Hello HFES STTG members!
For those who do not know me, I am the Chair of the Surface Transportation Technical Group (STTG).
· We have four different communication platforms.
o The one used most often is Connect (https://connect.hfes.org/home). We use Connect to quickly get information to members about opportunities. If you do not automatically get messages from Connect forwarded to your email, please contact info@hfes.org . Madeleine has been very helpful in getting those Connect issues resolved!
o Second is the STTG website (http://hfessttg.blogspot.com/).
We use the website for longer form communication, like our monthly members spotlight.
o Third, is our LinkedIN group (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1179867/).
LinkedIN is used for job and research opportunities. The group is private so if you want to join, just submit a request and we'll approve it. The STTG communications team is investigating other avenues in LinkedIn to make communication (and the group) more accessible.
o Last is Twitter/X, found here: https://twitter.com/hfes_sttg?lang=en.
· Please let me know if you wish to be featured in the monthly member spotlight (http://hfessttg.blogspot.com/p/st-member-spotlights.html).
· We will continue advertising the various labs who do research on transportation safety and Human Factors. Please fill out this form (https://forms.gle/gJ3yXJai6hTsZK3J8) and we will add the lists of labs to our website.
· Thanks for submitting your work which we hope will be disseminated at the 2024 ASPIRE Annual Meeting! STTG is often in the top 5 when it comes to number of papers submitted across the technical groups, so please support our group and our work by signing up to be a reviewer: https://forms.gle/KYJPxC7Ds9o9u4XC9. Students that review STTG submissions will be eligible to receive student travel awards. This will help support students with their travel or registration costs.
· We have a great STTG leadership team and STTG communications team that I have had the pleasure of working with these past few months! Brandon Pitts is our Technical Program Chair and is handling the paper submission process for the Annual Meeting. Wish him luck. Eric Fichtel will be our Technical Program Chair in 2025. Maryam Zahabi will be the Chair in 2025. We also have an amazing communications team: Jia Dong, Liam Kettle, Elena Zhang, Kayli Battel, Apoorva Hungund, and Gayoung Ban. Shannon Roberts has been instrumental in training and supporting our teams to ensure we continue to grow, develop, and represent our STTG members. If you want to get involved in the STTG, please let me know.
I promise that my presentation at the annual meeting will be shorter than this email.
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Best,
Justin Mason
Assistant Research Scientist, Driving Safety Research Institute
University of Iowa
Chair of the STTG, HFES
Justin-Mason@uiowa.edu------------------------------