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The Environmental Design Technical Group is concerned with the relationship between human behavior and the designed environment.  An overall objective of this group is to foster and encourage the integration of ergonomic principles into the design of environments.

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• The EDTG (Environmental Design Technical Group) Session for the 2008 HFES Annual Meeting is on Wednesday September 24, 2008 at 1:30-3:00 at the Marriott in Times Square in New York City.

• A Joint EDTG (Environmental Design) and METG (Macroergonomics) Business Meeting will be held on Wednesday September 24 from 3:30-4:30PM at the 2008 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting at the Marriot in New York City, Times Square.

• Titles of the four papers to be presented are:
  • Task-Specific Speed Preferences When Sitting on a Rotary Dynamic Seat
    Erin Lawler and Alan Hedge
    Cornell University
  • Comparisons of Seated Postures between Office Tasks
    Dan Nathan-Roberts, BingYune Chen, Matt Camilleri, and David Rempel
  • Importance of Arm Support Optimization on Comfort and Working Posture Preference
    Scott Haynes
  • Backpack usage and self-reported musculoskeletal discomfort in university students
    June Mung Yuing Hu and Karen Jacobs
    Boston University