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| Project Leader: | Johnathan McKenzie jtm242@tamu.edu Industrial & Systems Engineering |
| Faculty Mentor: | Dr. Thomas Ferris, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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TBA |
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Team Size:
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4
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| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Possibly be included as an author on publications
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Team Needs:
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-Reviewing literature (similar past studies) -Designing the experiment -Preparing the experiment (coding the driving simulator, preparing data collection methods) -Conducting the experiment (collecting participant data) -Analyzing data |
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Description:
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This project concerns human fatigue, specifically mental fatigue, caused by driving for an extended period of time. The study will make use of a driving simulator and have participants perform a simulated drive which seeks to mimic the environment of a long-haul truck driver. The experiment with investigate the effectiveness of one or more intervening task (in which the participant pauses driving and performs a dissimilar task) to decrease mental fatigue and its effects. Measurements will be made of driver performance, subjective measures (feelings of fatigue), and physiological measurements (heart rate, etc.) |