Pacific 2008 - International Maritime Conference 29th ­ 31st January 2008, Sydney, Australia.

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Thursday 31st January.
Session 1 ABCD: High speed craft human factors.
Chair: James Colwell, Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic

Prediction of injury risk for occupants of high speed planning craft.
C. Bass,  J. Ash, and R. Salzar; University of Virginia, USA.
R. Peterson; L3 Communications, USA.
E. Pierce; Naval Surface Warfare Center - Panama City, USA.

Muscle damage: a possible explanation for motion induced fatigue following
transits in small high speed craft.
S. Myers, T. Dobbins, and R. Dyson; University of Chichester, UK.

High speed craft health monitoring system.
R. Peterson; L3 Communications, USA.
E. Pierce and J. Blankenship; Naval Surface Warfare Center - Panama City, USA.
C. Bass; University of Virginia, USA.

Motion sickness incidence (MSI) results using power spectral density (PSD) technique.
B. Price, M. Froelich, E. Pierce, J. Blankenship and J. LaBrecque; Naval
Surface Warfare Center-Panama City, USA.
M. McCauley; Naval Postgraduate School, USA.

Muscular response to impacts on high speed boats.
J. Ullman; Ullman Dynamics, Sweden.

Development of a real-time shock and vibration dose meter for use in small
high speed craft.
D. Sanford and A. Amiet; Maritime Platforms Division, Defence Science and
Technology Organisation (DSTO), Australia.
J. Young and S. Smiljanic; Boeing, Australia.

High Speed Craft-Sea Keeping and Human Performance
T. Coat; Naval Surface Warfare Centre ­ Carderock. USA.

Session 2 ABCD: Other human factors
Chair: James Colwell, Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic

Application of SAGAT for navigational tasks on ship bridges.
S. MacKinnon; Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

Vessel motion influences on human performance and manual materials handling.
E. Pierce and B. Price; Naval Surface Warfare Center - Panama City, USA
M.. McCauley and P. Matsangas; Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA

Some important human aspects in future submarine design.
T. Andreasson; ASC Pty Ltd, Australia.

Session 3 ABCD: High speed craft engineering
Chair: James Colwell, Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic

The effectiveness of shock mitigation technology in reducing motion induced
fatigue in small high speed craft.
S. Myers, T. Dobbins and R. Dyson; University of Chichester, UK.

A human factors design guideline for high speed craft.
T. Dobbins, Human Sciences & Engineering Ltd, UK.
Ian Rowley; Quintec Ltd, UK
L. Campbell; Lorne Campbell Design Ltd, UK.

Session 4 ABCD: Quest trial results
Chair: James Colwell, Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic

Human performance sea trial QUEST Q-303.
J.Colwell, Allen, D. Perrault, W. Roger, R. Schwartz and D. Wright; Defence
R&D Canada ­ Atlantic.
J.Bos, M. Hogervorst and P. Valk; TNO Defence, Security and Safety, NL.
R.Bridger, A.Green and K. Munnoch; Institute for Naval Medicine, UK
C. Duncan; University of New Brunswick, Canada.
P. Elischer and M. Grech; Defence Science and Technology Organisation,
Australia. 
S. MacKinnon; Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

Effects of ship motion on human performance
P. Elischer and M. Grech; Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO),
Australia.

Motion induced interruptions: the human factor.
S. MacKinnon and C. Duncan; Memorial University, St. John¹s, Canada.
R Langlois; Carleton University, Canada.
J Albert; University of New Brunswick, Canada.

Human performance at sea: effects on vigilance and complex task performance.
P. Valk; TNO Human Factors, NL.

Human Performance at Sea Assessed by Dynamic Visual Acuity
J. Bos; TNO Human Factors, NL.

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