Previous Meetings
 

*Overview of Aptima, Inc.

Scott Galster, PhD, Director, Dayton Operations
UC's Raymond Walters campus

February 26, 2009

*Heritage Tour” of the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) in Dayton, Ohio
Combined event with the Southern Ohio Chapter

June 28, 2008

*Multiple Presentations on Firefighter Health and Safety Topics
(click on any of the titles to view videos of the presentations)
“Increased Cancer Risk in Fire Fighters.”

Grace LeMasters, PhD

University of Cincinnati, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Dept.

“Fire Fighter’s Cancer – Soot and Skin.”

C. Stuart Baxter, PhD

University of Cincinnati, Environmental Genetics & Molecular Toxicology Dept.

“NIOSH Fire Fighter Program – Emphasizing CVD Deaths.”

Tom Hales, MD, MPH

Team Leader, NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation & Prevention Program

“Does Obesity Impact the Postural Balance of Fire Fighters?”

Kermit Davis, PhD

University of Cincinnati, Environmental and Occupational Hygiene Dept.
Sycamore Township Fire Department

May 15, 2008, 6pm

*Applied Ergonomics at Toyota
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Toyota was just named to the Top 10 World’s Most Admired Companies 2008 by Fortune Magazine.  Four Toyota models (Lexus LS 460L, Prius, RAV4, & Sienna) recently made the Consumer Reports Top 10 Picks 2008, which is the most by any car manufacturer this year.  “Kaizen”, the Japanese term for continuous improvement, is an often spoken word at Toyota.  Likewise, ergonomics is an often applied discipline at all of Toyota’s North American manufacturing facilities—before and after the start of vehicle production.  Come listen to speakers who will describe key elements of Toyota’s ergonomics program, which integrates research principles, applied knowledge, and operational experience to continuously optimize worker performance. 
Erlanger, Kentucky
April 9, 2008, 6pm

*World Usability Day
LexisNexis
In support of World Usability Day, professionals and colleagues in the Dayton-Cincinnati region are hosting an interactive networking meeting at LexisNexis. This local event, sponsored by Reed Elsevier and the Southern Ohio and Tri-State Chapters of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, features Dr. John F. Kelley, president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and Senior Managing Consultant, IBM Global Business Services, as the evening keynote speaker.
Dayton, OH
November 8, 2007

*Student Poster Session and Special Q&A: Getting a Job in Human Factors
Join us for a panel discussion featuring professionals from industry, academia, and government as they share their real-world experience of getting a job and working in the field of Human Factors /Ergonomics.  All panelists are employed in the greater Cincinnati area and transitioned from being students to HF/E professionals in the past 6 years or so.  Their experiences will illustrate the varied career possibilities available to HF/E students - as well as what it takes to "get your foot in the door" in the current job market.  The discussion promises to give future HF/E professionals insight into employment options, possible internship possibilities, and networking strategies.  A question and answer session will follow the panel discussion. Students from around the Tri-State area are encouraged to present posters of their research in the supportive environment of the local chapter.
University of Cincinnati East Campus, 121 Kettering Lab
May 15, 2007, 5:30pm

*Multi Speaker Dinner Meeting
NIOSH Quality of Work Life Survey and findings relating to work at home and indicators of job quality, stress, and health. 
Steve Sauter, Ph.D., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). 

Organizational Research in the Health Care Setting
Sue Dyrenforth, Ph.D., Veteran’s Administration, Cincinnati, OH. 
Raymond Walters College, Muntz Hall Room 351
Cincinnati (Blue Ash), OH, 5:30pm
March 29, 2007

*The influence of 'competing task' location on working postures in alternating computing and handwriting work
Robert Stuthridge, Senior Ergonomist, Integrated Ergonomics, LLC
For many office workers, the 'paperless office' has not arrived; a significant number of computer users, whilst relying principally on keyboard, mouse and display screen, still find it essential to perform handwriting to a greater or lesser degree. The use of handwriting routinely accompanies telephone conversations, when making notes, but may also occur wherever a paper document must be marked during computer operation - whether checking a call-sheet in a contact center or annotating a document in a binder (photographic examples will feature prominently). During field-based risk assessment work in a variety of environments, it was noted that the location of the handwriting task invariably competes with (and takes precedence over) keyboard and/or mouse in terms of optimum task location, leading to elevated risk postures of the trunk, neck and upper-limbs when reaching to the computer input devices. Previous studies exploring working postures have tended to focus on either typing or handwriting. The optimum location of each of these tasks in isolation is straightforward enough, but achieving the optimum location when mixed is more complex. The need to optimize both handwriting and computing device location led to the design and development of a practical solution, the ErgoRiteTM. The rationale for, and efficacy of, the solution is considered by the study presented here. The relevance of the findings to applied ergonomics - particularly reduction of risk for work-related musculoskeletal disorders - will be explored and the ErgoRiteTM device will be demonstrated.|
Raymond Walters College, Muntz Hall Room 351
Cincinnati (Blue Ash), OH 
January 31, 2007, 6pm

Tour of Hill-Rom
"Hill-Rom offers a wide variety of products & services to assist in the safe delivery of efficient care. Hill-Rom products range from patient care beds and stretchers to headwalls and furniture to therapeutic surfaces."
Batesville, Indiana
March 16, 2006, 6pm Pizza and snacks will be provided, tour will follow

Combined BCPE presentation by Marv Dainoff and student poster session
Dr. Dainoff will provide us with an update on Board Certification in Ergonomics, including recent efforts to revise the content areas of the exam to reflect changes in the field of human factors and ergonomics in the past decade. Whether you are already certified, planning to sit for the exam in the future, or plan to hire an ergonomist, you won’t want to miss this important presentation. Students from around the Tri-state area are encouraged to present posters of their research in the supportive environment of the local chapter. Please note the April 14th deadline for submission of the poster sign-up form. 
Miami University, Benton Hall
Thursday, April 27, 2006, 6pm

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Tour
Visitors will take an approximate hour long tour of Toyota’s manufacturing process in addition to spending time in the visitor’s center. Visitors will learn about the company’s history, Toyota Production System, and other Toyota facts. (http://www.toyotageorgetown.com/tour.asp#)
Georgetown, KY
May 4, 2006, 6pm Tour (Dinner on your own)

Thursday, November 3, 2005 at LexisNexis
Interactive Meeting in conjunction with World Usability Day
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September 8, 2005 at NIOSH
"Work Systems Design for Effective Control of Workplace Hazards: A Macroergonomic Perspective"
Dr. Hal Hendrick