Events

The University of Waterloo Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Student Chapter is preparing to host the second Professor Lecture Series event of the Term on Thursday, February 25th from 16:00 - 17:00 (EST) titled: "You, Me and the Technology" - A Professor Lecture Series. 

Our speaker is Dr. Shi Cao, a Systems Design Engineering Professor from the Human Optimization Modelling Lab (HOMLab). He is also our Faculty Advisor at the UWaterloo HFES Student Chapter.

Join me to see how design is playing a bigger role in business. I’ll cover the following topics.

-What is UX

-What is the BIG business problem

-How design thinking is addressing this problem

Dr. Edward Tse (Project Research Leader at SMART Technologies) will be giving a talk on “Applied Research and SMART Technologies” February 5, 2015 at the Games Institute space (EC1). Anyone interested is welcome.

Episode 3 of the Professor Lecture Series under the title "You, Me and the Technology" will be held online using Microsoft Teams on March 16, 2021 at 4-5PM (EST). 

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.

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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