2024 Stephanie Binder Young Professional Award

 

Sponsored by:

Human Factors & Ergonomics Society - Surface Transportation Technical Group


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[Deadline Extended] Nominations are being accepted until Friday, September 27, 2024

Stephanie Binder was 35 years old when she tragically passed away in 2011.  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 USDOT's Distracted Driving Summits.

To honor Stephanie’s memory and her impact on the field, the Surface Transportation Technical Group (STTG) of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (HFES) confers an annual Young Professional Award to a young human factors professional who demonstrates outstanding contribution to transportation human factors. The award will be conferred at the Annual Business Meeting of the HFES-STTG, at the 2024 Advance Systems and Practices through Innovation, Research, and Education (ASPIRE) Annual Conference.

Qualifications:

  • 35 years old or younger (as of date of nomination).
  • Employed full time (in academia, industry, or government) in a surface transportation related field for at least two years beyond degree completion (currently enrolled students are not eligible).
  • Open to anyone globally who meets these qualifications.


Consideration criteria:

  • Research: Advancing transportation human factors as demonstrated by journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, or 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.
  • Other significant contributions to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society or other professional/technical societies.

Nominees can directly apply or be nominated by a colleague. To submit a nomination, include:

  • A brief summary of the nominee's qualifications, including three reasons for consideration.
  • A curriculum vitae, resume, or comprehensive bio-sketch of the nominee
  • Two letters of recommendation (do not include more than two letters so that each person is evaluated equally)

All material should be placed into one pdf and the filename should be labeled “HFES_SB_[LastnameFirst initial].pdf” (e.g., HFES_SB_BoyleL.pdf)

Please email nominations or questions to: Linda Ng Boyle (linda.boyle@nyu.edu) and cc the STTG President, Justin Mason (justin-mason@uiowa.edu). Include the following in the subject line: 'Nominee for Stephanie Binder Award' with First and Last name of the nominee.

View a list of previous award recipients.

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