UW HFES Student Chapter is planning to host professors from various backgrounds and research interests under the Professor Lecture Series.
The second event of the Alumni Experience Series will feature Thana Hussein, a User Experience Researcher at Google. The event is scheduled for July 8, Thursday between 4-5PM (EST).
For Spring 2021 term, the second event of the Professor Lecture Series will feature Dr. Umair Rehman, Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University. The event is scheduled for July 15, Thursday between 4-5PM (EST).
For Spring 2021 term, the third event of the Professor Lecture Series will feature Dr. Ori Friedman, Professor from Department of Psychology at University of Waterloo. The event is scheduled for August 19, Thursday between 4-5PM (EST).
For Fall 2021 term, the first event of the Professor Lecture Series will feature Dr. Daniel Smilek,
For Fall 2021 term, the second event of the Professor Lecture Series will feature Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall,
On March 28th, 2022 at 6:00 PM (EST), our first speaker event of the year will feature Mide Olatoye from Microsoft. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes back UW Alumni Mide Olatoye to give a talk about her experiences finding full-time work in user research after graduating from the SYDE MASc program.
On April 13th, 2022, at 5:00 PM (EST), our second speaker event of the year will feature Deepika Dixit from Intuitive Surgical. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Deepika to talk about her work experience, education, on-the-job training, the importance of human factors engineering for successful product adoption, and understanding global disparities to build relevant solutions for local communities by thinking globally and acting locally. After her talk, we will have a Q&A period with Deepika.
On April 25th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our third speaker event of the year will feature Hannah Rusak-Gillrie from StarFish Medical. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Hannah to give a talk about her background and work experience, as well as her role, responsibilities, and challenges as a HFUE team member in medical device product development. She will then discuss the importance of a cohesive HFUE approach to facilitate a successful regulatory submission. After her talk, we will have a Q&A period with Hannah.
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.