Certification of Professional Ergonomists
Date:Jun 2017 Maggie Graf, Director Following a special session on certification that was held at the IEA Conference in Melbourne in 2015, it was decided to form a sub-committee to the Professional Standards and Education Standing Committee, specifically tasked with promoting the certification of professional ergonomists. The purpose was to facilitate the exchange of experiences […]
October is Global Ergonomics Month (GEM)
Date:Sep 2016 October is Global Ergonomics Month (GEM) Happenings around the World! October is the designated Worldwide Month of Ergonomics and Human Factors. Several IEA Federated Societies and Networks were actively involved in promoting Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) awareness among the local community, industries, government agencies, and schools. Typically, these planned events and activities […]
Message from the Executive Committee June 2016
Date:Jun 2016 Identifying global Human Factors and Ergonomics development needs The IEA recently held an executive Committee meeting in San Francisco during which the various standing Committee chairs presented their three-year action plans, including the International Development (ID) Committee. The following is a brief summary of some of the ideas that were presented at the […]
Message from the Executive Committee April 2016
Date:Apr 2016 IEA History Keeping an eye on its own history is a wise thing for any organization. For too long a time the IEA did too little in this respect. The written history of the Association covers only the years from the foundation to 1985. In 2015 this was the reason for IEA President […]
Message from the Executive Committee March 2016
Date:Mar 2016 The Executive Committee met on February 19-20 at the San Francisco State University Downtown Center in San Francisco, CA, USA. All of the officers and standing committees participated, as well as two ad hoc committee chairs. We would like to share some of the activities and decisions of this meeting – and offer […]
2016 Review
Date:Feb 2017 Yushi Fujita , President Time flies. It is already in the middle of February. But, I hope it is not too late to look back the last year and give some highlights. The year 2016 started with our first Executive Meeting. Most of us already knew what we wanted to do in the […]
Message from the Executive Committee Jan 2016
Date:Jan 2016 I hope most of you have had a happy New Year, and I wish a happy New Year to those who are waiting for the beginning of the lunar year. This is the second of my report on visits to conferences organized by member societies. I visited Concepción/Chile in late last November, and […]
President’s Newsletter November 2015
Date:Nov 2015 A joy of serving the IEA is that it gives opportunities to visit conferences organized by member societies. Eric Ming-yan Wang, a past President of the IEA, made more than thirty international trips during his term (2012-2015). I am not sure if I can make that many, but I assure you that I […]