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Meetings
January 25, 2000
The first meeting of the semester was used to introduce the new officers
and plan the activities for the semester.
March
30, 2000
Tuesday @ 3:30pm NEB 260
Meeting agenda will be covered from 3:30pm - 4:00pm. Representatives
of SBC Communications will talk from 4:00pm - 4:30pm and sign up interested
parties for interviews. In addition, information will provided regarding
Project S.A.F.E.
May Picnic
Most members, family and friends gather for fun and a friendly game
of soccer at the end of the year picnic. Check out our
pictures!
Speakers
Sue
Chrysler - 3M
Date: Friday, March 24, 2000 @ 10:30am at VTTI
Students are welcome to join Sue Chrysler for lunch, location TBA.
SBC
Communications Representative
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2000 @ 4:00pm
SBC Communications is the world's third largest telecommunications company,
and includes Ameritech, Pacific Bell, Nevada Bell, Southwestern Bell,
Southern New England Telephone, Cellular One, and SBC Telecom. Technology
Resources, or TRI, is the applied research subsidiary for SBC Communications.
For more information, see www.sbc.com
and www.tri.sbc.com or read the
short biography of the representative
visiting Virginia Tech.
Peter
Hancock - President of National HFES
"Using Simulation to Evaluate Operator Behavior"
Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2000
Place: Hancock 100 (Auditorium)
Tenured, Full Professor in the Division of Kinesiology and Director of
the Human Factors Research Laboratory, University of Minnesota
website: http://www.hfrl.umn.edu/personnel
Check out pictures from the
event.
Engineering
Open House
Squires
Commonwealth Ballroom - April 17, 2000
The annual Engineering Open House recruiting event provides an opportunity
to showcase career and leadership opportunities within the various Engineering
fields. All Engineering student organizations are welcome to host
Open House booths in the Commonwealth Ballroom in Squires. HFES will
host a booth, providing literature and information to interested attendees.
Approximately 1000-1500 visitors are expected! Student volunteers
staff the booth throughout the day to field any questions and hand out
literature.
Mentoring
Program
The Human
Factors graduate students graciously volunteer their time as mentors
for students who have been recently accepted into our program. In addition,
the officers of the HFES Student Chapter coordinate visits and lab tours
for individuals who may be interested in applying to our program in
the future. For more information visit our mentoring
page.
Design
Competition
Whittemore
5th Floor Navigation Contest
Systems were designed that could be implemented on the 5th floor
of Whittemore Hall to help guide individuals looking for laboratories
and offices. Prizes were distributed to the best designs at the Spring
Picnic.
Intramurals
Basketball
Team "Rabbits With Fangs"
Approximately 15 Human Factors graduate students comprise the coed intramural
basketball team. The team has had success during the regular season
winning two of their three games. Playoffs were the week of February
20. Even though the team did not advance in the playoffs, everyone had
fun and new friends were made.
Fundraisers
Car
Wash - April 22, 2000
HFES collected donations while washing cars from 11:00am to 3:00pm
at Blacksburg's Advance Auto Parts at 800 North Main Street.
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