Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) Hub

Associate Professor Carlo Caponecchia is talking to Dr Rebecca Szabo an obstetrician/gynaecologist, medical educator and simulation leader based in Melbourne. She is Lead of the Gandel Simulation Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital which uses simulation as a tool for patient safety and systems improvement (translational simulation). She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, where her research focuses on embedding and sustaining simulation for...

Dr Stavros Prineas is a consultant anaesthetist based in Western Sydney who has worked in both Australia and the UK. Sharon Todd and Stavros discuss Human Factors in the surgical setting. Dr Prineas is Head of Anaesthetics at Blue Mountains Hospital. His fields of interest include complex airways and regional anaesthsia, but his main passion is Human Factors and Ergonomics as it applies to anaesthesia and healthcare systems more generally. Since 2004 he has been director of ErroMe...

A/Prof Carlo Caponecchia is an academic at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, He has a background in psychology and works in Human Factors and Safety across several domains, with particular expertise in psychosocial risks and safe systems of work. This podcast Carlo’s talks with some of his 3rd year Aviation students from the course “Human Factors Tools and Methods” . During the workshop based course, students get hands on experience using a range of HFE tools, from ...

Kath Jones the current HFESA President chats to Justine McGillivray an Organisational Psychologist and human factors specialist with extensive experience in workplace health and safety and regulation. Justine is currently the Principal Inspector – Human Factors at WorkSafe Petroleum Safety and Dangerous Goods, where she leads the Human Factors Capability Strategy, strengthening regulatory practice through evidence-based approaches to the risk management of major accident events. Justine...

Professor Melissa Baysari is chatting with Professor Tarcisio Saurin a Full Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering, and has been a visiting professor at Griffith University, Macquarie University, and the University of Salford. His main research interests include resilience engineering, work system design, safety management, and lean production. He has conducted research and consulting ...

William S. Marras, Ph.D., CPE chats to Sharon Todd about his reseach into back injuries and muscle co-activation. William S. Marras Ph.D., CPE is the Distinguished University Professor and holds the Honda Endowed Chair in Integrated Systems Engineering, at the Ohio State University. He serves as the Director of the Spine Research Institute at the Ohio State University where he leads NIH, NSF, DoD, Ohio BWC and privately funded research eGorts. Dr. Marras also holds joint academic appointments...

Sharon Todd (CPE) is discussing "Driver Distraction" with Emeritus Professor Michael (Mike) Regan. Emeritus Professor Michael (Mike) Regan, is an Emeritus Professor with the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI) at the University of UNSW, Sydney. Prior to that he was Professor of Human Factors at rCITI, and before that Chief Scientist-Human Factors at the Australian Road Research Board. Mike has BSc (Hons) and PhD degrees in Psychology and Human Factors from the A...

David Caple is discussing human factors with Professor Carayon. Professor Carayon's research belongs to the discipline of human factors engineering, in particular macroergonomics. Her scholarly contributions aimed at modeling, assessing and improving work systems (i.e. the system of tasks performed by individuals using various technologies in a physical and organizational environment) to improve system performance, safety and worker well-being. Her research has been funded by the Agency...

Kath Jones the current President of the HFESA is speaking with Dr Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele about her work in healthcare. Dr Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele is a user-centred designer and human factors researcher whose work bridges design, technology, and healthcare. As a Lecturer in Design and Innovation at the University of Sydney, she applies human factors, inclusive design, and HCI methods to improve the usability and real‑world impact of digital health technologies. Her interdisciplinary work has ...

Sharon Todd and Dr Andrew S. Imada discuss the Implementation of HFE and the lessons learned in his experience as a Consultant. Dr Andy Imada is a macroergonomics consultant specializing in human and organizational change. He works with people and organizations to change their cultures, respond to scalability demands, implement disruptive technologies and survive generational transitions. He helps them meet these challenges by balancing organizational, safety, quality, and human needs. Dr. Im...

Sharon Todd discusses volunteers and provision of safe work with Roger Lewis a qualified engineer and safety specialist, with extensive experience in the application of engineering and human factors principles, product design, failure analysis and risk control. Having over 25 year’s experience in automotive engineering and vehicle architecture with a strong focus on the safety of vehicle occupants and pedestrians Roger brings a wealth of knowledge to improve safety. Roger routinely advises bu...

David Caple from the HFESA chats with Professor Andrew Thatcher about Green Buildings and the Human. Andrew Thatcher is a professor and chair of industrial/organisational psychology at the Un diversity of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, where he obtained his PhD in 2003. Andrew is currently the President in the International Ergonomics and Human Factors Association and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ergonomics. His research interests focus on integrating sustainability concepts into hum...

Sharon Todd is chatting with Alison Heller-Ono, PT, MSPT, CPE, President and CEO of Worksite International, Inc. Alison is passionate about how people work! As an entrepreneur, pioneer, and bold industry leader in the ergonomics marketplace since 1993, Alison helps small- to mid-size multinational and global employers keep employees healthy so they can work to their full potential. Alison is a trusted advisor and consultant to clients who desire a safe, comfortable, and productive workf...

Sharon Todd chats to Dr Ken Catchpole one of the HFESA's keynote speakers for the annual conference in Tasmania Australia in December. So who is he, what does he do and what can we expect? Dr Ken Catchpole is a cognitive scientist and human factors practitioner who seeks to understand and improve human performance in complex systems. After leading a nationwide project developing human abilities in weapon detection at UK airports, he began research in healthcare in 2003 at Great Ormond S...

Sidney Irwin is an early career researcher and lecturer at the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University. She received her doctorate from the same university. Her focus is on the normative rules of trash talk in esports and is expanding her expertise towards esport psychology, human factors and user experiences. Currently, Sidney is focused on investigating the impact of jet lag on professional player performance. She has a qualitative research back...

Gemma Read from the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems (UniSC) chats to Samantha Jackson about Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) safety. Samantha Jackson is a registered psychologist, human factors professional, and PhD candidate. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)(Honours), and a Postgraduate Certificate in Safety and Accident Investigation. She served in the Australian Army for 24 years, holding bot...

Mary Patterson MD, MEd is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and the Associate Dean of Experiential Learning and the Lou Oberndorf Professor of Healthcare Technology at the University of Florida where she has directed the Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation since 2018. She is past- president of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and has served on the BOD for the Society of Simulation in Healthcare and the International Pediatric Simulation Society. In addition, s...

Craig Fletcher and Sharon Todd explore the world of designing HFE into projects including some recent work on the use of VR to reduce suicide on the rail network. Craig has 25 years experience in the area of ergonomics and human factors, both in Australia and the UK. He is experienced in conducting human factors assessments for a broad range of industry and application. Craig is focussed on delivering practical solutions to human factors problems and is experienced in managing a wide range of...

Karen Lange-Morales, David Caple and Andrew S. Imada discusses the work of the IEA and their new publication "Giving your business the Humans Factors Edge - Making it Happen" to improve productivity, quality of products and the wellbeing of employees. The International Ergonomics Association (IEA) is a non-profit international federation of ergonomics and human factors societies from around the world. This document was developed as part of the Science, Technology and Practice Stan...

Sharon Todd is chatting to Donna Duffy who is a Human Factors Engineering Specialist with over 25 years of experience in human factors and psychology. As a founding Co-Director of Human Engineered, Donna brings deep expertise to industries including Defence and aviation where she likes to drive organisational change and system design excellence. Previously Donna was an Associate Technical Fellow and Principal Human Factors Specialist at Boeing Defence Australia. Her contributions to pro...

Sharon Todd chats to Professor Robyn Clay-Williams about Emergency Department design for underserved cohorts. Robyn leads a research program at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, in the field of human factors in healthcare. Over a career spanning nearly 45 years in aviation and healthcare, Robyn has worked extensively to develop and evaluate systems to make them fit for purpose and easier to use. Robyn provides expert advice to policymakers,...

Sharon Todd is chatting to Sam Gerges about his ergonomics programs to minimise injuries and reduce injury costs in Vehicle Manufacturing. Sam is a qualified physiotherapist, egonomics and occupational health and safety specialist with over 15 years experience working in Australia, Japan and America. Experienced across many industries including manufacturing, oil and gas, forestry, retail and logistics, Sam possesses expert, practical knowledge of ergonomics and human factors, part, process a...

Heather Kahle talks with Sharon Todd about her work, her manual handling projects and the tools that she uses. As a Human Factors consultant and previous president of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists, Heather helps companies apply human organizational performance/human factors and ergonomics principles and methods. In 30 years with WorkSafeBC, she applies experience with investigations, MSI prevention, and error mitigation across many diverse industries. Heather's journey i...

Sharon Todd chats to Dr Puji Silva a mechanical and medical engineer about his work and research into litigation injury data. Puji primarily works in ergonomic risk assessments and litigation matters related to permanent injury in both workplace and public liability cases, applying his expertise in biomechanics, human factors, and safety design principles to improve workplace outcomes and legal evaluations. Dr. Pujitha Silva is a mechanical and medical engineer with extensive experience in hu...

Dr Vanessa Huron discusses the use of drones in various environments and the human factors aspects of drone use. Dr Vanessa Huron holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diploma in Innovation Management and a PhD in Microbiology from the University of New South Wales. Vanessa's research focuses on human factors and safety, accessibility management, and educational design and delivery applied across several domains, including Psychosocial...

Sharon Todd chats to Professor Sidney Dekker about his experience in organisational psychology and his thoughts on incidents, blame and forgiveness. Sidney takes us on a roller-coaster ride; as he discusses error as a consequence of other factors, encourages us to set others up for success and challenges organisations to choreograph significant change into their responses to failure. Sidney Dekker (PhD Ohio State University, USA, 1996) is Professor in the School of Humanities, Lan...

The HFESA president Kath Jones is chatting to Ari Antonovsky about his work on Human factors and 'Human Dependability.' Dr Antonovsky was originally trained as a Materials Engineer. Through his role as a Reliability Engineer in the resource industry in Australia, Indonesia and NZ, he became involved in working directly with maintenence and operations crews. His interest in human factors and the organiastional aspects of maintenance lead to PhD research at Curtin University, sponso...

Kath Jones our HFESA President, is discussing Organisational Performance, Cognitive Demands, and Mental Health Maturity Assessment Tools with Stephanie Black. Stephanie Black is an experienced programs manager with a diverse cross-disciplinary background. Stephanie is passionate about enhancing organisational performance and human wellbeing amidst the complexities of modern technology and operational demands. She has successfully managed geophysics, IT, and QHSE projects, includi...

Paul Lambertson and Sharon Todd chat about his experience in Flight Deck design and his use of Systems Theoretical Process Analysis (STPA) (Levenson & Thomas 2018). Paul Lambertson has been in the aerospace industry for over twenty years and in that time he has had a focus on human to machine interface for the design and operations of flight decks. He has had lead projects on all of Boeings current commercial aircraft and has been fortunate to lead many teams. These team include hu...

Chris Polaczuk and Steve Kolose chat to Sharon Todd about their participative tradie programme. Musculoskeletal injuries have resulted in significant lost productivity in the New Zealand Construction industry and are especially prevalent in the specialist trades. Despite recent advances in health, safety and technology meaningful interventions to reduce these injuries in construction remain elusive. To compound the issue pain and injury has been accepted as part of the trade and an inevitabi...

Professor Catherine Burns talks to SharonTodd (CPE) about her experiences with system design and AI systems in health. Catherine M. Burns is Professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada and Associate Vice President, Health Initiatives at the Office of Research at the University of Waterloo. In her past administrative roles she has been engaged with institutional and tri agency funding programs, research partnerships, Waterloo’s equity in research action plan,...

Sharon Todd is chatting to Adjunct Professor Kate Conroy one of the HFESA's Keynote speakers at our annual conference in Brisbane this year. Dr Kate Conroy is a specialist in building trustworthy, ethical, and assured robotics, autonomous systems, and artificial Intelligence (RAS-AI) systems in both military and civilian domains. Dr Conroy works in AI Safety and Assurance Queensland Government and is Responsible AI Lead Royal Australian Air Force. With a PhD in philosophy from Rutgers ...

Kath Jones is chatting to Dr John Chan about Burnout. Dr. John Chan is the managing director at Infinite Potential, an independent not-for-profit think tank that develops high-quality, rigorous research, evaluation, and practical solutions to address some of the most pressing workplace problems. An Industrial/Organisational psychologist with 20+ years of global experience designing people strategies to transform how we work and our relationship with work. As a thought leader in ...

Kath Jones is chatting to Professor Anjum Naweed one the the keynote speakers at the HFESA conference in Brisbane in November this year about Simulation and AI. Professor Anjum Naweed is from the Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science in South Australia—the Adelaide-based campus of CQUniversity. Anjum is a Certified Professional Ergonomist with a background in psychology and expertise in human factors and systems thinking. He has over 15 years of experience across a range of industry ...

Sharon Todd and Professor Mark Young the current President of the CIEHF discuss his work in automated transport and the Think Human project to be launched in the midlands of the UK. Professor Mark Young is Professor of Human Factors in Transport within the Transportation Research Group at the University of Southampton and current President of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF). Mark has nearly 30 years’ experience working in human factors across transport m...

Sharon Todd is chatting to Chris Fitzgerald about his practical application of Ergonomics and Humans factors to minimise injury risk. Chris Fitzgerald is a passionate Certified Professional Ergonomist whose career emphasis has been on facilitating meaningful and durable improvement in the design of work. His original career was in Prosthetics and Orthotics, but after 5 years of working in clinical environments, he transferred to Ergonomics to work in occupational settings and has operated hi...

Sharon Todd is chatting to Adam Scott, the Director of Cardiac Sciences at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Adam has a PhD in Cardiac Medicine, from the University of London, Imperial College in the UK. Adam is an Adjunct Professor at QUT and is the Founder and Chairman of the White Cloud Foundation. He is passionate about creating solutions for problems in the health sector that have previously not been able to be solved. In doing so, he has created a Robotic Ultrasound solutio...

Kath Jones from the HFESA is chatting to Tim Bentley about Mental Health Awareness, respect and safety. Professor Tim Bentley is an experienced research leader with more than two decades in research and academic leadership roles. Tim joined the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University as Professor of Work and Wellbeing in 2019, and in 2023, took up the position of Director of the ECU Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety (MARS) Centre. The MARS Centre was created as part of a mult...

Why do we seek to blame someone or say it is Human Error without firstly using a systems thinking approach to analyse the influencing factors surrounding an incident? Sharon Todd discusses 'Blame' and what we can 'Learn' from a Systems Thinking approach with Gemma Read. Associate Professor Gemma Read is the Director of the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems and an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She has degrees in...

Kath Jones is chatting to Sandra Lam about the psychological health of "fly in fly out" (FIFO) workers. Kath Jones holds qualifications in psychology and occupational therapy and has been an active member of the HFESA for 15 years and is currently as executive board member for the society. She practices human factors and ergonomics through engaging with organisations on designing mentally healthy workplaces as a work health and safety regulator. Sandra Lam is an Endorsed O...

Dr Robyn Coman from the University of Wolllongoing is discussing Extended Reality Simulation with Dr Shiva Pedram from the University of Newcastle, and Grace Kennedy from Acema. Dr Shiva Pedram is an experienced UX Research Specialist and Service Designer, specialising in the intersection between Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and service design within emerging technologies. With 12+ years of dedicated work in industry & academic environments, she has strategically le...

Sharon Todd and Andrew Wright discuss User Testing in good design. The views expressed by Andrew Wright 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. Andrew is a Principal Human Factors Consultant at Tactix Sener, primarily supporting the transport, nuclear and defence industries throughout the product and system lifecycle and providing Experience Design in Digital and Built Environ...

Carlo , Robyn and Vinod are discussing the impact that the absence of suitable seating and poorly designed seating has on older adults in public places. The public seating project identified poor design, the coping behaviours of older adults needed and the impact that poor seating has on people with physical limitations and on their social identity. An audit tool was devised to gather data, to understand the problem and to inform the guidance that can be provided to those designing public spa...

Sharon Todd is exploring Naturalistic Decision Making with Brian Moon. He is the Chief Technology Officer for Perigean Technologies LLC and Executive Director of the Naturalistic Decision Making Association. A leading practitioner and researcher in the field of NDM, Mr. Moon applies qualitative and quantitative research methods to a wide range of problems, from the elicitation of expert knowledge to the study and design of technology for use in workplace environments. Mr. Moon holds an M.Sc. ...

Grace Kennedy is my special guest. She is a Systems Engineer and Human Factors professional with over 15 year's experience in the Infrastructure, Rail, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Defence Research sectors in Australia and the UK. Research Interests and Expertise: Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Organisational Systems Engineering (how to model “soft”/human aspects within the context of enterprise systems). Enterprise modelling and architectures. Human Systems Integration. Systems Erg...

Sharon Todd's special guest is Daisy Veitch talking about the importance of body size and shape in product and system design. Daisy Veitch, PhD. is an expert in applied Anthropometry, the fit of wearable items and body shape and size data. Daisy Veitch is a Director of Anthropometry at Anthrotech, Inc., a leading company in human body measurement and analysis. She has a PhD in Industrial Design Engineering from TU Delft, in The Netherlands where she explored replicating the feel of hu...

Sharon Todd chats to Steph Cassidy about a Psychosocial Risk Management Project that was successfully rolled out with a bus company. The project is called Healthy Minds Work. Steph's passion lies in assisting Australian workplaces to maintain their maximum productivity. Steph, an Occupational Therapist and Ergonomist has 30 years of experience in managing and preventing work-related injury or illness. It is this, combined with her own executive-level management experience, that adds strength...

Sharon Todd's special guest is Barry Kirby the current President of the CIEHF. He is a Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Practitioner (C.ErgHF), Chartered Engineer (CEng), a Fellow of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (FIEHF) and a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET). Barry has over 17 years’ experience working as a Human Factors Consultant, with skills in user engagement, product design and specification, simulation, trials as well...

Sharon Todd's guests are Dr Jon Spiro and Anthony Lock, founders of the Nexus Human Factors Training in Healthcare in WA. The views expressed by Dr Jon Spiro and Anthony Lock within this HFESA Podcast are their own and not those of any organisation they work for or with. Dr Jon Spiro is a consultant cardiologist and Senior clinical lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Having trained in the UK, Jon took up his current fulltime public position as a consultant interventional cardio...

Professor Jodi Oakman chats to Sharon Todd about the APHIRM (A Participative Hazard Identification and Risk Management) Toolkit. An online platform designed to support organisations in reducing stress related mental health and musculoskeletal disorders through using a participative approach. www.aphirm.org.au Professor Jodi Oakman leads the Centre for Ergonomics and Human Factors at La Trobe University in Victoria Australia. She is an ergonomist and human factors specialist...

Sharon Todd chats to Tarryn Ryan about HFE skills and training for Helicopter pilots. In this episode we chat about human factors and helicopter flying, including situational awareness, dark hole effect, night flying, decision making, and resilience. Tarryn is a Director at Safety Collaboration Pty Ltd. She has over 20 years of experience in aviation, including as a helicopter pilot in the South African Air Force, the Australian Army, and the civilian sector, where she performed helicopter em...

Karl Rich CPE and Sharon Todd CPE are discussing HF Integration and the Parramatta Light Rail project in Sydney Australia. The methods and tools used to populate the HFE risk register, the use of first principals, mock ups, virtual reality, anthropometry, simulation and the usability studies in this project are discussed. Karl Rich has 30 years’ international experience in the provision of consultancy in Human Factors and training to a wide range of safety critical Industrie...

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 ...

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 jo...

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...

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, const...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 othe...

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 evaluat...

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 shipb...

Sharon Todd is chatting with Paul Cummins the founder and CEO of Airline Training Solutions. Paul has nearly 40 years experience in the aviation industry mainly in operational roles . Airline Training Solutions is the largest private provider of flight simulators for training in Australia. Simulators are based on Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320/321, with other contracted providers for other types. Other simulators include F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet and a light aircraft. Paul's ...

Prof Anjum Naweed and Sharon Todd CPE are chatting about Anjum's HFE research, projects and his mantra "Proceed as if Success is Inevitable." Professor Anjum Naweed is from the Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science in South Australia—the Adelaide-based campus of CQUniversity. Anjum is a Certified Professional Ergonomist with a background in psychology and expertise in human factors and systems thinking. He has over 15 years of experience across a range of industry sectors and occupati...

Sharon Todd CPE is chatting with Antoine Jdeidani about the C30 Bombardier Train design in Sweden. Antoine Jdeidani has a Masters Degree in Ergonomics and Production Engineering and is the Human Factors associated Director at Arch Artifex providing human factors consulting services to Transport Projects in NSW Victoria and Queensland. Antoine has over 10 years’ experience in human factors engineering and human centred design. 2 years dedicated to the design of consumer products and se...

Sharon Todd CPE is chatting with Antoine Jdeidani about the C30 Bombardier Train design in Sweden. Antoine Jdeidani has a Masters Degree in Ergonomics and Production Engineering and is the Human Factors associated Director at Arch Artifex providing human factors consulting services to Transport Projects in NSW Victoria and Queensland. Antoine has over 10 years’ experience in human factors engineering and human centred design. 2 years dedicated to the design of consumer products and se...

Sharon Todd CPE is chatting with Associate Professor Nektarios Karanikas. Nektarios Karanikas is the Associate Professor in the Health, Safety and Environment discipline of the School of Public Health & Social Work (Faculty of Health) in the Queensland University of Technology (AU). Before his current appointment, he was Associate Professor of Safety and Human Factors at the Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL). He studied MSc Human Factors and Safe...

Elise Crawford BA, BOHS, GCTerEd, PhD (Human Factors) chats to Sharon Todd CPE & President of the HFESA, about some of the tools she uses for cognitive work analysis and good work design. Elise lectures and coordinators industry placement projects within the Safety Sciences at CQUniversity. She is a human factors specialist teacher and researcher who leads the practical HFE activities during residential school for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Research i...

We are chatting with Elise Crawford BA, BOHS, GCTerEd, PhD (Human Factors) about work and the role of the HFE professional in good work design. Elise lectures and coordinators industry placement projects within the Safety Sciences at CQUniversity. She is a human factors specialist teacher and researcher who leads the practical HFE activities during residential school for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Research interests include human factors of safety-critical sys...

Sharon Todd a CPE and the current president of the HFESA, chats to Sara Pazell BAppSci(OT), MBA, PhD, and CPE,, university lecturer and HFE design consultant about good work design. Sara provides an introduction to the work of HFE professionals, and discusses 'how and why' we design for the user. Sara was the committee chair for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia’s Good Work Design position paper and supporting resources. Sara is the principal w...

Sharon Todd Certified Professional Ergonomist and the current president of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia (HFESA), is chatting with Professor Michael Regan PhD, FACRS, MHFESA who will continue his discussion on the critical HFE challenges with Automated and Autonomous Vehicles and discuss what the HFE community is doing to address these issues in the design of these vehicles. This is the final episode in this podcast series. This educational podcast is broug...

Sharon Todd, Certified Professional Ergonomist and the current president of the Humans Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia (HFESA) is chatting with Professor Michael Regan PhD, FACRS, MHFESA discussing the critical Human Factors and Ergonomic challenges in the design and delivery of Automated Vehicles. In Part 3 - Professor Michael Regan will continue his discussion on the critical HFE challenges with Automated and Autonomous Vehicles and discuss what the HFE community is doing ...

Sharon Todd, Certified Professional Ergonomist and the current President of the Humans Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia (HFESA) is chatting with Emeritus Professor Michael Regan PhD, FACRS, MHFESA discussing the Human Factors and Ergonomic (HFE) challenges with the use, design and deployment of Automated and Autonomous Vehicles. In this first part of our 3-part series, Professor Michael Regan discusses the differences between these vehicles, the benefits they bring to society and s...