Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics Courses

Undergraduate Technical Electives

4624 Work Physiology
Anthropometry, skeletal system, biomechanics, sensorimotor control, muscles, respiration, circulation, metabolism, climate; design of task, equipment, and environment. (3 hours)

4644 Occupational Safety and Hazard Control
Survey of occupational safety. Topics include: history of occupational safety; hazard sources related to humans, environment, and machines; engineering management of hazards (3 hours)

4984 Principles of Industrial Hygiene
Introduction to the foundations of the field of Industrial Hygiene, that discipline devoted to the anticipation, recognition, measurement, evaluation, and control of occupational health hazards. Occupational health hazards addressed will include biological (e.g. microbial agents, allergens), chemical (e.g. solvents, carcinogens, dusts), and physical (e.g. radiation, temperature). (3 hours)

5000-level Graduate Courses

5154 Applied Human Factors Engineering
An examination of present human engineering design criteria, principles, and practices to achieve mission success through integration of the human into system, subsystem, equipment, and facility design in order to achieve effectiveness, simplicity, efficiency, reliability, and safety of system operation, training, and maintenance. (3 hours)

5604 Human Information Processing
An examination of human information reception, information processing, and skilled performance capabilities and limitations in human-machine systems with an emphasis on models and techniques including psychophysics, signal detection theory, information theory, and decision theory. (3 hours)

5605 & 5606 Human Factors System Design I & II
Human factors input into manned-system design, development, testing, and evaluation. Emphasis on the systems approach to human-machine interfacing, with discussion and application of specific methodologies and analytical techniques. Display and control design and selection fundamentals with engineering modeling of manual control systems. In II, each student performs a design project relying on application of systems analysis and design techniques. (5605: 3 hours; 5606: 4 hours)

5614 Human Physical Capabilities
An examination of human physical attributes in human-machine systems with an emphasis on models of anthropometry and biomechanics, intero- and exteroceptors and on the work environment; force fields (transitory and sustained), sound, light, climate. (3 hours)

5615 & 5616 Human Factors Research Design I & II
Procedures for conducting human factors experiments including research methodology, multifactor design alternatives, field research, designs for reducing data collection, empirical model building, and sequential research procedures. (5615: 4 hours; 5616: 2 hours)

5634 Training Systems Design
A systems approach to the design and development of training with an emphasis on techniques to conduct training needs analysis, a survey of training technology with an emphasis on computer-assisted techniques and training simulators, and procedures to evaluate training effectiveness. (3 hours)

5644 Human Audition and Auditory Display Design
An examination of the human sensory and perceptual experience of sound, with emphasis on relating the capabilities and limitations of audition to the design of auditory display systems and to noise abatement in hearing conservation efforts. In addition to discussion of human sound reception and sensitivity, human psychological and physiological responses to sound are covered. PRE: ISE 3614 or equivalent, ISE 5604. (3 hours)

5654 Human Factors Engineering for the Disabled and Aging
An examination of human attributes which may be reduced in disabled persons and which change with the aging process, and of the associated needs regarding work procedures and equipment with respect to the design of the domicile and of care facilities. Human factors requirements for aids in transportation (individual and mass), personal hygiene, and environment are also topics of this course. PRE: 5606. (3 hours)

5664 Assessment Strategies in Rehabilitation
A survey of human mental and physical disabilities as they effect the work environment, with emphasis on the various forms of assessment used in measuring residual manipulative abilities. In addition to the measurement of abilities, alternative approaches and adaptive devices will be covered. (3 hours)

5674 System Safety Analysis
Review of the analytical techniques and documentation requirements to protect against product liability and to provide proper design of equipment and systems. Safety concepts, legal concepts, qualitative and quantitative hazard evaluation, hazard classification, system life cycle safety, statistical distributions, software safety analysis, inductive and deductive analysis, MORT, Fault Tree, hands-on projects emphasizing hazard identification and control. (4 hours)

5684 Industrial Health and Safety Engineering
This course addresses the identification, analysis and control of biological, chemical, radiation, and fire hazards in industrial settings. The course includes the hands-on analysis of several "case-study" projects associated with these hazards in a variety of settings. Students will learn to recognize and measure hazards, prioritize hazards for control, select effective control methodologies and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented controls. (4 hours)

5694 Macroergonomics
The optimization of work system design through consideration of relevant personnel, technological, and environmental variables and their interactions. Emphasis is on the theoretical background, research methods, analyses, design, development, and application of work systems and the relationship between macro- and microergonomics. (3 hours)

5714 Usability Engineering
An overview of the development process of interactive software interfaces including iterative life cycle management, systems analysis, design, usability specifications, design representation techniques, prototyping, and formative user-based evaluation. Integrative and cross-disciplinary approach with main emphasis on usability methods and the user interaction development process (3 hours; also crosslisted as CS 5714)

6000-level Graduate Courses

6604 Human Factors in Visual Display Systems
Quantitative analysis of human visual system capabilities and limitations, and their relationship to the design of visual display components and systems. Emphasis is placed on the measurement and physics of light, visual science data, hardware design, and the use of linear systems theory in display design and evaluation. (3 hours)

6614 Human-Computer Systems
A survey of human factors procedures used in the design of computer-based systems. Consideration is given to the iterative design process, hardware interface design, software interface design, and workplace design. (3 hours)

6624 Special Topics in Human Factors Engineering
A research seminar reviewing the scientific literature in human factors engineering applications to selected complex systems. Systems considered include industrial, civil, transportation, and computer-based systems. May be repeated, with different content. (3 hours)

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