Motorists preparing to turn at an intersection must quickly process several pieces of information before making their move: traffic signals, traffic signs, pedestrians, cyclists and, of course, other vehicles. But if drivers become overloaded with information, the results can be…
Professional Engineers Ontario’s Engineering Dimensions features University of Toronto recent graduate Nazli Kaya (MIE MASc 2019) on the cover of its January/February 2020 issue. “How human factors engineering drives automotive design” by Marika Bigongiari features the work of the HFASt…
If you have dreams of reading a book or taking a nap while your self-driving car safely navigates city streets, you will have to wait awhile. That’s according to Professor Birsen Donmez who works in the field of Human Factors, one of eight…
Congratulations to Nazli Kaya (MIE MASc 2019), who has been awarded the “Advancing Women in Transportation” scholarship by the WTS Toronto area chapter. The scholarship will be presented to Kaya at the WTS Mentoring kick-off dinner in December 2019. Kaya,…
Over one hundred students and practitioners of Human Factors participated in an inter-university workshop held at University of Toronto on Saturday, November 17. The gathering, hosted by U of T’s Human Factors Interest Group, marked the 19th annual event, entitled simply Inter-University…
