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What is a Human Factors Engineer?

Bill Staderman, PhD. What is a Human Factors Engineer?. Human Factors. What are human factors? What is the importance of good Human Factors Engineering?. Human Factors. Technology System Technology Users Environment. Bad Human Factors Designs. Williamson Labs

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What is a Human Factors Engineer?

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  1. Bill Staderman, PhD What is a Human FactorsEngineer?

  2. Human Factors • What are human factors? • What is the importance of good Human Factors Engineering?

  3. Human Factors Technology System • Technology • Users • Environment

  4. Bad Human Factors Designs Williamson Labs • http://www.williamson-labs.com/480_ergo.htm Bad Designs • http://www.baddesigns.com/

  5. Where do human factors engineers work? • An applied science • Many different types of knowledge and skills are needed to study the complex relationships between humans, technology, and their interaction. • Where have I worked?

  6. NASA Johnson Space Center

  7. IBM E-business

  8. NASA Ames Research Center NASA Human Factors 101 -http://humanfactors.arc.nasa.gov/web/hf101/index.html

  9. United States Navy

  10. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

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