The Occupational Ergonomics Technical Group and Practitioner Group would like to invite HFES members to submit nominations for an exceptional Practitioner of the Year, who will be recognized along with other award winners at the OETG Business meeting at ASPIRE 2024. The winner will receive a $300 award, certificate, and inclusion with other award winners in OETG's social media posts and newsletter.

The Occupational Ergonomics Technical Group will be giving 5 awards during ASPIRE 2024 to be held from September 9-13, 2024, at the Arizona Biltmore Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona: (1) Best Translation Paper, (2) Best Computational Paper, (3) Best Experimental Paper, (4) Best Interdisciplinary Paper, and (5) Best Poster. Each award winner will receive $300.

We are looking for two students to join the OETG Leadership. The student should help OETG connect with other students, be the voice of the students in the OETG Leadership, and assist in planning events and activities. If you are interested, contact Dr. Divya Srinivasan (sriniv5@clemson.edu).

The HFES OETG is pleased to announce two need-based student travel grants for the 67th HFES International Annual Meeting. These awards aim to support students to present an accepted paper or poster at the Annual Meeting. To be eligible for the award, the applicant must be a student and must have an accepted paper or poster that will be presented at the Annual Meeting. Each awardee will receive $500. 

OETG would like to highlight the great things our members (students, researchers, practitioners) are doing in our upcoming newsletter. If you have recently published a paper, received a grant or award, organized an activity or event, or have any other Occupational Ergonomics related news to share, please get in touch with Yadrianna Acosta (yacosta@auburn.edu). We also welcome sharing your perspectives on any topics of interest to the OETG community.

The OETG Committee would like to thank all those that volunteered to review submissions for contributing to this year’s HFES Conference. We appreciate your support in making the Occupational Ergonomics Track great! Decisions on all submissions to OETG will be released later this week. We are also now calling for volunteers to serve on this year’s OETG awards committee – if you are interested in this important service to HFES and OETG, please email Leia Stirling at leias@umich.edu. Thank you!

OETG is looking for reviewers to help review this year's HFES Annual Conference papers. Please fill out this short form by March 14th if you are willing and able to review submissions. If you have any questions regarding the reviewing, you can contact the Program Chair Leia Stirling (leias@umich.edu). Your time and help are always appreciated. Thank you!

Thank you to all the members for attending the business on Friday, February 17th, 2023. The presentation slides, including a summary and discussion during the meeting, are now available here. If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to contact us. We are always excited to connect with our membership. 

The Occupational Ergonomics Technical Group will be giving 5 awards during the 67th International Annual Conference to be held from October 23-27, 2023, at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC: (1) Best Translation Paper, (2) Best Computational Paper, (3) Best Experimental Paper, (4) Best Interdisciplinary Paper, and (5) Best Poster. Each award winner will receive $300.

Save the dates for the 67th International Annual Meeting, October 23-27, at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Make plans to submit a proposal to the Occupational Ergonomics Track and attend! The submission deadline is Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 5:00 pm Eastern Time. 

We invite you to submit your papers to the occupational ergonomics track. 

Some topics of interest for this year include: (1) occupational biomechanics (fatigue, motor control, musculoskeletal injury risk mechanics, material handling), (2) translating wearable technologies (e.g., sensors, exoskeletons) from research to practice, (3) advances in 3D anthropometry, (4) inclusive work design.