Nade Liang Won IE Research Symposium Award
Nade Liang, Ph.D. candidate, and member of the NHanCE research lab, won first place award for his poster presentation on older adults and shared autonomous vehicles (SAV).
Next-generation Human-systems and Cognitive Engineering Lab
NHanCE Lab Students Receive HFES Awards
Ph.D. Students, Nade Liang and Maya Luster, were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) and discipline.
NHanCE Research Lab Members
Students working on projects related to humans interacting with emerging technologies.
How could future autonomous transportation be accessible to everyone?
Purdue helps innovate design to be inclusive of people with disabilities.
Take 6: Brandon Pitts, College of Engineering and Center on Aging and the Life Course
Pitts co-led a team with Brad Duerstock, a professor of practice in industrial engineering and biomedical engineering, that developed a design concept to make autonomous vehicles accessible to people with disabilities. He generously shared some of his time to answer our questions regarding the project
Purdue researchers design fully autonomous vehicle for people with disabilities
Duerstock and Brandon Pitts, a Purdue assistant professor of industrial engineering, have worked together for four years on topics related to technology accessibility and inclusive design and have constantly sought opportunities to contribute their ideas to help shape the future of transportation. These ideas are already becoming part of a major national conversation on how to make autonomous transportation more inclusive.
Three NHanCE members present at HFES 2022 and received student awards
During the week of Oct 10th – Oct 14th, the 66th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) was held in Atlanta, GA. Ph.D. Students Maya Luster, Nade Liang and Shree Frazier, Ph.D. delivered oral presentations during the conference. Nade Liang and Maya Luster won HFES Student Member with Honors Award.
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Welcome to the Next-generation Human-systems and Cognitive Engineering Lab!
The rapid development of smart technologies and autonomous systems continues to change humans’ roles, expectations, perceptions, and task demands within human-machine systems. At the same time, the demographics of system users who interact with and may benefit from these technological advancements is evolving.
The overall goals of the NHanCE Research lab are to (1) understand how human operators in a wide range of complex transportation, work, and home environments (such as driving, aviation, manufacturing, and healthcare) interact with various next generation technologies and to (2) enhance their performance through interface (re)design. We do so through a series of human-subject experiments. In addition, we have particular interests in aging populations, as they represent the fastest growing age group worldwide. Our areas of research include human factors, cognitive ergonomics, human-automation interaction, multimodal/multisensory information presentation, context-sensitive interface design, and gerontechnology (i.e., aging and technology).
If you are interested in joining the NHanCE lab, please contact:
Dr. Brandon J. Pitts
Assistant Professor
School of Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
315 N. Grant Street
Grissom Hall Room 288
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Tel.: 765-49-40062
Fax: 765-49-47693
Email: bjpitts@purdue.edu
