Design SIG
Design SIG brings members together that have an interest in effective ergonomic design and how it affects everyday lives. What does design mean for ergonomics? A broad definition of design is "the active use of a structured and/or creative process with the intent of making sense of the available alternatives to solve a problem or…
ECS-SIG
The Early Career and Student SIG (ECS-SIG) was established in March 2015 and is dedicated to represent and support students and early career E/HF professionals. ECS-SIG brings together HFESA members who are: full-time or part-time students; have completed their studies within the last five years; and people who would like to help mentor or promote…
CHISIG
CHISIG provides a forum for people working on all aspects of interactive technology; from analysis to design to evaluation and implementation. As an Australian organisation, CHISIG is concerned with the human aspects of interacting with technology, generally known as Human Computer Interaction (HCI). CHISIG provides a forum for people working on all aspects of interactive…
HealthSIG
Integrating human factors for safety, quality and efficiency in health and healthcare, Health Ergonomics was established in 2009 as a special interest group of HFESA, bringing together anyone whose research, practice, discipline or interest embraces: Patient and employee safety e.g. evidence-base practice, healthcare economics, integration of employee and patient safety programs information technology e.g. use…
TranSIG
At the 2011 conference a meeting of RailSIG members decided to rename the RailSIG to TranSIG in order to better represent the interests of the members and foster new members. Transport Human Factors covers a wide breadth of topics. As a snapshot, below are some of the topics generating a lot of interest in the…
STFSIG
"Slips, trips and falls is a wickedly complex field, where we are disadvantaged by inappropriate use of slips causation terminology. This creates somewhat unreliable falls statistics Although there is much research seeking to prevent falls in the elderly, where causal factors are primarily intrinsic, there is relatively little recent research to prevent people slipping and…
HSI-SIG
Established in 2024, the Human Systems Integration (HSI) special interest group focusses on approaches that integrate technology, organisations and people effectively across the breadth of the system lifecycle. Effective HSI requires both technical HF expertise as well as appropriate management of the HSI activities within broader complex system development programs. The scope of HSI consists…