Congresso AHFE 2010

De 17 a 20 do corrente mês vai decorrer em Miami, nos EUA, a 3rd International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. Conjuntamente a esta decorrerão ainda as seguintes conferências:

• 1st International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
• 1st International Conference on Cross-Cultural Decision Making
• 1st International Conference on Neuroergonomics
• 1st International Conference on Applied Digital Human Modeling
• 13th International Conference on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing (HAAMAHA)

Para mais informações consulte http://www.ahfe2010.org/

A Secção Autónoma de Ergonomia estará representada com 4 docentes (Francisco Rebelo, Raquel Santos, Catarina Silva e Paulo Noriega) e 4 doutorandos (Emília Duarte; Ernesto Filgueiras, Elisangela Vilar e Luís Teixeira), que apresentarão as seguintes 9 comunicações orais:

• Behavioral compliance in virtual reality: effects of warning type (E. Duarte; F. Rebelo; J. Teles; M. Wogalter)
• Human interaction data acquisition software for virtual reality: a user centered design approach (L.Teixeira; F. Rebelo; E. Filgueiras)
• Virtual reality in wayfinding studies: a pilot study (E. Vilar; F. Rebelo)
• A methodological proposal to evaluate the postural response in virtual reality (E. Filgueiras; F. Rebelo; E. Duarte)
• Are people able to develop cognitive maps of virtual environments while performing a wayfinding task? (E. Vilar; F. Rebelo; L. Teixeira; J. Teles)
• Using virtual reality for interior colors selection and evaluation by the elderly (C. Pacheco; E. Duarte; F. Rebelo; J. Teles)
• Optical flow and road environments and road environments: implications for ergonomic road design (P. Noriega; J.A. Santos)
• Training process design: a case study in the sanitation sector (C. Silva; C. Costa)
• Usability evaluation of different door handles (L.C. Paschoarelli; R. Santos)