2023 PSHFES Annual Symposium

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PSHFES is a non-profit organization associated with the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and serves the needs of Puget Sound business and human factors and ergonomics practitioners. All funding for our chapter is generated via the chapter's membership dues and activities.

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HFE Professional of 2022

Dr. Ram Maikala was honored with the 18th Annual PSHFES Ergonomics Professional of the Year Award.

Congratulation's Ram and thank you for all your contributions to the HFES community!

President's Message

I want to start with a huge thank you to the PSHFES Executive Council! We’ve had members that have participated for many years now, including Gary Davis, Miriam Joffe, Carrie Lin and Ram Maikala. But then we’ve have members who have left and returned. I’m thinking of you Kelly Lynch. And finally, we have our new members who joined in the past year and I hope will be a part of our council for a long time. Please welcome our new members, Katia Costa-Black, Tony Brace, Frank Ryou, and Michelle Longo! It’s been quite the year, trying different things like reducing our membership fees and introducing our new LinkedIn page. I appreciate you all.

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We're Always Looking for New Talent!

PSHFES is a great place to network and learn new skills, as well as contribute to the Human Factors & Ergonomics disciplines

What is the definition of Ergonomics and Human Factors?

Ergonomics and Human Factors is the systematic application of relevant information about human capabilities, limitations, characteristics, behavior and motivation to the design of machines, tools, procedures, and processes used by people and the environment in which they use them.

Ergonomists tend to focus on physical, or "neck-down", issues with an emphasis on understanding the role of human movement and posture as it relates to work.

Human Factors Professionals (primarily those with psychology and engineering backgrounds) tend to focus on cognitive, or "neck-up", ergonomics with an emphasis on information processing issues related to work.

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