HPEE Third Annual Meeting

The Third Annual Meeting was held September 24-25, 2005 at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando in Orlando, Florida, USA. The meeting brought together scientists, researchers, operational personnel, and other professionals with interest and expertise in the area of psychology and human performance in complex and high-stress environments. 

Papers, a panel session, and invited addresses covered a variety of topics including: cognitive performance and dehydration, response to hypoxia, psychology of aviation accident avoidance and recovery, simulation of partial gravity for extravehicular activity, and reducing human error in extreme environments. 

The HPEE Officers and Board of Directors thank everyone who presented and attended the meeting and helped make it a success. In addition, we thank our student volunteers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universty for all their hard work during the meeting: 

• Melissa Findlay
• Katherine Garrick
• Jessica O'Connell

Finally, a special thank you to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) for providing meeting space and advertising for the meeting. 

Meeting Agenda

Saturday, September 24
Board of Directors Meeting
Welcome and Introduction to Extreme Environments	Dr. Jason Kring (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) Dr. John Barnett (US Army Research Institute)  Dr. Haydee Cuevas (SA Technologies)
Invited Address: Racing the Dinosaur	Mr. Jack Hoffbuhr (American Water Works Association)
Paper: Enhanced Simulation of Partial Gravity for Extravehicular Activity	Mr. Steven Chappell (University of Colorado)  Dr. David Klaus (University of Colorado)
Paper: Cognitive Performance Following Exercise-Induced Dehydration	Dr. Phillip Tomporowski (University of Georgia) Dr. Kathryn Beasman (University of Georgia) Matthew Ganio (University of Connecticut) Kirk Cureton (University of Georgia)
Invited Address: Effects of Heat on Physiology and Cognition: Recent Experimental Work at PAX	Dr. Joe Coyne (NRL - PAX)
Invited Address: A Survey of Extreme Condition Research on Low Level Cognition	Dr. William Becker (NPS)
Sunday, September 25
Paper: From the Couch to the Cockpit: The Application of Psychological Practices to Upset-Recovery Training	Mr. Matthew Hilscher (University of Central Florida)  Dr. Janeen Kochan (University of Central Florida)
Invited Address: A Job Analytic Approach to Personnel Selection System Design for Extreme Environment Urban Warfare Operations	Lt. Richard Arnold, Ph.D. (NAVAIR-Training Systems Division)
Panel: Reducing Human Error in Extreme Environments Jobs	Panel Chair: Dr. Kelley Krokos (American Institutes of Research)  Lt./Dr. Paul O'Connor (Navy Experimental Diving Unit) Dr. David Baker (American Institutes for Research)  Dr. Eduardo Salas (University of Central Florida)
Invited Address: Effects of Noise on a Two-Person Communication Task	Dr. Bill Ogden (New Mexico State University)  Dr. Dominic Simon (New Mexico State University)
Invited Address: Year One of the EEUWR Project	Dr. James Cowie (New Mexico State University)
Colloquium: Extreme Environments: Where Do We Draw the Line?	Dr. Jason Kring (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
Business Meeting: Building HPEE Through Committees	Moderated discussion on growing the Society, identifying committee chairs and members, and plans for next annual meeting