Human Factors and Ergonomics @ San Jose State

Presentation: Cross-Cultural User-Experience Design

As part of the SJSU School of Art & Design’s Tuesday Night Lecture Series, Aaron Marcus will talk about Cross-Cultural User-Experience on November 18th. The free lecture is open to the public. Aaron spoke on the same topic at BayCHI last week. He is well-known in the field and has speaking engagements around the world. Aaron Marcus is the President of Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. (AM+A) and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the User Experience magazine and an Editor for the Information Design Journal/Document Design Journal. He is also on the Advisory boards of several associations and an AIGA Fellow.

Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time: 5pm - 6pm
Location: SJSU Art 133
Title: Cross-Cultural User-Experience Design: What? So What? Now What?
Speaker: Aaron Marcus
Cost: Free
Host: Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery

November 14th, 2008 Posted by dlsnyder | events_calendar | no comments

Alumni Panel Reminder

Quick reminder, the student alumni panel is Nov 14 (THIS FRIDAY) at 6:30 PM in room 486 of the engineering building.

Come and listen to alumni speak about their work experiences, lessons learned, and advice for current students. At the end of the presentation, there will also be a Q&A session.

Presenters:
Cassy Rowe — graduated December 2007, currently works at Wells Fargo
Jamie Kravitz — graduated December 2006, currently works at Franklin Templeton Investments
Steve Tamekuni — graduated 2006, currently works at IBM
Jon Hull — graduates Spring 2009, currently works at Cisco

If you have NOT RSVP’d and are planning on attending, please either respond to the evite mailed out or contact Jamie Miller.

November 13th, 2008 Posted by dlsnyder | events_calendar | no comments

Student Organization Faire

What: Student Organization Faire
When: Wednesday, September 3rd @ 10:00am-2pm
Where: A booth at the 7th Street Plaza (on campus)
And Why??
- You want to support the SJSUHFES student chapter!
- Snacks and drinks will be provided!
- It is a great opportunity to use your HF&E expertise to inform prospective students about our program!
- You want to have some fun with your fellow HFE-ers!

If you are thinking about attending, we really encourage you to come and to bring your ergo and human factors-related gadgets/pamphlets - anything that is related to HF & E you think might be interesting to undergraduates at SJSU.

And…don’t forget to wear your HFES t-shirts! If you are a member, and haven’t received one yet, you will get one at the faire.

New students: bring $20 with you to sign up and become a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Student Chapter! By signing up, you will receive a t-shirt, get a full 1-year membership, and will be invited to SJSUHFES events (which often includes: free pizza, snacks, drinks, etc. etc.)

August 19th, 2008 Posted by dlsnyder | events_calendar | no comments

HFES Conference in NYC

September 22-26, more information at

http://www.hfes.org/web/WhatsNew.aspx?Id=147

July 31st, 2008 Posted by dlsnyder | events_calendar | no comments

SJSUHFES Summer BBQ

SJSU HFES is sponsoring a back-to-school BBQ August 9th from 12 to 3 pm!! Here are the details:

Location:
The Esplanade Apartments - Main Clubhouse
350 E Taylor St, San Jose, CA 95112

Food:
Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. The chapter will be providing burgers and veggie burgers.

Drinks:
BYOB - beer and wine ARE allowed. Chapter will be providing bottled water.

Cost:
Current SJSU HFES members + 1 guest: free
New HFES admits + 1 guest: free
Non-SJSU HFES members: you can sign up for SJSU HFES at the event for $20 (for the whole year!), OR we’re asking for a $5 donation per person for this event only

RSVP:
You may bring a guest. Please RSVP to me by next Wednesday, August 6th, 5 p.m. with the total number attending.
We need to have the final count so we can be sure to have enough burgers!

June 18th, 2008 Posted by dlsnyder | Uncategorized, events_calendar | no comments

New Student Orientation

The new student orientation/reception will be held on August 21st from 4:30-6:30 in Room 486, Engineering Building. The reception is open to both students and alumni; Current students and graduates please RSVP to Ms. Fabiola Zendejas at Fabiola.Zendejas@sjsu.edu.

June 18th, 2008 Posted by dlsnyder | events_calendar | no comments