Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) Hub
These podcasts are a series of educational podcasts from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA). These podcasts focus on the connection between human capabilities and good design. Their aim is to promote the field of Human Factors and Ergonomics and provide guidance and professional development.
Episodes
50 episodes
Dr Pujitha Silva - An Injury Litigation Data Project
Sharon Todd chats to Dr Puji Silva a mechanical and medical engineer about his work and research into litigation injury data. Puji primarily works in ergonomic risk assessments and litigation matters related to permanent injury in bot...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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43:53
Vanessa Huron - Real Drones are not Toys
Dr Vanessa Huron discusses the use of drones in various environments and the human factors aspects of drone use. Dr Vanessa Huron holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diploma in I...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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39:47
Sidney Dekker - his thoughts on Failure, Blame, and Forgiveness.
Sharon Todd chats to Professor Sidney Dekker about his experience in organisational psychology and his thoughts on incidents, blame and forgiveness. Sidney takes us on a roller-coaster ride; as he discusses error as a consequence of...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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51:28
Ari Antonovsky - Human Aspects of Dependability and his work
The HFESA president Kath Jones is chatting to Ari Antonovsky about his work on Human factors and 'Human Dependability.'Dr Antonovsky was originally trained as a Materials Engineer. Through his role as a Reliability Engineer in the ...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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35:07
Stephanie Black - Organisational Performance and Wellbeing
Kath Jones our HFESA President, is discussing Organisational Performance, Cognitive Demands, and Mental Health Maturity Assessment Tools with Stephanie Black. Stephanie Black is an experienced programs manager with a diverse ...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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43:00
Paul Lambertson - HFE Integration in Flight Deck Design
Paul Lambertson and Sharon Todd chat about his experience in Flight Deck design and his use of Systems Theoretical Process Analysis (STPA) (Levenson & Thomas 2018).Paul Lambertson has been in the aerospace industry for over twenty y...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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39:54
Work should not Hurt!-A participative ergonomics programme for kiwi tradies
Chris Polaczuk and Steve Kolose chat to Sharon Todd about their participative tradie programme.Musculoskeletal injuries have resulted in significant lost productivity in the New Zealand Construction industry and are especially prevalent...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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41:03
Professor Catherine Burns - Improving AI Technologies in Health
Professor Catherine Burns talks to SharonTodd (CPE) about her experiences with system design and AI systems in health.Catherine M. Burns is Professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada and Associate Vice...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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33:28
Kate Conroy - AI Safety and Assurance
Sharon Todd is chatting to Adjunct Professor Kate Conroy one of the HFESA's Keynote speakers at our annual conference in Brisbane this year.Dr Kate Conroy is a specialist in building tr...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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31:48
Dr John Chan - Burnout
Kath Jones is chatting to Dr John Chan about Burnout. Dr. John Chan is the managing director at Infinite Potential, an independent not-for-profit think tank that develops high-quality, rigorous research, evaluation, and practical s...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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34:35
Anjum Naweed - Simulation and AI
Kath Jones is chatting to Professor Anjum Naweed one the the keynote speakers at the HFESA conference in Brisbane in November this year about Simulation and AI. Professor Anjum Naweed is from the Appleton Institute for Behavioural Scien...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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29:23
Professor Mark Young - "Thinking Human"
Sharon Todd and Professor Mark Young the current President of the CIEHF discuss his work in automated transport and the Think Human project to be launched in the midlands of the UK.Professor Mark Young is Professor of Human Facto...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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38:02
Chris Fitzgerald - The "Nerdy" Operational Ergonomist' & the practical application of HFE
Sharon Todd is chatting to Chris Fitzgerald about his practical application of Ergonomics and Humans factors to minimise injury risk.Chris Fitzgerald is a passionate Certified Professional Ergonomist whose career emphasis has been on fa...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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56:30
Adam Scott - Cobot Ultrasound Solutions
Sharon Todd is chatting to Adam Scott, the Director of Cardiac Sciences at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Adam has a PhD in Cardiac Medicine, from the University of London, Imperial College in the UK. Adam is an Adjunct Professo...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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41:05
Tim Bentley - Mental Health Awareness, Respect and Safety in the Mining Industry
Kath Jones from the HFESA is chatting to Tim Bentley about Mental Health Awareness, respect and safety.Professor Tim Bentley is an experienced research leader with more than two decades in research and academic leadership roles. Tim joi...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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51:07
Gemma Read - Blame and Learning
Why do we seek to blame someone or say it is Human Error without firstly using a systems thinking approach to analyse the influencing factors surrounding an incident?Sharon Todd discusses 'Blame' and what we can 'Learn' from...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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43:32
Sandra Lam - Managing the Psychological Health of "Fly in Fly Out" Workers
Kath Jones is chatting to Sandra Lam about the psychological health of "fly in fly out" (FIFO) workers.Kath Jones holds qualifications in psychology and occupational therapy and has been an active member of the HFESA for 15 ...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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41:42
Extended Reality Simulation - Dr Shiva Pedram and Grace Kennedy
Dr Robyn Coman from the University of Wolllongoing is discussing Extended Reality Simulation with Dr Shiva Pedram from the University of Newcastle, and Grace Kennedy from Acema.Dr Shiva Pedram is an experienced UX Research Special...
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39:57
Andrew Wright - User Testing in Design
Sharon Todd and Andrew Wright discuss User Testing in good design.The views expressed by Andrew Wright within the HFESA PodCast are his own and not those of any organisation he works for or with, or linked to any project he works on...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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43:45
The Public Seating Project - Carlo Caponecchia, Robyn Coman and Vinod Gopaladsani
Carlo , Robyn and Vinod are discussing the impact that the absence of suitable seating and poorly designed seating has on older adults in public places. The public seating project identified poor design, the coping behaviours of older adults ne...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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22:02
Brian Moon - Naturalistic Decision Making
Sharon Todd is exploring Naturalistic Decision Making with Brian Moon. He is the Chief Technology Officer for Perigean Technologies LLC and Executive Director of the Naturalistic Decision Making Association. A leading practitioner and researche...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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42:16
Grace Kennedy - Systems Engineering and HFE Problem Solving
Grace Kennedy is my special guest. She is a Systems Engineer and Human Factors professional with over 15 year's experience in the Infrastructure, Rail, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Defence Research sectors in Australia and the UK. Research Int...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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43:23
Daisy Veitch - When Body, Size and Shape matters
Sharon Todd's special guest is Daisy Veitch talking about the importance of body size and shape in product and system design.Daisy Veitch, PhD. is an expert in applied Anthropometry, the fit of wearable items and body shape and size dat...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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40:40
Stephanie Cassidy - 'Healthy Minds Work' a Psychosocial Risk Management Project
Sharon Todd chats to Steph Cassidy about a Psychosocial Risk Management Project that was successfully rolled out with a bus company. The project is called Healthy Minds Work.Steph's passion lies in assisting Australian workplaces to mai...
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41:58
Barry Kirby & his experience in HFE Design and Development in the UK
Sharon Todd's special guest is Barry Kirby the current President of the CIEHF. He is a Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Practitioner (C.ErgHF), Chartered Engineer (CEng), a Fellow of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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53:46