1. Human Factors Engineering Dr. Sharnnia Artis 12 February 2013 Chabot College -- Haywood, CA

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6. My Path to Engineering Chemical Engineering Industrial Engineering Human Factors Engineering Engineering Education

7. Human Factors Engineering 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

8. Human Factors Engineering 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.orgwww.hfes.org 1."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.

9. Human Factors Engineers… 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

10. Career in Human Factors Employment in industry, government, and academic settings Salary $60-80k with bachelor’s degree $80-100k with advanced degree

11. Career in Human Factors 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

12. Career in Human Factors 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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14. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society www.hfes.org

15. Questions? Sharnnia Artis sartis@eecs.berkeley.edu