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Human Factors Engineering

Human Factors Engineering. Dr. Sharnnia Artis 12 February 2013 Chabot College -- Haywood, CA. Demonstrations. My Path to Engineering. Chemical Engineering Industrial Engineering Human Factors Engineering Engineering Education . What is it? Scientific discipline

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Human Factors Engineering

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  1. Human Factors Engineering Dr. Sharnnia Artis12 February 2013Chabot College -- Haywood, CA

  2. Demonstrations

  3. My Path to Engineering Chemical EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringHuman Factors EngineeringEngineering Education

  4. What is it? • Scientific discipline • Understand of interactions among humans and other elements of a system • Apply theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being • Improve overall system performance • Is it multidisciplinary? • Engineering • Psychology • Industrial design • Graphic design • Statistics • Operations research • Anthropometry Human Factors Engineering

  5. Scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance Multidisciplinary field incorporating contributions from psychology, engineering, industrial design, graphic design, statistics, operations research and anthropometry Study of designing equipment and devices that fit the human body and its cognitive abilities Terms "human factors" and "ergonomics" are often used interchangeably Learn more at: www.hfes.org Human Factors Engineering "Ergonomics". The University of Manchester. Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health. Retrieved May 18, 2012. International Ergonomics Association. What is Ergonomics. Website. Retrieved 6 December 2010. Chapanis, A. (1991). To communicate the human factors message, you have to know what the message is and how to communicate it. Bulletin of the Human Factors Society, 34, 1-4.

  6. Apply knowledge about human abilities, human limitations, and other human characteristics to the design of systems • Apply human factors information to the design of tools, machines, systems, tasks, jobs, and environments for safe, comfortable, and effective human use Human Factors Engineers…

  7. Employment in industry, government, and academic settings • Salary • $60-80k with bachelor’s degree • $80-100k with advanced degree Career in Human Factors

  8. Industry Employment • Jobs range from research positions to management of product development teams • Titles • Industrial engineer • Human factors engineer • Human-systems integration specialist • Ergonomist • Safety scientist • Technical specialist • Research scientist Career in Human Factors

  9. Human Factors industry employees • Aviation/Aerospace: Boeing, Ford Aerospace, General Dynamics, Hughes, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rockwell Collins, TRW, General Electric • Automotive: John Deere, General Motors, Nissan, Ford, Toyota • Communications: AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Century Link, Verizon Communication • Computers: Compaq, Intel, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, NCR, Oracle, XEROX • Insurance: Travelers, Liberty Mutual, State Farm • . Career in Human Factors

  10. Previous Projects

  11. Human Factors and Ergonomics Societywww.hfes.org

  12. sartis@eecs.berkeley.edu Questions? Sharnnia Artis

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