Transcript Human Factors Engineer

Bill Staderman, PhD
Human Factors
 What are human factors?
 What is the importance of good
Human Factors Engineering?
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Human Factors
Technology System
 Technology
 Users
 Environment
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Bad Human Factors Designs
Williamson Labs
 http://www.williamson-labs.com/480_ergo.htm
Bad Designs
 http://www.baddesigns.com/
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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?
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NASA Johnson Space Center
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IBM E-business
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NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Human Factors 101 http://humanfactors.arc.nasa.gov/web/hf101/index.html
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United States Navy
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Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA)
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