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Human Factors
EngineeringDr. Sharnnia Artis
12 February 2013
Chabot College -- Haywood, CA
Demonstrations
My Path to
EngineeringChemical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Human Factors Engineering
Engineering Education
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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
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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.org1. "Ergonomics". The University of Manchester. Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
2. International Ergonomics Association. What is Ergonomics. Website. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
3. 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.
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• 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
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• Employment in industry, government, and academic settings
• Salary• $60-80k with
bachelor’s degree• $80-100k with
advanced degree
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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
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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
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Previous Projects
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
www.hfes.org
