Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Houston Chapter

 

 

 

This Years: Program for 2023 One Day Symposium

April 21st 2023:

8:30am - 9:30am   Registration - pick-up your name tag
     
9:30am - 10:30am Keynote Address - TBC
Christy Harper, End to End User Research
10:30am - 10:45am Coffee Break Sponsored by KBR
   
10:45am - 11:45am   Session 1: Applied Human Factors (Chair - Ian Robertson)
Probabilistic record linkage of medical records: An evaluation of current and new methods. Nessa Kim; Rice University
Neuroergonomics & Vigilance: Individualizing Peak Magnitudes of Event-Related Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity. Chidera Azubike and Emily Maw; Texas Tech University
Existing challenges in response to mass shooting events and needs for novel non-lethal countermeasures based on Human Factors principles. Jessica Dedeaux and Changwon Sun; Texas Tech University
Drivers' Responses to Stopped and Slow-Moving Lead Vehicles at Night. Myrium Oliver, Pat DeLucia, Bradley Weaver, Jason Jupe, and LeGrand Dudley; Rice University

     
11:45am - 12:45pm   Lunch Sponsored by <your company>
     
12:45pm - 1:45pm   Posters and Coffee Break Sponsored by University of Houston-Clear Lake
     
1:45pm - 2:45pm   Session 2: Usability/UI (Chair - Andrea Wilson)
Task Order Effects on the System Usability Scale (SUS). Shrreya Aagarwal, Rachel Rice, and Philip Kortum; Rice University
Usability of Paper Ballots for Ranked Choice Voting. Kaitlyn Stewart, Philip Kortum, and Michael Byrne; Rice University 
Evaluating the Usability of Warning Signs. Carley Ngo, Claudia Acemyan, and Philip Kortum; Rice University
Losing Touch: Implications of Fitts’ Law on Car Interface Design. Rachel Rice, Kaitlyn Stewart; Rice University

2:45pm - 3:45pm   Session 3: Panel - Emerging Technologies (Chair - Nick Kelling )
AI, VR, XR, AR - where is this all leading us

     
3:45pm - 4:00pm   Coffee Break Sponsored by University of Houston-Clear Lake
     
4:00pm - 5:00pm   Session 4: Stress and Health (Chair - Tim Duffield)
Evaluation of back exoskeleton on lower-back for EMT tasks. Eshan Manchanda and Vishal Gottumukkala; Texas A&M University
Uncovering discrepancies between Work As imagined and Work As Done: A Study on Standard Operating Procedures in High-Risk Industries. Atif Ashraf, Camille Peres, and Farzan Sasangohar; Texas A&M University
Determining Firefighters SA Requirements: A Goal-Directed Task Analysis (GDTA). Viviana Dos Santos and Changwon Son; Texas Tech University
The effect of team configuration on inter-brain synchrony, heart synchrony, and team trust in human-robot collaboration. Dianne Lee, Malik Rawashdeh, Patralika Ghosh, Thomas Bolf, and Aakash Yadav; Texas A&M University
     
5:00pm - 5:30pm   Awards Ceremony (Chair - Nick Kelling)
Presentations of: Best Paper Award sponsored by KBR
Best Poster Award sponsored by KBR
     
Poster Session - Details










 

1. Driver’s Attention and the Evaluation Methods, Elahe Abbasi; Lamar University 

2. A Fitts’ Law Evaluation of Tap Strap 2: A Wearable Mouse and Keyboard. Anoushka Agrawal and Tianran Zhou; Rice University 

3. Determining a Viable Proxy for Evaluating Usability of Medical Devices for Use in Sub-Saharan Africa. Elizabeth Allen, Shababa Martin and Philip Kortum; Rice University 

4. Augmented Reality System to Assist Astronauts Performing an Extra-Vehicular Activity: A NASA SUITS Project. Melissa Cloutier, Christine Petersen, Rachel Rice, Kaitlyn Stewart, and Roslyn Shanklin; Rice University 

5. How to Overcome the 10 Most Common Teamwork Challenges. Gabriela Fernandez Castillo, Scott Tannenbaum, Maha Khalid. and Eduardo Salas; Rice University 

6. How do Humans Understand and Perceive AI Capabilities? A Case of Malicious Road Sign Images. Katherine Garcia, Jing Chen, Cong Wang, and Bin Hu; Rice University 

7.Driving Posture Comfort in Naturalistic and Simulated Driving. Katherine Garcia and Xifan Wu; Rice University 

8. Heart Rate Variability and Mental Workload in Automated Driving. Mattias Hollmann, Yinsu Zhang, and Ranjana Mehta; Texas A&M University 

9. Don’t Trust it as Far as You Can Throw it: A Comparison Between VR and Real Life. Samantha Kelling and Nicholas Kelling; Clear Lake High School 

10. Five Areas of Need in Artificial Intelligence and Teamwork. Maha Khalid and Eduardo Salas; Rice University 

11. Evaluation of passive low-back exoskeletons for EMS work. Eshan Manchanda, Vishal Gottumukkala, and Jimena Cortez; Texas A&M University 

12. Effects of pre-response information and planning on firefighting team communication and performance. Armina Mim; Texas Tech University 

13. Predicting Perception and Performance Scores During a Cognitively Demanding Task. David Nartey, Rohith Karthikeyan, and Ranjana Mehta; Texas A&M University 

14. Predicting Psychomotor Vigilance Task Performance Using Perception, Performance, and Cardiac Activity after a Cognitively Fatiguing Task. David Nartey, Rohith Karthikeyan, and Ranjana Mehta; Texas A&M University 

15. Developing an adaptive exoskeleton training for emergency responders using virtual reality Isabella Pedron, Sebastian VillaCuellar, Lindsey Brenner, and Ranjan Mehta; Texas A&M University 

16. Effects of Spatial Uncertainty on Tactile Vigilance Jayashri Prakash, Patrica DeLucia, and Eric Greenlee; Rice University 

17. Video / verbal / tactile interface to expand available resources during Covid-19 epidemic, using established county wide system. Walter Protheroe, Jr; E-MAC, Inc. 

18. Nurse’s cognitive challenges along the EHR data lifecycle: A hierarchical data analysis of an expert’s live demonstration of critical nursing tasks. Austin Vaughn, Changwon Son, Seungyeon Baek, Sandra Caballero, and Sharon Decker; Texas Tech University  

 

 

     
     
16th Annual One-Day Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics