Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Houston Chapter

One Day Symposium: Program

8:00 - 9:00 Atrium Registration/Continental Breakfast (sponsored by HP)
     
9:00 - 10:00 Auditorium Michael Reed Barratt, M.D., M.S., NASA Astronaut
“Human Factors Challenges in Spaceflight”
     
10:00 - 10:15 Atrium Coffee break (sponsored by Big Design Conference)
     
10:15 - 11:15 Auditorium Session I: Human Factors in Real-world Settings
Chair: Phil Kortum
      Does the Voting Environment Affect Perceived System Usability and Trust? The relationship between DRE placement within a polling station and voters perceptions of usability, trust, and preference
Claudia Z. Acemyan, Philip Kortum, and Jennifer Shafer, Rice University
       
      A Case Study: Key Findings about the Practice of International Contextual Research from a Costa Rica Call Center Visit
Melissa Meingast, HP
       
      IVR Voting System Usability
Danae Holmes and Philip Kortum, Rice University
       
      Mobile Apps as a Method of Distal Training
Catherine Connolly, ION Geophysical
     
11:30 - 12:45 Atrium Lunch (Sponsored by Wyle)
     
11:30 - 12:45 Room 1070 "Lunch, students, and presidents" (sponsored by Big Design Conference)
A social time for student attendees to meet each other and learn more about the local chapter and Human Factors/ Ergonomics in general.
     
12:45 - 2:00 Auditorium Session II: Ergonomics
Chair: Michael C. Bartha
      HF in Oil and Gas: Activities and Opportunities
Martin Robb, Atkins
       
      How to Build and Manage a Workplace Ergonomics Team
Camille B. Major, Raytheon Company
       
      Ergonomics in Software Design
Graciela Perez, Chevron
       
      Touch Devices: Ergonomic Implications and Posture
S. Camille Peres, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Toy, University of Houston – Clear Lake
     
2:00 - 2:15 Atrium Break (Sponsored by Lockheed Martin)
     
2:15 - 3:30 Auditorium Session III: Perception and Visualization
Chair: S. Camille Peres
      Color Choice is Everything: Impacts Color makes to the Lighting Environment
Toni A. Clark, NASA/Lockheed Martin
       
      Model-based Visualization for Decision Support
Arthur W. Molin and Carroll G. Thronesbery, S&K Aerospace, LLC.
       
      Runway Incursions
Subhalakshmi Lakshminarayanan, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
       
      Approaches to Human Learning using Virtual Environments
Leslie E. Roche, Yoske Analytics, Inc.
     
3:30 - 5:00 Atrium I Poster Session & Awards
      Laptop Users: The Effect of Observing others Posture and Task Performance
April Amos and Trini A. Gutierrez, University of Houston – Clear Lake
       
      Wireless Communication Project: Acoustical and Intelligibility Test Plan for the VoceraŠ B3000 Communication Badge
Ronald D. Archer, Harry L. Litaker, Lockheed Martin, Cory L. Simon, Andy G. Romero, NASA, and Haifa R. Moses, NASA Graduate Co-op
       
      The Effect of Dyadic Learning on Attitude toward Statistics
Kate E. Bruton and S. Camille Peres, University of Houston – Clear Lake
       
      An Analysis of 3D Displays for Laptop Computers
Rick Burks, IHS, Christy A. Harper, and Michael C. Bartha, HP
       
      Form Factors for Windows 8
Tasha Y. David, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Monica Snideman, and Christy A. Harper, HP
       
      sEMG Standard Deviation as a Measure of Muscle Dynamics
Timothy J. Duffield, Ronald G. Phillips, and S. Camille Peres, University of Houston – Clear Lake
       
      A Test Environment for Human-Robot Interaction
Neta Ezer, Futron Corporation, and Aniko Sándor, Lockheed Martin
       
      Auditory Cueing with Normal and Accelerated Speech
Adrian Garcia and S. Camille Peres, University of Houston – Clear Lake
       
    How low can you go? An Analysis of Low Travel Keyboards for Notebook Computers
Wimberly S. Hoyle, Harry Nguyen, University of Houston–Clear Lake, Michael C. Bartha, and Christy A. Harper, HP
       
      Comparing Two Displays for using Augmented Reality in a Simple Maintenance Task
Harry L. Litaker, Ronald D. Archer, Lockheed Martin/NASA, Douglas T. Wong, and James C. Maida, NASA
       
      Motivation for Internal Crowdsourcing Initiatives: How prevalent is self-motive anyway?
Sam McLellan and Andrew Muddimer, Schlumberger
       
      An Off-the-shelf Approach to Creating a Usability Lab
Melissa Meingast and Christy A. Harper, HP
       
      Usability and Design of the University of Houston-Clear Lake Applied Social Issues Website
Angelene Nery and S. Camille Peres, University of Houston – Clear Lake
       
      Shape Writing on Tablets: Better performance or better experience?
Harry Nguyen, University of Houston – Clear Lake, and Michael C. Bartha, HP
       
      Effects of Transitions between Accelerated Speech and Normal Speech
Paul Ritchey and S. Camille Peres, University of Houston – Clear Lake
       
      Case Study: Equipment Modifications after and MSD from Microscope Use
Penney M. Stanch, NASA Johnson Space Center, and Sheilla O. Goldberg, Wyle Life Sciences
       
      Development of Human System Integration at NASA
Shelby Thompson, Lockheed Martin, Gordon Vos, Wyle Science, Mihriban Whitmore, and Kerry McGuire, NASA
       
      Utilizing User-centered Design Methods in the Development of a Bilingual Church Website
Kevin Toy, University of Houston – Clear Lake
       
     

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Houston Chapter