Paul Lambertson and Sharon Todd chat about his experience in Flight Deck design and his use of Systems Theoretical Process Analysis (STPA) (Levenson & Thomas 2018).

Paul Lambertson has been in the aerospace industry for over twenty years and in that time he has had a focus on human to machine interface for the design and operations of flight decks. He has had lead projects on all of Boeings current commercial aircraft and has been fortunate to lead many teams. These team include human factors and ergonomics, test and evaluation, Optics and lighting and human system integration and strategy. Paul currently leads a team for flight deck product development for simulation and strategy. He is currently a Cochair of the INCOSE Human System Integration working group.

Paul has been interested in the human to machine interfaces since he first flew aircraft as a young kid , As a kid He was engaged in improving aircraft interfaces. This developed into a passion for improving the human interfaces. His first major human interface activity was in the automotive industry working to understand noise, vibration and handling from a user perspective. Paul took these skills to the aircraft industry. He is a pilot, has a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering a Master’s in Business Administration and several certificates related to systems engineering, technology, ergonomics and human factors.

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Chris Polaczuk and Steve Kolose chat to Sharon Todd about their participative tradie programme.

Musculoskeletal injuries have resulted in significant lost productivity in the New Zealand Construction industry and are especially prevalent in the specialist trades. Despite recent advances in health, safety and technology meaningful interventions to reduce these injuries in construction remain elusive. To compound the issue pain and injury has been accepted as part of the trade and an inevitability by many kiwi tradies.

The Work Should Not Hurt programme https://www.chasnz.org/work-should-not-hurt is unique in that it generates awareness, research and interventions from tradespeople themselves. Combining an Ergonomics approach and a bit of ‘number eight wire mentality’ the programme has created innovative tools such as the Foundation guide, the ‘Wall of Pain’, 3 steps to a pain free career and a mind/ body mental fitness programme.

Join the world's only Kiwi duo of Construction Ergonomists Chris Polaczuk and Dr Steve Kolose for a look at the programme and whats working well in New Zealand. Learn about their library of home grown resources including some of the participative research projects such as the scaffolding and roofing industry trials. Hear about the benefits and challenges of participatory ergonomics and how you can take on a macho culture to improve the design of work.

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Professor Catherine Burns talks to SharonTodd (CPE) about her experiences with system design and AI systems in health.

Catherine M. Burns is Professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada and Associate Vice President, Health Initiatives at the Office of Research at the University of Waterloo.

In her past administrative roles she has been engaged with institutional and tri agency funding programs, research partnerships, Waterloo’s equity in research action plan, and research computing.

Catherine was the founder of the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology at Waterloo and led the centre from a faculty to an institutional centre over 8 years. In 2020 she chaired Waterloo’s Health Initiatives Task force to develop a health strategy in response to Waterloo’s 2025 Strategic Plan. In her role as AVP, Health Initiatives she is responsible for advancing Waterloo research in health and health technology. Catherine holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Factors and Healthcare Systems, has contributed over 300 publications and is the co-author of seven books and the PI on an NSERC CREATE Training program in biomedical technology and entrepreneurship which has trained over 40 graduate students from various faculties across campus.

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