Teaching

Learning Objectives:

Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to:

• Describe the processes involved in planning, designing, and running an experiment using human subjects, and the major questions that need to be addressed in doing so.

• Assess alternative experimental design in terms of advantages and limitations of each, and select designs better suited for specific research goals and research questions.

• Describe different linear statistical models, fit models to data, conduct hypothesis testing, perform diagnostic tests, and explore remedial measures when warranted.

• Organize and present quantitative experimental and statistical results in a form comparable with contemporary standards.

• Critique existing research publications.

Course Topics: musculoskeletal system, anthropometry, bioinstrumentation, range of motion and strength/endurance, biomechanics, physical work capacity, manual material handling, localized muscle fatigue, heat and cold stress, vibration.

Learning Objectives:

Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to:

• Describe and quantify multiple dimensions of human physical attributes.

• Justify the importance of human physical attributes in human-technology systems.

• Have a working knowledge of current biomechanics methods and use analysis, modeling, and simulation tools to assess work-related physical demands.

• Demonstrate technical writing and presentation skills.

In this course, students will get familiar with the basic concepts, methods, principles, and skills in human factors and ergonomics and apply them in system designs throughout the course.

Course goals

• Demonstrate the relevance and importance of human factors and ergonomics in our society and in industry.

• Increase your interest and awareness of human factors and ergonomic issues in everyday things and actions and in physical and mental work.

• Illustrate how to recognize and identify human factors and ergonomics problems.

• Provide you with the basic concepts, tools, and methods to solve human factors and ergonomics problems.

Learning outcomes

• Learn basic but core concepts in human factors and ergonomics including human perception, cognition, motor control, etc.

• Gain knowledge in applying human factors and ergonomics in system design (e.g., display, user interface, automation, etc.)

• Develop skills in data collection and analysis with tools and techniques common to the practice of human factors and ergonomics

• Gain experience with the human factors and ergonomics design process

• Enhance oral and written communication skills through analysis and reporting in team projects and take-home labs

• Consider ethical issues to protect human in study design and test

The objective of the Senior Design project is to utilize the knowledge and skills gained from the Systems Engineering curriculum to address and solve a problem(s) of interest to industry.

Course goals

• Teams of students will use material taught in the SIE curriculum to address a customer's needs and help a real-world client design or improve a system.

• Students will use a system design process, discover system requirements, identify project and technical risks, and develop a project plan and schedule.

• Students will communicate orally and in writing. A series of design reviews will monitor project goals, schedule, risk, and progress.