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Students From 6 Countries Compete for 2018 Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award
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Students From 6 Countries Compete for 2018 Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award

Entries were submitted from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Portugal, and the US.

Winner of the 2018 Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award is:

Paul Schlosser: Multiple-Patient Monitoring with a Head-Worn Display: Improving Supervising Anesthetists’ Situation Awareness in the Operating Suite.
Institute Human-Computer-Media, Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg, Germany in cooperation with Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital of Würzburg.
Advisor:  Prof. Tobias Grundgeiger

 


Two runner-ups for the 2018 Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award are announced:

Sara Pazell:  Good Work Design - Strategies to Embed Human‐Centred Design in Organisations. 
University of Queensland, Australia 
Advisor:  Prof. Robin Burgess‐Limerick

Husam Muslim:  Human Factors Issues Associated with Automation Interventions in Safety-critical Situations during a Lane-change
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Advisor:  Prof. Makoto Itoh 

Other projects of note include:

Umair Rehman:  Augmented Reality for Indoor Navigation and Task Guidance: A Human Factors Evaluation
University of Waterloo
Advisor:  Dr. Shi Cao

Barbara Cardoso and Ana Pina:  Computer Visual Syndrome – Prevalence, Causes, and Prevention

Health and Environment Research Center, School of Heath of the Polythecnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
Advisor:  Prof. Matilde A. Rodrigues

Arian Iraqi:  Prediction of the Available Coefficient of Friction (ACOF) Based on Footwear Outsole Design Features
Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
Advisor: Prof. Kurt E. Beschorner

Daedriana Harvey and Katie Grashof:  Lazy Dresser
Maryland Institute College of Art 
Advisor:  Prof. Howard Eaton, John Hopkins University Research Lab

Sherisse M. Pierre:  The Effects of Laser Eye Protection on Color Recognition and Discrimination 
Florida Institute of Technology 
Advisor:  Prof. Deborah Carstens

Ceyda Dundar:  A Human-Centered Approach to Hazard Evaluation Checklists for the Risk of Back Pain in Manual Handling Tasks
Old Dominion University
Advisor:  Prof. James Bliss 

Bailey Herbstreit:  Participatory Design:
Tool for User Experience Assessment & Spatial Programming; Seat & Firewall Design for Cornell 
Racing FSAE 

Cornell University 
Advisor:  Prof. Se-Yeon Yoon

 

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