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The Stanley Caplan User Centered Design Award

The Product Design Technical Group (PDTG) continues its successful award program in 2012 by sponsoring the 11^th annual product design competition. The design award will emphasize both product design and the methods used to specify and achieve the design. Emphasis will be placed on innovative and user-centered approaches to Human Factors and Industrial Design. Consideration is limited to products, software or systems that are purchased for use in the home, in the workplace, or while mobile. They include consumer, commercial, and medical products, but exclude military equipment or systems. The product or system being nominated must be operational and capable of being marketed with no more than minimal changes. Products already on the market for more than three years will not be considered.

The complete submission details can be downloaded here (Adobe Acrobat required).

2011 User Centered Design Award Winner
iXL Learning System for Fisher-Price, Inc. Kathleen E. Kremer, Ph.D. Senior Manager of Child Research
2011 User Centered Design Honorable Mention
MEDClick—Medical Central Line Catheter Care Kit for Dr. Frank A. Drews, Ph.D. Director, Center for Human Factors in Patient Safety, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT and Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Dr. Jonathan Bakdash, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Center for Human Factors in Patient Safety, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT and Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2010 User Centered Design Award Winner No winner or honorable mention in 2010.
2009 User Centered Design Award Winner Read the HFES Bulletin Article (Adobe Acrobat required).
Design Concepts, Inc. for the Johnson Diversey ProSpeed™ Floor Finish Applicator System Craig Conner, Principal and Director of Human Factors, accepted the award for Design Concepts	Interface Analysis Associates for the Powerheart Automatic External Defibrillator G3 Plus Anthony Andre, Founding Principal and Project Lead, accepted the award for Interface Analysis Associates
2008 User Centered Design Award Winner Read the HFES Bulletin Article (Adobe Acrobat required).
Motorola for the WT4000 Wearable Computer Curt Croley, Sr. Director, Industrial Design Ian Jenkins, Director, Industrial Design Chandra Nair, Senior Manager, Human Factors & Design Research JaeHo Choi, Manager, Industrial Design Quintin Morris, Manager, Industrial Design Eric Johnson, Sr. Industrial Designer Markus Heberlein, Sr. Design Researcher Brett Christie, Industrial Designer, Accessories Juliet Chon, Product Manager Alistair Hamilton, VP, Industrial Design
2007 User Centered Design Award Winners Read the HFES Bulletin Article (Adobe Acrobat required).
Synergo, LLC and partners Oxlajuj B'atz', Mayan Hands, and Mayan Traditions for the Backstrap Weaver's Ergonomic Bench Karen Piegorsch	Microsoft and partners 56seven8 design, the University of Califonia, Berkeley, and the University of Washington for the Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Hugh McLoone
2006 User Centered Design Award Winners Read the HFES Bulletin Article (Adobe Acrobat required).
Hospira, Inc for the Symbiq(TM) Infusion System Ed Israelski & Ella Cozmi	Metaphase Design Group for the Medtronic Xomed Straightshot M4(TM) Microdebrider Bryce Rutter
2005 User Centered Design Award Winners Read the HFES Bulletin Article (Adobe Acrobat required).
Eastman Kodak Company for the EasyShare One Steve Belz < No Photo Available >	Insight Product Development for the EXPO Dry Erase System made by Sanford Corporation Ed Geiselhart < No Photo Available >
2004 User Centered Design Award Winner Read the HFES Bulletin Article (Adobe Acrobat required).
Whirlpool Duet Fabric Care System Global Consumer Group, User Experience Group Joy Kempic, Lead Usability Specialist
2004 Honorable Mention
INTUITOOL™ licensed by Gyrus Medical, Inc.  Dr. Susan Hallbeck, University of Nebraska – Lincoln Dr. Dmitry Oleynikov, University of Nebraska Medical Center
2004 Honorable Mention
Aearo QuickLatch Safety Mask Respirator Elizabeth Lewis, HFES, IDSA  Partner, Director of Research  Insight Product Development
2003 User Centered Design Award Winner
Microsoft Office Keyboard, Microsoft Hardware Design Group Hugh McLoone
2002 User Centered Design Award Co-Winner
Infiniium Oscilloscope, Agilent Technologies and Herbst LaZar Bell Inc Bill Lee
2002 User Centered Design Award Co-Winner
The Evenflo Insight™ Stroller, IDEO and Evenflo David Gilmore