Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) Hub

Professor Jillian Dorrian discusses shiftwork, fatigue and performance with Sharon Todd (CPE). Jill is one of the keynote speakers at the HFESA Conference 19-22nd November 2023.   Jill is Professor in Psychology, with a PhD in sleep and chronobiology research, and a Master of Biostatistics. From the beginning of my PhD, Jill conducted laboratory and field studies with a consistent focus on collaboration and translation. Her PhD and early post-doctoral work was supported by the Australian Shiftwork and Workload Consortium, a 10-year collaboration with Australian Rail Industry operators and safety regulators. This work informed fatigue risk management (the over-arching term to describe risks relating to sleep loss and performance impairment in industry) in rail.Jill has continued to conduct in-workplace studies for rail, emergency services, and health. More recently, she has also worked with mining, construction, ports, and forestry, providing research and education to promote fatigue management.Jill is heavily involved with research student supervision, and training in publishing and other forms of research communication. She was recognised by the Australian Graduate Research Council for excellence in graduate research supervision.Much of her current work is focused on behavioural coping strategies for remaining healthy despite exposure to sleep loss. In particular, along with colleagues in psychology, nutrition, and activity, we study chronobehaviour – investigating the health impacts, not only of what we do, but when we do it.This educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

Sharon Todd is discussing HFE in Work System Design with one of our keynote speakers Dr. Patrick Neumann speaking at the  HFESA Conference November 2023. Dr. W. Patrick Neumann.Lic.Eng., LEL, Eur.Erg. is a Design Scientist, a certified human factors professional and he heads the Human Factors Engineering Lab in Toronto Metropolitan University’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, where he is Full Professor.  He has published over 270 conference and scientific journal publications in the area of human factors in work system design with the intent of achieving sustainably superior workplaces that provide outstanding system quality and performance.  Dr. Neumann’s work has been recognized internationally with “Best paper” awards in the biomedical, industrial engineering, and ergonomics literatures.https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-neumann-6154777/?originalSubdomain=caThis educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

Dr. Christopher Reid is a Technical Fellow and Boeing Designated Expert in both the Human Factors & Ergonomics discipline and wearable technology. Based out of Charleston, South Carolina, USA, he is the current Technology Architect for Boeing's Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) organization. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Practice at Clemson University’s Department of Industrial Engineering. Prior to Boeing, Dr. Reid worked for Lockheed Martin on astronaut spacesuit assessment as a Human Factors & Ergonomics Discipline Lead at NASA Johnson Space Center and as a Human Factors Engineer for the US Army Natick Labs, assessing Warfighter personal protective equipment. He is a Fellow of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society and a Past President (2021-2022), is a member of ASTM International’s Board of Directors and Chair of the ASTM F48.02 Subcommittee on Human Factors & Ergonomics for Exoskeletons and Exosuits. He’s also an advisor on the National Safety Council’s Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) Solutions Lab Advisory Council and Delegates Committee.This educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

Mike Nendick and Paul Cummins talk about Non Technical Skills with Sharon Todd. What is NTS?  Why it is used? What is threat and error management? This podcast was recorded in a 737-800 simulator. Mike is Human Factors and Organisational Psychologist. He works as a senior human factors, systems safety, and risk specialist, a work, health and safety management professional; and leader with broad experience across multiple safety critical domains including aviation, rail, construction, roads, maritime, energy, and the military.This educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

Paul Salmon and Sharon Todd discuss Systems Thinking methodologies and use, emergent properties and interactions, casual networks, system behaviour, AI and system failure. Paul M. Salmon is a professor in Human Factors and is the creator and director of the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Paul has almost 20 years’ experience of applied Human Factors research in areas such as road and rail safety, aviation, defence, sport and outdoor recreation, healthcare, workplace safety, and cybersecurity.His research has focused on understanding and optimizing human, team, organisational and system performance through the application of Human Factors theory and methods. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries journal, and has co-authored 21 books, over 240 peer reviewed journal articles, and numerous book chapters and conference contributions. Paul’s work has been recognized through various accolades, including the Chartered Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factor’s 2019 William Floyd award and 2008 Presidents Medal, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Australia’s 2017 Cumming memorial medal, and the International Ergonomics Association’s 2018 research impacting practice award.In 2020, the Australian newspaper named Professor Salmon as the top Australian researcher in the field of quality and reliability based on an analysis of league of scholars data and Google Scholar publications and citations. Paul's current research interests include the application of systems thinking and Human Factors and Ergonomics to global risks and existential threats. Paul is also interested more generally in the development and extension of Human Factors theory and methods and the translation of Human Factors research in practice. He currently leads major programs in the areas of accident analysis and prevention, risk assessment, road safety, cybersecurity, outdoor recreation, and artificial general intelligence.Stay in touch with Paul and visit his other page:Paul Salmon on Twitter *This educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

Thom Loveday and Sharon Todd are chatting about Human Centred Design in health and other sectors .  They explore the use of simulation spaces for design  in health, and discuss the use of digital twins. Thom shares his personal experiences, his motivation and where his HFE career has taken him.Thomas Loveday is a multi-specialist, with extensive experience providing advice on Human Centred Design to (1) drive innovation (2) improve User Experience; (3) manage Human Factors; and (4) shape Organisational Behaviour. Much of his career has been spent in high-risk, high-consequence industries, demonstrating a high-level of rigour and robustness in his work.https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlovedayHealth Prototyping Centre | eHealth NSWNSW Spatial Digital Twin (DTVS) (terria.io)This educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

Professor Philip Morgan is chatting with Sharon Todd about Cybersecurity, the risks, the wins and the future with help from the HFE community.The views expressed by Professor Phil Morgan within the HFESA PodCast are his own and not those of any organisation he works for or with, or linked to any project he works on – past or present.   Professor Phillip Morgan BSc DipRes PhD PGCHE FHEA AFALT AFBPS holds a Personal Chair in Human Factors and Cognitive Science within the School of Psychology at Cardiff University, UK. He is Director and CoFounder of the Human Factors Excellence Research Group (HuFEx) and Director of Research for the Centre for AI, Robotics and Human-Machine Systems (IROHMS). He is an international expert in Cyberpsychology, Transport Psychology, Humans in Automation and AI, Human-Machine Interface Design, Human-Computer Interaction, and Adaptive Cognition. He has been awarded >£25M funding across ~50 grants from e.g., Airbus, CREST, DHC-STC, ERDF, EPSRC, ESRC, GoS, HSSRC, IUK, MoD, NCSC, RAEng, SOS Alarm, and the Wellcome Trust, and has published >130 major outputs. Phil works on large-scale projects funded by Airbus, where he was seconded for 3.5-years as Technical Lead in Cyberpsychology and Human Factors and is Head of the Airbus Accelerator in Human-Centric Cyber Security (H2CS). Recently, Phil became Director of a new Airbus Centre of Excellence in Human-Centric Cyber Security at Cardiff University and is one of two Academic Leads for a Strategic Partnership between Airbus and Cardiff University. Phil is also Visiting Professor at Luleå University of Technology - Psychology, Division of Health, Medicine & Rehabilitation, Sweden Phil is UK PI on an ESRC-JST project (2020-24) (with collaborators at e.g., Universities of Kyoto and Osaka) on the Rule of Law in the Age of AI and autonomous systems with a key focus on blame assignment and trust in autonomous vehicles – exploring Human-Robot Interaction and Explainable AI (XAI) as core interventions. He also works on two projects funded by the NCSC focussed on interruptions effects on cyber security behaviours and a project funded via R-Cloud. Phil currently supervises nine PhD students. Other recent projects have been funded by e.g. HSSRC on topics such as developing Human Factors guidelines for Robots and Autonomous Systems (RAS). Phil overseas the IROHMS Simulation Laboratory based within the School of Psychology at Cardiff University that currently comprises five state-of the art zones: immersive dome; transport simulator; cognitive robotics; VR/AR; and a command and control centre.  This educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

Dr Robyn Coman and Associate Professor Carlo Caponecchia discuss the identification and management of Psychosocial Hazards at Work. What are they? What do we have to do about them? Who is responsible?  How do we manage these hazards in the workplace?The overall responsibility for the management of psychosocial hazards in the workplace  lies with the duty holders, such as persons conducting a business undertaking (PCBU); but we all have  a responsibility for the safety of others in the workplace.Carlo Caponecchia is an Associate Professor in the School of Aviation at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney and Co-Associate Dean Equity Diversity and Inclusion in the Faculty of Science UNSW. He has a background in psychology and works in Human Factors and Safety. He has particular interest and expertise in psychosocial risks and safe systems of work. Carlo is a member of the Standards Australia committee on Occupational Health and Safety Management and was part of the ISO TC283 working group responsible for the development of ISO45003. He is the Past President of the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment.Dr Robyn Coman is a registered Physiotherapist, Ergonomist and Senior Lecturer in the Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) discipline within the School of Health & Society at the University of Wollongong (UOW). She is a member of: Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA); Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (HFESA) (NSW Branch Committee & National Health Special Interest Group Committee); Safe Work NSW Musculoskeletal Disorder Consultative Group; UOW Centre for Occupational Public and Environmental Research in Safety & Health (COPERSH).This educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

Professor Melissa Baysari and Sharon Todd (CPE) discuss the design and use of Digital Health Systems implemented for patient safety,  and where poor design can lead to alert fatigue, poor uptake and negative responses to these systems by the users  in healthcare settings.Melissa Baysari is Professor of Human Factors and leads the Digital Health Human Factors Research Group at the University of Sydney. Her research group applies Human Factors  methods and approaches to evaluate and optimise health technologies to support healthcare work and improve patient safety. Melissa has many ongoing collaborations with health services and government and her research has resulted in a number of significant changes being made to clinical information systems, as well as to hospital policy and work practices.The CSHI conference is in Sydney July 5-6 2023https://www.cshi-imia.orgThis educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

Sharon Todd is chatting to Valerie O’Keeffe. Valerie has been a member of HFESA since 1992. She has taught HFE in universities in architecture, industrial design, healthcare, work health and safety and business management since 1997. She has worked as a Researcher in HFE since 2003.Currently Valerie is working at Flinders University Tonsley campus (formerly the Mitsubishi automotive plant in southern Adelaide) exploring technology adoption in the manufacturing industry, with a focus on shipbuilding and its supply chainThe aim of their research is to promote technology adoption and willingness to use technology by increasing acceptance.Manufacturing is a knowledge and technology intensive industry yet Australian manufacturing has been slow to adopt advanced (digital or Industry 4.0) technologies e.g., robotics, augmented and virtual reality, sensors, big data and analytics, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, additive manufacturing (3D printing). HFE is so important when working on technology adoption – it really requires a systems-focused, design-led and user-centric approach.The work has to date has had three goals;1.   Promote willingness to use and adoption through exposing end-users to advanced technologies 2.  Apply a HFE focus to learning from technology trials on generic but relevant use cases/applications to test feasibility for implementation e.g.  precision measurement in pipe fitting/welding, digital work instructions for a range of inspection and assembly tasks (plumbing/electrical) using a variety of augmented reality technologies (smart phones, Google glasses 2D, Hololens and Realware augmented reality head-mounted displays) virtual reality and laser scanning to create digital twins remote inspection using autonomous robots (Spot the quadruped or dog robot)precision path tracing task using a cobot (collaborative robot)3.   Make systems-oriented recommendations to improve usability and integrate into business processes HFE is valuable at three levels:Testing usability through engagement with user interfaces to successfully complete tasks (task level)Understanding and extrapolating to job design impacts and recommendationsMaking recommendations on cultural change and management strategies to facilitate successful adoption e.g. leadership, communication & participation, co-design of HR and operational policies and processes, work health and safety, productivity, quality – our work to date has focused on levels 1 and 2. The teamThe team work in multi-disciplinary team with robotics, mechanical and biomedical engineers. The HFE team have psychology, HFE, WHS and applied health sciences backgrounds.The engineers operate the technologies, build the interfaces and we work together to design to design the tasks (using task analysis, observation, consultation). Measures include workload, usability, performance metrics -errors, performance times, productivity measures, risk ratings e.g. MSDs, physiological measures e.g. heart rate variability, perspiration rates and ratings of effort.We have an interesting meta human factors process going on in bringing different cultures together – within the team and between a university and a large manufactuThis educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!