Cognitive Engineering Research Group

CERG members study human-system integration in complex sociotechnical systems, focusing on critical care medicine, air traffic control, power systems, and air defence. CERG is associated with the Schools of ITEE, Psychology, and Medicine at UQ. The leader of CERG is Professor Penelope Sanderson.

UQ hosts a Student Chapter of the USA-based Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: see the HFES-UQ website for their activities.

Research opportunities for 2013

Recent News

23 April 2013	Cara Stitzlein heads home to USA to finish PhD thesis writeup Cara heads home for the final few months of writing up her PhD thesis on methods to help stakeholders determine the consequences of new healthcare ICT. Cara was HFES-UQ President in 2012 and we will miss her.
27 Mar 2013	Congratulations to Dr Tania Xiao on award of PhD Warmest congratulations to Tania on the award of her PhD. For her thesis Tania performed a constraint-based analysis of "organising" in the organisational context. See her recent CTW publication.
24-27 Mar 2013	Grundgeiger and Sanderson present at TeaP conference in Vienna Tobi and Penny present a paper at TeaP (German experimental psychology conference) discussing how prospective memory can be studied in laboratory settings, simulators, and the field. (Click for photo at TeaP)
22-23 Mar 2013	Sanderson visits University of Wurzburg Penny visits CERG alumnus Dr Tobi Grundgeiger's new working environment at University of Wurzburg and gives a talk on head-mounted displays. Collaborative projects and possible student visits discussed.
11 Feb 2013	Farewell to Dr Robert "Butch" Loeb at end of sabbatical It's the end of Butch's sabbatical and we are very sorry to see him head back to Arizona. However we look forward to collaborations in the near future on joint projects -- and on the journal club he set up!
6-9 Feb 2013	Dr Gavan Lintern visits UQ's MISHC, HFES-UQ and CERG Gavan gives a workshop to the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Center, meets with CERG people, does a HFES-UQ Roundtable, and attends the HF in Healthcare Journal Club.
30 Jan 2013	Dr Birgit Planitz completes PAH mobile phone observations Birgit completes an intensive observation of 10 PAH nurse volunteers in our study on nurses' use of smart phones. This is a follow-up to Tahli Kipps' Masters thesis in 2012.
Dec 2012-Jan 2013	Welcome to Summer Research students We welcome our summer research students: Charles Driver who is working on PAH mobile phone study and alarms programming; and Callum Tear and Matt Tsai, who are working on the latest Head-Mounted Display study.
20 Dec 2012	Emergency equipment drawer study at PAH finished by Christmas Bonnie Harris, Nick Ford, and Penny complete tests in the PAH ICU of Tobi Grundgeiger's illustrated dividers for PAH's ICU emergency bedside equipment drawers.
28 Nov 2012	Congratulations to all 2012 thesis students Congratulations to Honours students James, Bonnie, Liisa, and Hayden, and Masters students Tahli and Jim, for successfully completing their theses and (where planned) graduating!
23 Nov 2012	Princess Alexandra Hospital Foundation funding for 2013 Sanderson and colleagues Dr Bala Venkatesh and Prof Leanne Aitken are awarded a PA Foundation grant for 2013 to perform preliminary investigations into the impact of interruptions in healthcare.
23 Oct 2012	Sanderson awarded 2012 HFES Paul M. Fitts Education Award Penny is winner of the 2012 Paul M. Fitts Education Award from the US-based Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. This is a win for the generous students who initiated the award and for HF at UQ generally!
23 Oct 2012	Sanderson elected Fellow of HFES Penny is elected a Fellow of the US-based Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, nominated by Prof John W. Senders. The award was made at the recent HFES 2012 meeting in Boston, MA.
22 Oct 2012	HFES-UQ Student Chapter recognized at HFES The HFES-UQ student chapter is again recognized as an outstanding student chapter at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Meeting. Tania Xiao represented chapter president Cara Stitzlein, and accepted the award.
3 Sept 2012	Welcome to Dr Robert "Butch" Loeb on sabbatical with CERG We welcome Butch to UQ and to CERG, from University of Arizona. Butch will spend 6 months with us, pursuing shared interests in simulation-based education and in research on medical equipment display design.

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