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Bay Area Chapter of Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society
December 2002 Newsletter
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Inside this issue...
1. December
Meeting Announcement
2. Directions
3. In Memorium
4. Volunteer Opportunities
5. Jobs
6. About BACHFES
7. BACHFES Board
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1. December BACHFES Meeting Announcement
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
7:00 to 9:00 pm
7:00 to 7:30: Socializing, Joining BACHFES,
Location:
Adobe - 345 Park Ave., San Jose (Directions follow)
Topic:
"Reconciling ergonomic
and aesthetic objectives in product design."
Presented by:
Prof. Del Coates, San
Jose University
About Speaker:
Del Coates has had a long and distinguished career as a practitioner and
professor of industrial design. As a consultant, he has advised an international
list of clients. He was a designer with Ford Motor Company's Advanced
Vehicle Concepts Department. He was a member of the team that designed
Herman Miller's Action Office, the furniture system that revolutionized
office landscapes. As director of design research at GVO, a pioneer product
design and development firm in Silicon Valley, he contributed to the design
of only the second computer to be featured in the design collection of
New York's Museum of Modern Art. As design strategist for Nissan Motor
Company, he coined the name and concept that became the Maxima.
Del Coates is one of the world's
most influential industrial design teachers. Alumni of San Jose State
University, where he is a professor of industrial design and ergonomics,
have taken leading roles in shaping the products of Silicon Valley-arguably
the crucible of modern industrial design-for nearly two decades. Applying
principles described in this book, former and current students routinely
win top design honors, including those awarded annually by BusinessWeek
and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).
He also teaches his principles
and methods each summer to business, engineering, and design professionals
at the University of Michigan's Human Factors Engineering Short Courses.
BACHFES meeting attendance
is free and open to the public.
BACHFES programs are not audio- or videotaped, and taping by attendees
is
not permitted.
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2. Directions
ADDRESS:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
[West Tower Building]
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704 USA
Phone: 408-536-6000, Fax 408-537-6000
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SOUTHBOUND
101 Southbound (from San Francisco
& airport):
101 South towards San
Jose.
Take Guadalupe Prkwy/87 exit.
Take Park Ave/San Carlos St. exit, turn left.
Make U-turn at Almaden Blvd.
Make a right turn into the Adobe West Tower garage.
280 South from San Francisco:
Take Guadalupe Prkwy/87
exit.
Take Santa Clara St./Downtown exit.
Turn right on Santa Clara St.
Turn right on Almaden Blvd.
Turn right on Park Ave.
Turn right into the Adobe West Tower garage.
680 Southbound from Sacramento/Concord:
680 South until it turns
into 280 North.
Take Guadalupe Prkwy/87 exit.
Take Santa Clara St./Downtown exit.
Turn right on Santa Clara St.
Turn right on Almaden Blvd.
Turn right into the Adobe West Tower garage.
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NORTHBOUND
17/880 Northbound from Santa
Cruz:
17/880 North to 280 South
(San Jose exit).
(See 280 Southbound).
101 North bound from Gilroy/Los Angeles.
101 North to 280 North (See 680 Southbound).
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3.
In Memorium
We note with sadness the passing
of Alphonse Chapanis, one of the fathers of the Human Factors Engineering
field, who died October 4, 2002. You can read an Obituary in the New York
Times at http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/15/obituaries/15CHAP.html.
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4.
Volunteer Opportunities
BACHFES needs volunteers! In
as little as a few hours per month, you can
provide a valuable service to your colleagues in the HFES community.
For descriptions of these positions,
see:
http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/bachfes/descriptions.html
If you're interested or would
like to find out more, please send your
contact information, including telephone number, to moallema@aol.com
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5.
Jobs
Jobs are listed on the BACHFES Web site at: http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/bachfes/jobs.html.
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6. About BACHFES
BACHFES is formed by HFES members
in the Bay Area. The Chapters provide
forums in which members to exchange information and ideas on human factors
and ergonomics issues. BACHFES Local chapters hold regular meetings,
publish newsletters, sponsor events and special activities, and provide
annual reports and business meetings to their group members, as well as
to
the Society at-large.
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7. BACHFES Board
Board Meeting 6:00 to 7:00
PM on December 11, prior to the Chapter meeting. Please attend if interested
in becoming officer or volunteer.
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Abbas Moallem, Ph.D. (Chair)
amoallem@email.sjsu.edu
Thomas J. Ayres, Ph.D.
tjayres@sbcglobal.net
Steve Fadden, Ph.D.
sfadden@yahoo.com
Ann Lasko-Harvill MS
ann@laskoharvill.com
Richard A. Olsen, Ph.D., C.H.F.P.
Oricolsen@cs.com
Pat Tittiranonda, Ph.D.
pat_tittiranonda@peoplesoft.com
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