Events

On May 12th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our fifth speaker event of the year will feature Jingru Yan who works at Air Canada. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Jingru for a casual chat about her background and work experience in human factors. You can anonymously submit your questions before the event here, but we will also take questions live.

On May 17th, 2022 at 10:00 AM (EST), our sixth speaker event of the year will feature Ryan Hilgers from Johnson & Johnson. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Ryan to give a talk about his experience as a Staff Human Factors (HF) Engineer. After his talk, we will have a Q&A period with Ryan. You can anonymously submit your questions before the event here, but we will also take questions live.

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On June 7th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our sixth speaker event of the year will feature Bradley Weaver, PhD who works at Emory Healthcare. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Bradley to speak about his experience in graduate school, how he transitioned to a different domain, how he landed his current position as human factors engineer and research in healthcare, and what he does in his work now.

On June 16th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our seventh speaker event of the year will feature Sareen Kardjian from Healthcare Human Factors. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Sareen to give a talk about her academic and professional experiences in human factors. After her talk, we will have a Q&A period with Sareen. You can anonymously submit your questions before the event here, but we will also take questions live.

On June 24th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our eighth speaker event of the year will feature Dustin Weiler, PhD. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Dustin to give a talk about his perceived differences between industry and academic positions/careers, suggestions on preparing for interviews in the field, and certain job search strategies that he found helpful as he transitioned from a PhD student to industry engineer. After his talk, we will have a Q&A period with Dustin.

On July 20th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our ninth speaker event of the year will feature Dr. Jeremy Schwark from Google. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Dr. Schwark to give a talk about his career journey, including the transition from graduate school to industry, considerations for different career paths, and suggestions for how students can best prepare for the job market.

On September 29th, 2022, at 5:00 PM (EST), our tenth speaker event of the year will feature Jennifer Pretti from Verily. Verily, previously a division of Google X, is a tech company focused on building software solutions, tools and technology in the healthcare domain. This includes a range of projects from partnerships with pharmaceutical companies to help with clinical trials to the development of medical equipment.

On November 7th, 2022, at 5:00 PM (EST), our eleventh speaker event of the year will feature Laura Barg-Walkow from Children's Hospital Colorado. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Laura to give a talk about her career journey. After her talk, we will have a Q&A period. You can anonymously submit your questions before the event here, but we will also take questions live.

IUW 2022

For 2022, the Inter-University Workshop between the University of Waterloo, the University of Toronto, and SUNY Buffalo will be a hybrid event hosted by the Human Factors Interest Group at the University of Toronto!

Sessions 1, 2, and 3.

This project will involve participants gathering in the Engineering 7 Atrium on a weekend at the end of the spring 2023 term and/or the beginning of the fall 2023 term to assemble their own computer fan air purifier that can clean shared indoor air of particulate matter such as dust, airborne viruses, pollen, and mold spores. There will be an initial presentation about indoor air quality and different ways to measure and clean indoor air. The rest of the activity will be hands-on, where participants will assemble the provided air purifier materials into a working purifier. We have already received significant interest from the University of Waterloo community and we look forward to hosting this event!