Congratulations to Anita Ney and Lillian Lacey (coauthors) and Bhawana Rathore; they share honors as being the 2021 recipients of the 2021 Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award.  Bhawana is

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3 new Board members: Joe Cohen, Susan Kotowski, Kari Babski-Reeves; Treasurer, Karel Jahns retires; Wei Zhang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, joins International Advisory Committee

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Colin Drury, PhD, CPE ret. is the recipient of the 2021 Ergonomics Practitioner of the Year Award. The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) initiated the annual award to recognize colleagues who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the practice of ergonomics through their professional lifetime achievements and/or specific implementation projects.

Read more: Colin Drury Wins 2021 Ergonomics Practitioner of the Year

The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) is pleased to announce the availability of the FPE Impact Grants that aim to support small projects in the quest of developing professional ergonomics around the world. The funding preference will be given, but not limited to, applicants from the developing countries (as defined by United Nations) or proposals that help develop or grow professional ergonomics in the developing countries.  

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Congratulations to Sara Wolf and Franzisca Maas, students at the Institute Human-Computer-Media, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany for winning the 2020 Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award.  Sara and Franzisca are students of Human-Computer-Interaction.  This marks the third time that students from the Würzburg Institute won the award.  The award will be presented by their mentor, Professor Tobias Grundgeiger, at the Institute in Germany.  The award included $1,000 (US) to Sara and Franzisca, and another $1,000 (US) to Dr. Grundgeiger’s discretionary fund.

Click here for video of award presentation.

Click here for video of the programs at Julius-Maximilians-Universitat.

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