Nominations: Stephanie Binder Young Professional Award (Sponsored by HFES-STTG)


Stephanie Binder
Young Professional Award
Sponsored by: HFES-STTG (Surface Transportation Technical Group)



Stephanie Binder was 35 years old when she tragically passed away.  She was a human factors engineer at NHTSA and played a vital role in the Department’s efforts to combat distracted driving. She was the primary author of NHTSA’s overall driver distraction plan, and played a leading role in both of the US DOT’s Distracted Driving Summits.



In honor of this amazing person, the HFES, Surface Transportation Technical Group (STTG) is providing an annual Young Professional Award to a young human factors professional who demonstrates outstanding contribution to transportation human factors.  Applications will be due July 1 each year.

Qualification for award:
  • Employed full time (in academia, industry, or government) in a surface transportation related field for at least two years.
  • Be 35 years old or younger.
Consideration criteria:
  • Research: Advancing transportation human factors as demonstrated by journal articles, conference proceedings, books, technical reports, digests of papers, and product releases
  • Outreach/Education: Demonstration of service to the human factors community. Examples include outreach to K-12, college students, or human factors professionals; workshops/seminars to the human factors community at large.
  • Other significant contributions to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society or other professional/technical societies.
Nominees can directly apply or be nominated by a friend/colleague. To submit a nomination, please include:
  • A one page summary of the nominee’s qualifications
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • A curriculum vitae (CV), resume, or comprehensive biography of the nominee.
Please direct questions to:
Linda Ng Boyle (linda@uw.edu) and Chris Monk (chris.monk@dot.gov)


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