STTG 2022 Ballot - please vote by 9/26/2022
Dear members,
Please see below for bios of all candidates for STTG 2023 program chair and 2023-2024 technical group chair. Please cast your vote by 9/26 via STTG 2022 Ballot - please vote by 9/26/2022
Program chair:
Na Du, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Na
Du is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics and
Networked Systems, School of Computing and Information, at the
University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include human factors
in smart cities, computational modeling of human behaviors, and
human-centered design. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial &
Operations Engineering from University of Michigan. She is a recipient
of HFE Women Rising Star Award and HFES Student Member with Honors
Award. She has served as a newsletter editor for the HFES Aging and
Surface Transportation Technical Groups, and committee member of HFES
Diversity Committee.
Technical group chair:
Shannon Roberts, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Dr.
Shannon C. Roberts is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering Department and the co-director of the Human
Performance Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
(UMass). Prior to joining UMass, she was a technical staff member at MIT
Lincoln Laboratory in the Cyber Analytics and Decisions Systems Group.
Dr. Roberts received her PhD and MS in Industrial Engineering from the
University of Wisconsin – Madison and she received her BS in Mechanical
Engineering from MIT.
Dr. Roberts has expertise in studying and evaluating the interaction between humans and systems in transportation safety as well as other domains. Her research has been funded by agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and General Motors and has resulted in a total of 34 peer reviewed conference and journal publications.
Dr. Roberts is active within the Human Factors community. She has volunteered her time in various positions, including the STTG Program Chair from 2018-2020, and her service to the HFES community won her the Bentzi Karsh Early Career Service Award in 2022. She is also a member the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and is the Paper Review Coordinator for ACH30 – the Committee on Human Factors of Vehicles.
Ke LiuSTTG Chair (2021-2022)