NOTE: Due to a scheduling conflict, Ronald D. Schaible, CIH, CSP, PE, a colleague of Bill Vigilante, will be substituting as the speaker. The topic and subject matter are unchanged.

 

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Human Factors & Ergonomics Society 

Delaware Valley Chapter 

 

Thursday, November 15, 2007 

 

 

 

6:30 to 7:00  PM – Social Period – free refreshments!!   

7:00 to 8:00  PM – Presentation by Bill Vigilante, PhD, on:  

 

NOTE: There will be a brief business meeting at the beginning for nominations for officers for 2008.  Anyone wishing to nominate themselves for a position is encouraged to do so. If you intend to nominate someone else, please be sure that that person is agreeable. Thanks.

 

Product Safety Warnings:

Human Factors Implications

 

 LOCATION:  CHI Systems, Inc.

                          1035 Virginia Drive, Suite 300

                          Fort Washington, PA 19034

 

 

 

If you plan to attend: Please send an email to Len Mc Cuen @ len@... or call at (215) 402-9161 if you will be attending. If you need directions, please call or email – or check the CHI Systems website at www.chisystems.com.

 

For more information about the DelVal Chapter, please check http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/DelValHFES.  

Note : We are still using the YahooGroups site so if you have not already done so, please join the group as an additional source for DelVal announcements and updates.

 

 

About the Presentation:

Dr. Vigilante will be speaking on the human factors of warnings with respect to product safety. His talk will discuss the product manufacturer’s responsibility for creating effective warnings. He will also discuss the principles of designing effective warnings at the “nuts and bolts” level so attendees can apply these principles to their products and workplace.  Examples of what to do (good warnings) and what not to do (bad warnings) will be provided from his wide breath of consulting work.

About the speaker: 

Bill Vigilante, Ph.D. is a human factors consultant employed by Robson Forensic Inc., where he investigates and analyzes incidents involving personal injury and property damage.  Dr. Vigilante has testified in areas such as driver performance, product safety, workplace safety and training, warning adequacy, openness and obviousness of slip, trip, and fall hazards, and winter sports safety. His MS and PhD are in Human Factors/Ergonomics Psychology from North Carolina State University.  His research while at NC State focused on warnings and risk perception and he continues to conduct research in this area, having published, to date, over two dozen journal articles, proceedings papers, and book chapters on the topic . Prior to coming to RFI, Dr. Vigilante worked for IBM in Durham, NC, where he was employed as a human factors engineer and led the User Centered Design team there. At IBM, he worked on the design and development of over 100 consumer and commercial hardware and software products as well as web sites and web applications.  He holds several patents related to the ease of use of wireless technologies such as 802.11 and Bluetooth.

 

 

DelVal meetings are open to members and non-members alike. We are eager to have new people participate in our meetings to broaden and liven discussions. Please let us know if you are changing your email address so that we can keep our list current. If you would like more information about the meeting before attending, please contact:

 

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Len Mc Cuen, PE, AIA, CHFP

(215) 402-9161 - Voice

(215) 402-9162 - Fax

Len@... – Email