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Our first lab meeting of the semester! The NeuroErgonomics lab is excited for the new academic year. Ft. A special guest! Thanks, Rohith for the surprise. It was so nice to see you and catch up!

The NeuroErgonomics Lab is collaborating with Dr. Roozbeh Jafari, Dr. Steven Riechman, Dr. Arul Jayaraman, and Dr. Heather Bean at Arizona State University, on a $4.8 million multidisciplinary project to study human breath and develop artificial intelligence algorithms to predict fatigued states

Fatigue research at the intersections of complex risk factors stemming from sleep deprivation, cognitive and physical overload, and their interplays, is critical to help develop guidelines and innovative solutions for effective monitoring and management of fatigue across various industry sectors. The NeuroErgonomics Lab has been working at these intersections for the past decade across lab and field settings, and we are excited to expand our knowledge base through this new venture with a very uniquely formed multidisciplinary team!!

Read more here. (Article by Justin Elizalde)

This week the NeuroErgonomics Laboratory attended the Neuroergonomics and NYC Neuromodulation Conference 2022! During this conference, we heard colleagues and fellow researchers in neuroergonomics and neuromodulation address the state-of-the-art neurotechnology for brain-body performance and health. This conference covered many areas of interest including Brain/Body Performance, Skill Acquisition, Stress and Fatigue, Pain, Addiction and Binge Eating, Cognition and Physical Recovery, Eye-tracking, Neuromarketing, and Remote/mobile sensing in the wild.

Each speaker and session brought valuable insight into the future of neurotechnology and we were excited to connect and share with everyone attending. Our team also had the wonderful opportunity of presenting our work during sessions, lightning talks, and abstract presentations at poster sessions.

Dr. Ranjana Mehta presenting “The eyes are windows into the brain: Sex parity for effective human-autonomy teaming” in the Social and Consumer Neuroergonomics session. She also organized the session: Promoting emerging scientists and diversity in Neurotech: A Discussion”  and was the diversity and accessibility chair for the conference.

Tiash Rana Mukherjee’s ⚡️lightning ⚡️ talk on “Neural, muscular, and perceptual responses with Shoulder Exoskeleton use over days.”

Oshin Tyagi’s⚡️lightning ⚡️ talk on “TMS applications to uncover central mechanisms of fatigue under stress”

John Hayes’⚡️lightning ⚡️ talk on “Brain Dynamics Associated with Psychomotor Training Using Augmented Reality”

Each member of our team also submitted abstracts of current projects and had the opportunity to present their work at poster sessions throughout the conference. You can find the pdf versions of the posters linked below.

John Hayes – BRAIN DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH PSYCHOMOTOR TRAINING USING AUGMENTED REALITY 

Aakash – Neural Signatures of Trust in Human-Robot Collaboration: A Tale of Two Use-Cases

Oshin Tyagi – TMS applications to uncover central mechanisms of fatigue under stress

Yixin Zhang – Heart Rate Variability as a Biomarker for Working Memory Performance and Fatigue Perception

Shivangi Dwivedi and Isabella Pedron – Neurophysiological and Perceptual Evaluation of Adaptive Augmented Reality Based Training

Tiash Rana Mukherjee – Neural, Muscular, and Perceptual responses with Shoulder Exoskeleton use over days

Yinsu Zhang – Neural Signatures of Dynamic Trust in AVs

Two of our lab members, Oshin Tyagi and Aakash, were also awarded the Abbott Science and Society Award for Emerging Scientists! We are thankful for recourses and opportunities like the Abbott award that makes sharing our research and attending conferences like this possible! Way to go Oshin and Aakash!

Thanks for a wonderful event and thank you NYC for welcoming a part of Texas A&M University! Gig em’! 

John Kang and his team received the Outstanding Research Award at the 2022 Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering (KSIE) for their work “Multimodal and Longitudinal Fatigue Assessments on Offshore Platforms.” Way to go!

Congratulations to Oshin Tyagi and Aakash Yadav on receiving the Abbott Science and Society Award for Emerging Scientists for the upcoming 2022 Neuroergonomics & NYC Neuromodulation Conference!

We are looking forward to you both showcasing your research at the end of this month and we are thankful for recourses like the Abbott award that make it possible!

Thank you to everyone who came out for #NTEC22! We had amazing discussions about the #FutureOfWork and our efforts on developing an inclusive national talent ecosystem for emerging technologies!

And thank you to all of our panelists and speakers for bringing their insight and expertise to the first National Talent Ecosystem Council Symposium. It was a pleasure to host here in Aggieland and we look forward to what the future has in store for the National Science Foundation (NSF) #ConvergenceAccelerator project!

Thank you Linda K Molnar, Robby Robson, Aaron Bangor, Ph.D., CHFP, CPACC, Ben Amaba, PhD, PE, CPIM, LEED AP, Peter Khooshabeh, Ph.D., Cindy Lawley, Isabel Cardenas-Navia, Al Davis and our amazing keynote speakers, Dr. Jeff Allen and TWC Commissioner Julian Alvarez! A big shout out to Lindsey Brenner, Jason Moats, and Scott Miller for your amazing leadership in organizing this symposium and bringing us together!

The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers awarded Dr. Ranjan Mehta for Technical Innovation at IISE Annual 2022! Congratulations on this honor! 

What a wonderful Houston HFES Symposium 2022! Thank you to everyone who made this event such a great, engaging experience. We were happy to share our research with everyone and to see the work of human factors and ergonomics researchers from all over Texas.

John Kang presented both a poster and oral presentation on  “Correlations between fatigue measures from various fatigue assessment methods and time on Offshore Platforms” for team EMPOWER.

Reed Smoot with team NHANCE presented “Non-invasive brain stimulation as a #fatigue countermeasure: On timing and focality.”

Harlyn Nguyen presented a poster on “Central Mechanisms during Fatiguing Exercises under the influence of Cognitive Stress” with team STEM.

Isabella Pedron, Connor Barnes, and Ashley Bailly presented a poster on “Analysis of Cognitive Personalized Emergency Medical Training Using Augmented Reality” with the LEARNER team.

The LEARNER team was also awarded the Best Poster Award at the event by the Houston HFES Committee!

The NeuroErgonomics Lab is so proud!

We are looking forward to the next NIRx Open Webinar on “The Neuroergonomics of Exercise and Neuromuscular Fatigue in Older Adults”- with Oshin Tyagi who will discuss what effective connectivity and fNIRS can tell us on this topic!

See more details regarding the event here!