Tuesday, 26 March 2013

The Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre visits the 15th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics in Queenstown, New Zealand


A strong 7 person delegation from the EERC took part to what turned up to be an excellent meeting with great work and social time. 



Prof. George Havenith (Director of the Centre) guided a group composed by Davide Filingeri, Alex Llyod and Damien Fournet (PhD students), Dr Sarah Davey (Research Associate), Dr Steve Faulkner (University of Northampton) and Dr Nicola Gerrett (University of Worcester). Interesting oral and poster communications were delivered by all the members of the group and were based on the variety of research interests covered by the research centre, as listed below:


Oral presentations



DIFFERENT PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES BUT SIMILAR THERMAL PERCEPTIONS FOR MALES WITH VARIOUS BODY FATNESS DURING COLD AIR EXPOSURE
Damien Fournet, Katy Griggs, Bernard Redortier, George Havenith
  
SEX DIFFERENCES IN THERMAL STRAIN INDUCED BY A TYPICAL HIKING SCENARIO IN A COOL ENVIRONMENT 
Damien Fournet, Katy Griggs, Bernard Redortier, George Havenith

THE EFFECTS OF COMBINED ARTERIAL DE-OXYGENATION AND SYSTEMIC COOLING ON THE RATE OF MUSCULAR FATIGUE DEVELOPMENT
Alex Lloyd, George Havenith, Simon Hodder    

THE USE OF NON-INVASIVE MEASURES TO PREDICT THERMAL STRAIN: HOW ACCURATE ARE UNIVERSAL MODELS?
Sarah Davey, Victoria Richmond, Katy Griggs, Nicola Gerrett, George Havenith

EFFECT OF COMBINATIONS OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE WARMING ON MUSCLE TEMPERATURE AND SPRINT PERFORMANCE
Steve H. Faulkner, Richard A. Ferguson, Simon G. Hodder, Maarten Hupperets, George Havenith

THE PRODUCTION OF SWEAT AS MEASURED BY GALVANIC SKIN CONDUCTANCE, EPIDERMAL HYDRATION AND REGIONAL SWEAT RATE
Nicola Gerrett, Katy Griggs, George Havenith


Poster presentations


ASSESSING THE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FOR COMFORT IN FOOTWEAR
George Havenith, Nicola Gerrett, Steve H. Faulkner, Yacine Ouzzahra, Davide Filingeri


Thanks to the organisers (Jim Cotter, Sam Lucas and Toby Mundel) for hosting an excellent conference!!!




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