REU Site: Translational Research in Psychological Sciences: Human Factors at Texas Tech University

该项目由SBE董事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助。因此，它具有科学和社会效益，并整合了研究和教育。德克萨斯理工大学的REU网站推进旨在了解人们的认知，社会和身体能力和局限性的研究，并将这些知识转化为社会的实际利益。心理科学的这一领域，被称为人为因素，是应用实验心理学的一个子领域，对于应对航空、医疗保健、能源、交通和网络安全等社会挑战至关重要，为人为因素专业人员创造了大量且不断增长的劳动力需求。REU网站将向本科生介绍一个有丰富就业机会的领域，并培养他们的研究技能，使他们对各学科的研究生课程具有吸引力，并对寻求能够将研究培训应用于实际问题（如评估产品和用户界面）的个人的行业雇主具有吸引力。REU网站通过招募代表性不足的群体参与来支持社会和行为科学的多样性。研究结果将推进该领域的最新技术水平，并将产生广泛的实际影响，包括交通事故，患者安全，教育，人机交互，物质使用和滥用，基于健康的差异，行李检查和职业伤害。REU网站的主要目标是让本科生参与行为研究，在解决现实问题方面具有明确的价值，发展适用于社会和行为科学任何职业的研究，团队合作和沟通技能，并增加本科生的数量-特别是那些代表性不足的群体，他们追求研究生教育和人因心理学的职业。在三年的每一年中，8名本科生将与德克萨斯理工大学的教师密切合作，进行行为研究，其重要应用包括驾驶，人机交互;手术;加强学生学习;神经科学在行李筛查中的应用;物质使用和滥用;基于健康的差异;和职业伤害。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. As such, it has both scientific and societal benefits, and it integrates research and education. The REU Site at Texas Tech University advances research that aims to understand the cognitive, social, and physical capabilities and limitations of people and translates that knowledge to practical benefits for society. This area of psychological sciences, known as human factors, which is a subfield of applied experimental psychology, is vital in addressing societal challenges including those in aviation, health care, energy, transportation, and cyber-security, creating a large and increasing workforce need for human factors professionals. The REU Site will introduce undergraduates to an area with plentiful job opportunities and develop their research skills, making them attractive to graduate programs in various disciplines, and to industry employers seeking individuals who can apply research training to practical issues such as evaluating products and user interfaces. The REU Site supports diversity in social and behavioral sciences by recruiting under-represented groups to participate. Results of the research will advance the state of the art in the field and will have broad practical implications including traffic crashes, patient safety, education, human-robot interaction, substance use and misuse, health-based disparities, baggage screening, and occupational injuries. The main goals of the REU Site are to engage undergraduates in behavioral research that has clear value in solving real-world problems, to develop research, teamwork, and communication skills applicable to any career in social and behavioral sciences, and to increase the number of undergraduates-- particularly those in underrepresented groups, who pursue graduate education and careers in human factors psychology. During each of three years, 8 undergraduates will work closely with faculty members at Texas Tech University on behavioral research with important applications such as driving, human-robot interaction; surgery; enhancement of student learning; applications of neuroscience to baggage screening; substance use and misuse; health-based disparities; and occupational injuries.