HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN INSTITUTE

MELBOURNE, FLA. – Florida Institute of Technology’s graduate council recently approved the creation of a new master’s degree program in human-centered design (HCD). This program is aimed at people who are interested in creativity, innovation, interdisciplinary work, design and critical thinking.

MELBOURNE, FLA. –Florida Institute of Technology’s director of the Human-Centered Design Institute (HCDi), Guy André Boy, recently published a Textbook, Orchestrating Human-Centered Design. In the book, Boy presents a model to articulate technology, organizations and people.

MELBOURNE, FLA.—University Professor Guy Boy of the Florida Institute of Technology has earned a $112,500 grant from the Partner University Fund (PUF) for his project, “Joint research lab on risk management in life-critical systems.” The project, between Florida Tech and the Université de Valenciennes, was one of 11 selected from among 70 applications.

Lectures a Highlight of International Space University  MELBOURNE, FLA—“We are thrilled that TEDx has come here to offer what is probably the greatest gathering of international speakers for a single event that we have ever held on campus,” said Guy Boy, Florida Tech university professor and site chair of the International Space University-Space Studies Program (ISU-SSP12) Florida Tech-KSC local organizing committee.

MELBOURNE, FLA.—Said by one journalist to be “tweaking the Devil’s whiskers” for his discussion of the relationships between science, culture and religion, Jacques Arnould, ethics adviser for CNES, the French Space Agency, will deliver a free lecture at Florida Institute of Technology on Thursday, June 21, from 2 to 5:30 p.

MELBOURNE, FLA.—The International Space University will open its 25th Space Studies Program (ISU/SSP12) at Florida Institute of Technology and Kennedy Space Center June 4-Aug. 3. The 2012 program will offer to its participants, who are post-graduate university students and professionals, an education like no other.

MELBOURNE, FLA.—International Space University/ Space Studies Program (ISU-SSP12) will celebrate its 25th anniversary at Florida Institute of Technology and Kennedy Space Center June 4-Aug. 3. Sponsorships are available. The SSP will offer about 130 young participants a unique and comprehensive education featuring experts, scholars and space professionals from around the world and covering all aspects of space programs and enterprises.

MELBOURNE, FLA.—International Space University/ Space Studies Program (ISU-SSP12) participants and the general public will have the opportunity to attend a freeTEDx Event July 6 from 9 a.m.-noonat the Gleason Performing Arts Center on

MELBOURNE, FLA.—International Space University (ISU) will hold its 25th annual Space Studies Program (SSP) of the International Space University (ISU) at Florida Institute of Technology and Kennedy Space Center (KSC), June 4-Aug. 3, 2012.

“Human Factors Issues in Organizational Automation: The Authority Sharing Problem of NextGen and SESAR”. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE - http://www.sae.org) G-10 Aerospace Behavioral Engineering Technology committee focuses on human factors in all facets of aircraft development and operations.