HFA graduate student Veronica Falcon successfully defended her Master’s thesis, Developing an Integrated Measure of Trust for Human-Robot Interactions. She did a wonderful job presenting her results and answering challenging questions. Congratulations, Veronica! We are excited to see the …
HFA Lab Director Dr. Wendy Rogers recently visited Hong Kong. While there, she presented Enhancing social engagement for older adults through technology at the International Conference on Gerontechnology and Exploring human-robot interactions for older adults at The Chinese University of …
We are seeking participants age 50+ with a long-term hearing, vision, or mobility disability who work or volunteer 20+ hours per week to take our 20-30 minute online survey. The goal of this project is to better understand how older
Congratulations to all of the undergraduate students who presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium! From the HFA Lab, RJ Mattas and Joaquin Gavina, Jr., delivered spoken presentations. Abigail Anokye (pictured above), Angel Urquizo, Dhriti Patel, Fatima Pantoja Lara, Gizel Fahimi, …
Congratulations to HFA postdocs Pallabi Bhowmick and Shafiqul Islam! Pallabi has been selected as the Chair-Elect for Human Factors and Ergonomics Women’s Organization for Mentorship and Networking. Shafiqul has been elected as the Program Vice Chair for Human Factors and …
Erin Heniff recently defended her audiology capstone project, entitled “Discovering Communication Challenges and Response Strategies of Late-Deafened Older Adults.” Erin passed with no revisions required. Congratulations, Erin! Erin will now move on to a one-year residency at Rush University Medical …
Eight undergraduate students presented research posters from the Human Factors & Aging Laboratory at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 27th. Congratulations to Afnaan Afsar Ali, Divya Bhookya, Maya Dye, Husna Hussaini, Shelly Manila, Noah Olivero, Olivia Rojas, and Melissa …
Afnaan Afsar Ali, an undergraduate research assistant in the Human Factors & Aging Laboratory, was featured in the College of Applied Health Sciences News. She was interviewed about her research poster “Understanding the Role of a Socially Assistive Robot to …
An oral presentation session of the Undergraduate Research Symposium titled “Robotic Advancements in Support of Aging Populations” was filled by undergraduate students Jade Marks, Saathveek Gowrishankar, and Megan Bily, members of the HFA Lab’s Human-Robot Interaction team. All three delivered …
Husna Hussaini received an award for “Best Undergraduate Paper” from the Department of Sociology for the proposal she wrote as part of her Honors Senior Thesis in the Human Factors & Aging Laboratory. The paper was titled “Older Adults’ Perspectives …