Sally Stader (Applied Experimental & Human Factors PhD student) was a co-winner of the Best Graduate Paper Award at the 2008 Florida Student Conference on Human Factors and Applied Psychology held at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Her paper was titled “Ergonomic Evaluation of a General Aviation Maintenance Task: Covering an Aircraft Wing”.

Clinical Ph.D. students Diana Orem and Betsy Wack each won a cash prize for first and second place for poster presentations at the 2008 Florida Psychological Association research conference.

UCF I/O graduate student team (including Julia Fullick, Wendy Bedwell, Sallie Weaver, Becki Lyons, Jessie Wildman, and Samuel Wooten) won the Jeopardy tournament at the IOOB (Industrial Organizational and Organizational Behavior) conference held at Colorado State University at Denver. This is a competitive event with participation from graduate students in I/O and Management Ph.D. and Master's programs across the country. The Industrial Organizational and Organizational Behavior (IOOB) conference is an annual celebration of graduate student research that provides attendees with an opportunity to share research interests, ideas, and results.

Adams Greenwood-Ericksen participated in a special exhibit showcasing Art and Science at UCF. His work was titled, ?Image from the Carol Mundy Game Mod Project.?

Julia Fullick (PhD) was a co-winner for Best in Category for her Oral Presentation in the Social Sciences at the 2007 Graduate Research Forum for her presentation titled, "Goal Orientations and Traits: Illuminating the Effects of the Three-Factor Model of Goal Orientation on Personality Traits and Academic Performance."

Jacqueline Alfonso (PhD) won Best in Category for her Poster Presentation in the Life and Health Sciences at the 2007 Graduate Research Forum for her poster titled "Using Feedback to Reduce Alcohol Use: A Meta-Analytic Review.?

The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) recently honored our very own Vidya Kamath as an outstanding student advocate. Vidya, a clinical psychology doctoral student and the campus representative of APAGS Advocacy Coordinating Team (ACT), won the ACT Campus Leadership Award for her outstanding work keeping fellow students abreast of federal and state legislative issues that impact students and the profession of psychology.

Jacqueline Alfonso (PhD) recently received a Travel Award to attend the Association for the Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies national conference in Chicago.

Mary Davis (Industrial Organizational Psychology MS, admitted fall 2004) was a co-winner for Best Poster Presentation in the Social Sciences category of UCF's 2006 Graduate Research Forum for her presentation titled "Positive Psychology vs. Stress-oriented Occupations".

The UCF Student Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society received the Outstanding Student Chapter Award for 2005. Tony Andre announced the award and presented a certificate to the current (Jennifer Ross) and past (Sandro Scielzo) chapter presidents on September 27.

Human Factors doctoral student Razia Nayeem received a 2005 HFES Student Member with Honors award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

UCF I/O Psychology doctoral student Renee DeRouin won the 2005 APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology.

Teri Napolitano Wise (of the first graduating class of the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program in 2003) recently earned her license as a psychologist in the State of North Carolina. She also accepted a full-time appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sherri Rehfeld (admitted into the Human Factors PhD program fall 2001) was awarded the best in category award at the 2005 Graduate Research Forum with her poster presentation in the Social Sciences category titled, "Collaborative Teamwork with Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Military Mission." She and her mentor, Dr. Florian Jentsch, were recognized at an awards breakfast later in the month where Sherri was presented with a certificate and a $250 cash award.

Sherri Rehfeld (admitted into the Human Factors PhD program fall 2001) was awarded the best in category award at the 2005 Graduate Research Forum with her poster presentation in the Social Sciences category titled, "Collaborative Teamwork with Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Military Mission." She and her mentor, Dr. Florian Jentsch, were recognized at an awards breakfast later in the month where Sherri was presented with a certificate and a $250 cash award.

Dana Kendall (admitted into the I/O PhD program fall 2003) was awarded one of two best in category awards (there was a tie) at the 2005 Graduate Research Forum with her oral presentation in the Social Sciences category titled, "An Investigation of Openness to Experience as a Predictor of Mentoring Behavior." She and her mentor, Dr. Kimberly Jentsch, were recognized at an awards breakfast later in the month where Dana was presented with a certificate and a $250 cash award.

UCF's Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Student Chapter was selected by the HFES Student Affairs Committee to receive the "Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year Award."

The UCF Student Chapter won 2nd place in the National Ergonomics Month action plan for the second year in a row at the national Human Factors and Ergonomics annual conference.

Each year the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) names one psychology department as "Department of the Year." This year, the University of Central Florida's Psychology Department was selected to receive this title. [ View Press Release ]

UCF I/O Psychology doctoral student Renée E. DeRouin received one of two 2004 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) graduate student scholarships, worth $10,000, and the week before that, she earned the Wherry Award for the best student paper at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) conference. [ View Press Release ]

Human Factors doctoral students Raegan Hoeft and Janeen Kochan, along with Team Performance Laboratory Director Dr. Florian Jentsch, authored the lead article in the April issue Flight Safety Digest, the flagship journal of aviation safety in the United States. [ View Press Release ]

Haydee M. Cuevas (admitted into Human Factors Ph.D. program in Fall 1998) received the 2004 Order of Pegasus honor, the most prestigious student award to be attained at UCF, based on academic achievement, professional or community service, leadership and publication or research experiences.

Brian Fisak (admitted into Clinical PhD program Fall 2000) was selected by the College for the 2004 recognition of Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching. Brian has also presented at over 20 conferences and published materials in Anthrozoos and the Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Child Clinical Applications.

Raegan Hoeft (admitted into program Fall 2000) At the recent 2004 Inaugural Graduate Research Forum, selected Best in Category: Social Sciences for her poster presentation: "Improving how pilots receive critical flight safety information." Abstract available: www.graduate.ucf.edu/researchforum

At the 2004 Inaugural Graduate Research Forum, Jennifer Thropp (admitted into Human Factors program Fall 2002) received Best in Category: Social Sciences for her oral presentation: "Impact of observer disposition on performance workload." Abstract available: www.graduate.ucf.edu/researchforum

Shawn Stafford (admitted into the Human Factors PhD program fall 2003) successfully patented an invention at UCF through the Office of Research. The invention is a seatbelt for first responders (police officers). The seatbelt is called the "First Responder Seatbelt". The First Responder Seatbelt is an ergonomically designed seatbelt designed for the driver/passengers rapid egress from vehicles both safely and efficiently. Current seatbelt design requires a trade off for first responders where they must choose between driving safety and job safety.

Patrick Commaford's (admitted into the Human Factors program in Fall 1999) authored several technical reports including "Usability Evaluation of an IBM ViaVoice Product for Mobile Devices," "Recognition Accuracy and Information Display for an IBM Software Product," "Usability Evaluation of WebSphere Voice Access Application Version 4.1," "Web-Based Comparison of Two Styles of Auditory Presentation: All TTS versus Rapidly Mixed TTS and Recordings," and "Developing a voice-spelling alphabet for PDAs."

Jennifer Ross (admitted into the Human Factors Ph.D. program in Fall 2002) was the primary Investigator in conjunction with Shawn Stafford (admitted into the Human Factors program in Fall 2003) on a Division 19 Military Psychology Student Grant Award ($1,500), entitled "Efficacy of Stress Training for Performance in Target Acquisition." Jennifer was also awarded the Division 19 Military Psychology Graduate Student Paper/Poster Award for poster presentation and paper entitled, "Performance, Workload, and Stress with Temporal and Spatial Task Demands," on which she was first author. Jennifer was also involved in a paper, entitled "Efficacy of Transfer in Simulation-Based Training: Implications for Stress Exposure Training," that was accepted for presentation at the conference SAWMAS 2004 (Swedish-American Workshop on Modeling and Simulation).

Bryan Clark (admitted into the Human Factors program in Fall 2002) was recently appointed the Newsletter Editor for APA Division 21 (Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology - a tri-annual production.

Katherine Wilson (admitted into Human Factors program Fall 1999) recently completed her internship at the Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) in Oklahoma City. Dr. Scott Shappell and the others at CAMI that worked with Katherine were tremendously impressed with her ingenuity and ability to competently perform her assigned tasks. Indeed, her contributions to the analysis of US Navy/Marine Corps accident data involving teamwork errors will have a significant and immediate impact on improving the Crew Resource Management training programs used by the Navy.

Angela Rojas-Vilches (admitted into Clinical PhD program Fall 2001) and Wiveca Borjesson (admitted into Clinical PhD program Fall 2000) were listed on the UCF Top 100 Student list [Academics-Leadership] posted by the UCF SGA.

Jessica Gokee (completed Clinical PhD program Summer 2003) co-authored a paper with Dr. Mike Dunn and Dr. Stacey Dunn. The article, entitled "An investigation of the cognitive organization of body comparison sites in relation to physical appearance-related anxiety and drive for thinness" was published in Eating Behaviors.