcirn.com/res/event/.
· The Europe HFES Chapter is on line at http://utopia.ision.nl/users/hfesec/.
· Check out CTA Resource, the on-line community for cognitive task analysis
Driving Links
For more links, focusing on novice (teen) drivers, drivers educuation, and driver distraction, see www.TeenDrivingInfo.com.
· "Rubbernecking Distracts More Than Phones," http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/62/71477.htm: Cell Phones Rank Sixth on List of Causes of Accidents, 3/7/03.
· "The world's leading site on driving and driver behavior," http://www.drivers.com.
· HFES' Surface Transportation Technical Group (STTG) at http://sttg.hfes.org.
· The ITSA Safety & Human Factors (S&HF) Committee's URL at
http://www.itsa.org/committe.nsf/32369f72883af552852565ca00715192/e41eb9ed9491113d852565ca006bca88?OpenDocument, has the latest information related to ITS including minutes, announcements, agendas and other documents relevant to this committee. Contact Steve Kuciemba at skuciemba@itsa.org for updated information.
· AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety at http://www.aaafoundation.org/home/.
· Jane Stutts' AAA paper, The Role of Driver Distraction in Traffic Crashes, http://www.aaafoundation.org/projects/index.cfm?button=distraction.
· Applied Cognition Lab whose objective is to understand the impact of using advanced in-car technologies on driving performance and traffic safety at http://www.psych.utah.edu/AppliedCognitionLab/.
· David Strayer's paper, Why do Cell Phone Conversations Interfere with Driving?
http://www.psych.utah.edu/AppliedCognitionLab/TRB1.pdf.
· Extent and Effects of Handheld Cellular Telephone Use While Driving by Jason A. Crawford, Michael P. Manser, Jacqueline M. Jenkins, Carol M. Court, and Edward D. Sepúlveda, Texas A&M University, February 2001, 250 pp. (167706-1) http://swutc.tamu.edu/Reports/167706-1.pdf.
· TRB Committee: AND10 (A3B02) — VEHICLE USER CHARACTERISTICS at http://nrc40.nas.edu/directory/comm_detail.asp?id=1545.
· TRB Committee: AND20 (A3B08) — USER INFORMATION SYSTEMS at http://www.rsip.lsu.edu/brian/A3B08/.
· TRB Committee: AND30 (A3B06) Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operator Performance at http://nrc40.nas.edu/directory/comm_detail.asp?id=1553.
· TRB Committee: ANB30 (A3B03) Operator Education and Regulation at http://nrc40.nas.edu/directory/comm_detail.asp?id=1547.
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