About the club
Who is our newest officer? (social media manager)
Tina (thank you so much for the awesome fliers!)
Who is our guest speaker presenting on April 8 who makes air traffic control towers safer?
Patrik Schuler (Presenting April 8th @5pm) BE THERE
"_______" is the total amount of mental effort or "processing power" being used by a person’s working memory at any given time.
Cognitive Load
What annual event does HFES host where professionals and students present research?
The ASPIRE HFES International Annual Meeting! (the next one is October 2026)
The word “ergonomics” comes from Greek roots meaning what?
“Ergo” = work, “nomos” = laws. Literally “the laws of work.”
What is the "Primacy and Recency Effect" (Serial Position Effect)?
The tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.
What is one major benefit of joining HFES as a student?
Networking, access to research, conferences, mentorship, career development (all of these :)
What does the "Poka-Yoke" principle mean in manufacturing and design?
Mistake-proofing. It is a design that makes it impossible to make an error (a microwave that won't start until the door is latched).
What type of memory holds information temporarily, like a phone number you just heard?
Working memory
When did HFES originate? (+- 5 years)
1957
What is the typical short-term memory capacity in “chunks”?
7 ± 2 chunks (George Miller’s magic number)
How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb
What could HFES also stand for? Funniest answer wins
Funniest answer wins!
Why did the ergonomist break up with the chair?
It just didn’t support them anymore.
In high-stress environments (like an airplane cockpit), what is the term for the phenomenon where a person becomes so focused on one specific task or stimulus that they fail to notice other critical information?
Cognitive Tunneling (or Attentional Tunneling)