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In this section are listed news about important publications, research projects and events.
Awards
Yannick Metzler honored as Best Young Scientist
IfADo scientist Yannick Metzler has received this year's Best Young Scientist Award from the Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft (GfA). At the 70th GfA Spring Congress in Stuttgart, he gave a presentation entitled "Risk indicators for assessing mental stress …
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Matthias Jäger receives NIOSH Bullard-Sherwood Research-to-Practice Award
Many people know that heavy objects such as crates of drinks should be lifted close to the body „from the legs“ and if possible not „from the back“. Especially in occupations that involve a lot of repetitive lifting and carrying, correct posture is …
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AHFE 2022 Best Paper Award for Georgios Athanassiou
At the 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics and its Affiliated Conferences in New York, USA, Georgios Athanassiou from the Ergonomics Department won the Best Paper Award for the paper on „A micro-moment recommendation framework …
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Hugo Geiger Award for Dr. Jessica Schwarz
Every year, the Free State of Bavaria and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft award the Hugo Geiger Prize to honour young scientists for outstanding doctoral achievements in the field of applied research. This year, the third place goes to Jessica Schwarz for her …