Officers


2023-2024 HFES STTG Officers

Technical Group Chair
Justin Mason 
Research Scientist, Driving Safety Research Institute

Technical Group Chair Elect
Maryam Zahabi
Assistant Professor, Industrial & System Engineering, Texas A&M University

Program Chair
Brandon Pitts
Assistant Professor, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Program Chair Elect
Eric Fichtel
Senior UX Researcher

Communications Team

Twitter/X & Website
Jiayuan Dong
PhD Candidate, Virginia Tech

LinkedIn & Member Highlights
Kayli Battel
Student, Tufts University

LinkedIn
Elena Zhang
PhD Student, Rice University

Events & Communications
Gayoung Ban
PhD Student, Virginia Tech

Liam Kettle
PhD Candidate, George Mason University

Apoorva Hungund
PhD Candidate, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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