Human Factors at the Department of Energy National Laboratories: An Integrated Lecture-Poster Session

Abstract

After World War II, a system of national laboratories was created to foster a suitable environment for scientific research. Today, human factors activities are in evidence at most of the nine U.S. Department of Energy multi-program national laboratories as well as at a number of “special program” facilities. In this integrated lecture-poster session, the opening and closing lecture presentations–providing historical and future perspectives, respectively–surround a “thematic poster session” conducted by representatives from six multi-program and two special program laboratories.