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American Nuclear Society Human Factors Division. Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Poong Hyun Seong, chair June 27, 2007, Boston, MA. HFD Mission.
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American Nuclear SocietyHuman Factors Division Presentation to the ANS Board of Directors Poong Hyun Seong, chair June 27, 2007, Boston, MA.
HFD Mission • The division devotes itself specifically to the human part of the nuclear system. Human Factors has its major objective to improve: task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency and effectiveness. The major areas of interest include but are not limited to: task design, procedures, operator selection, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, motivation, and information processing.
Executive Committee Officers 2006-2007 Poong Hyun Seong, Chair John O’Hara, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect Ky Nguyen, Secretary/Treasurer Executive Committee (with term expiration) 2006 Valerie Barnes (vxb3@nrc.gov) 2007 Poong Hyun Seong (phseong@kaist.ac.kr) 2007 Ky Nguyen (nguyenkd@songs.sce.com) 2008 Mark Friedmann (Mark.Friedmann@dayzim.com) 2008 John O’Hara (ohara@bnl.gov) 2008 Sergey S. Anikanov (anikanss@westinghouse.com) 2008 Tim Hurst (timh@hursttech.com) 2009 Andrew Lang (langaw@westinghouse.com) 2009 David Desaulniers (drd@nrc.gov) Incoming members for 2007-2008 2007 Ky Nguyen (renews for another term) (nguyenkd@songs.sce.com) 2010 Tyrone S. Tonkinson (newley elected) (ttonkinson@digital-link.net) Valerie Barnes (Past Chair) Don Hoffman (Professional Divisions Committee Chair) William Naughton (Board Liaison) Sharon Kerrick (Staff Liaison)
Division Governance • Division Planning/Strategic Plan, Succession Planning • Strategic plan submitted in 2004 • Succession planning continues to need more work • Communications/Web, E-mail/Copy of Newsletter • One newsletter issued in June 2006 and another in June 2007 • Website was updated in 2006
Division/TG Contributions to ANS • ANS Position Statements • none • Participation with Other Professional Societies • sponsorship of division topical – IAEA, EPRI, KNS, CNS, etc. • Society Leadership • 50% executive committee attendance • ~100% PDC&NPC • Non-Meeting Publications • November 2006 Nuclear News Special Edition on Digital I&C
Division/TG Services to Membership • Professional Development • 2006 workshop at the ANS winter meeting -Digital Instrumentation and Control • Ted Quinn, Don Miller • Scholarships • none • Peer Recognition/Awards • First ICHMIT award was given to Don Miller in November 2006 • Student Support • Two conferences in 2005, one in 2006, one in 2007 • Student Travel Support • one in 2007 (Sarah Schwartz, Texas A&M University)
Division/TG Meetings • National Meeting Participation • 2 sessions in June 2006 • Embedded topical meeting in Nov. 2006 • 2 sessions in June 2007 • Topical / Prior Two Years, Current Year, Future Two Years • NPIC&HMIT 2004, Sept. 2004, Columbus, OH • NPIC&HMIT 2006, Nov. 2006, Albuquerque, NM • NPIC&HMIT 2009, April 2009, Knoxville, TN
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Control and Human Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC&HMIT’2006 • Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov.12-16, 2006 • Organizers: • Edward (Ted) Quinn (Longenecker and Associates), general chair • David E. Holcomb (ORNL), tech. co-chair, NPIC • John O’Hara (BNL), tech. co-chair, HMIT • cosponsors: EPRI CAES, KNS, IAEA, SNM, LAS and CNS • 200+ abstracts accepted
Summary • Status of Division/TG Metrics and Measures • Division Governance Communications • newsletter and website updates in 2006 • List Areas of Success • Division Contributions to Society • division topical: 1993, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009(planning) • NT special issues: 2002, 2003, 2004 • Nuclear News special issue: 2006 • Focus for Future Action • Division Governance succession planning for officer and non-officer positions • Communications: newsletter and timely website updates • Membership Drive, Scholarship, Student Travel Support
Professional Division Metrics / Measures of Division VitalityHFD Vitality Measures – CY 2006
Professional Division Metrics / Measures of Division VitalityHFD Vitality Measures – CY 2005