Due to the current world crisis and changes at universities, the deadline to apply for the Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award has been extended to 30 June 2020. Take the time now to write up that project you worked on and submit to the Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE).
This annual FPE award and is given to the student (or group of students) for an Ergonomics project that demonstrates the major practice areas of Ergonomics: Analysis, Design, and Integration. The award is open, world wide, to students (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Ergonomics and Ergonomics-related programs. Students who have completed their graduate degrees in the past year are also eligible. In addition to the award, there is a $1,000 prize. The award and cash prize will be presented during the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting, 5-9 October 2020, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. [Winner DOES NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL to Chicago to receive the award.]
In addition, $1,000.00 will be awarded to the professor who served as the mentor for the student project. The cash award is made to the university department or lab for the professor’s discretionary use to advance education in the practice of ergonomics and human factors. The student(s), professor, and university will be recognized on the FPE website as recipients of the award, and a summary of the student project will be posted. Go to www.ergofoundation.org for complete details on criteria and format. Submission should be sent electronically to Dr. Robert J Smillie, CPE, CIEHF, email robert.smillie@cox.net