12/05/2011, 4:30 PM, GRIS 280
“Importance of Human Factors in Construction”
Technical Meeting

Dr. Phillip S. Dunston
Date: 05Dec2011
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: Gris 280

Abstract: The history of construction research has often drawn from knowledge in the fields of human factors and ergonomics. This talk will touch on some of those connections and highlight aspects of the speaker's own research where human factors considerations have been important.

More information about the speaker: Dr. Phillip S. Dunston is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil Engineering and also holds a joint appointment in the Division of Construction Engineering and Management at Purdue University. He is a past NSF Career Awardee for research in Mixed Reality applications for the construction industry and continues to conduct research in Virtual Reality applications for construction.

11/17/2011, 4:30 PM, GRIS 280
“The Flight Deck Display Research Laboratory and the 3D Cockpit Situation Display”
Technical Meeting meeting

Mr. Arik-Quang V. Dao from NASA
Date: 17Nov2011
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: Gris 280


11/16/2011, 2 PM, SIML
“HFES Field Trip - Flight simulator at Purdue Airport”
Field Trip

Free for HFES members!

We'll be visiting the Simulator building at Purdue to become familiar with the range of simulators there and the data-gathering opportunities that flight simulators can provide. The Simulator building has been completely renovated over the summer; it now houses 6 brand-new advanced flight training platforms, including a Phenom corporate jet, a Canadair Regional Jet airline trainer, and 4 Cirrus primary/instrument flight trainers. Additionally, there are also a few older Franca instrument flight training devices. Depending on simulator availability, we will hopefully be able to fly the simulators for a few minutes each, in order to see how they operate. Only a few universities in the country have systems as advanced and as close to campus as the ones we have.

Date: 16Nov2011
Time: 2-3pm
Venue: SIML

The building name is Simulator (abbreviated SIML). Different simulators are housed in different rooms, but we'll meet in the lobby of the simulator building... that's the first room when you walk in the door.
Follow the map link:

there's an arrow that says "To SIML." The building is a little bit further down Aviation Drive than the arrow, but not too much. There's an airplane wing and a flag right outside of the building, so it's pretty hard to miss. If you need a ride, please say that in the RSVP form below. For those who need a ride, we will depart from GRIS 201 at 1:30pm sharply.

RSVP: CLICK HERE

Contact person:
Joey So
Jennifer Kirschner



9/01/2011, 4:30 PM, GRIS 280
“2011 Fall Call-out meeting”
Call-out meeting

Meet friends and professors of the same interests. Have fun while learning more about Human Factors and Ergonomics.
Things you may want to prepare: $10 cash in hand to be our members!
Date: 1Sep2011
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Venue: Gris 280


4/29/2011, 6:00 PM, Project Demo and End-of-academic-year Big Social
“End-of-academic-year Big Social with ACM, USB, and CSWN”
Social Event

ACM/HFES/USB/ Project Demo and End-of-academic-year Big Social Come celebrate the end of the semester and take some stress off before Finals Week by joining us at our year end social. We are co-hosting this year end social with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), USB (Computer Science Undergraduate Student Board), and CSWN (Computer Science Women's Network).
Where: Lawson Computer Science Building - Basement
When: Friday April 29th at 6:00pm
What: Plenty of food, drink, as well as lots of gaming


4/23/2011, 8:50 AM, Children's Museum of Indianapolis
“Field trip to Children's Museum of Indianapolis”
Field Trip

Our chapter is going to organize a field trip to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on April 23rd (Saturday). We will depart from Grissom Hall at 8:50am and drive back from Indianapolis at 4pm. This field trip will give you a great opportunity to learn how Human Factors principles can be used in education. Our chapter would like to cover part of the entrance fee dependent on how many people are interested in going. In order for us to estimate how many cars we need for car pool, please sign up for this activity ASAP at here.


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