ISE Doctoral Student Jihun Kang Wins National Paper Award

October 23, 2008

Congratulations are befitting for ISE doctoral student Jihun Kang. His paper entitled “Detecting Mental Workload Fluctuation During Learning a Novel Task by Thermography,” which was co-authored by Dr. Kari Babski-Reeves, was selected as a Best Paper by the Perception and Performance Technical Group during the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting in New York this fall. The Perception and Performance Technical Group promotes the exchange of information concerning perception and its relation to human performance. The award comes with a cash prize of $500. The national award provides a testament to the quality of Jihun’s scholarship. The Department is proud of his outstanding accomplishment.

Mr. Kang can be reached at jk168@msstate.edu for additional information about the award and paper.