Human Factors Engineer
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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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