Usability Professionals' Association
Michigan Chapter (MI UPA)
...promoting user centered design and usability in Michigan
You have at least 3 years’ experience in interactive design. You are a doer and a leader. You have led projects and designed sites and applications, from conducting initial research to generating audience insights to creating customer experiences to detailing design and documentation. An undergraduate or graduate degree in graphic design, human factors, interaction design, or related fields is required.
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Laura Bix, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Michigan State University School of Packaging
The following interview was recorded on April 19, 2005.
Dr. Paul Green hosted MIUPA’s December 2004 meeting at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Besides describing UMTRI’s mission and projects, he took us upstairs to let us try the driving simulator. Tim Keirnan caught up with Dr. Green four months later to discuss more usability-in-driving issues, current projects at UMTRI, and the value of side-impact airbags in today’s new cars.