2024 Stephanie Binder Young Professional Award
Sponsored by: Human Factors & Ergonomics Society - Surface Transportation Technical Group , [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, ...