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Ergonomics Laboratory (EL)
This facility supports instruction and research in industrial
ergonomics, including environmental measurement, force and pressure
measurement and sensing, measurement and analysis for work design,
and eye-motion tracking.
Director
Dr. Delbert L. Kimbler
Lab Equipment
Computing and Media
- Windows desktop with Multimedia Video Task Analysis (MVTA) and Digital Video editing
- Windows desktops (5) with Ergomaster, ErgoIntelligence UAE,
ErgoIntelligence MMH, Mannequin Pro, and MOST
- Windows laptops (5) with Egomaster for field work and student lab work
- HP Photosmart 320 digital camera (5)
- Sony clie (5)
- Sony DSC-F505 digital camera
- Sony PC100 digital camcorder
- Applied Science Eye Motion Tracking System
- LabView data acquisition and processing
Force and Motion
- Chatillon CSD200 Push-pull dynamometer
- Mark 10 Force Gage with force and torque sensors
- Biometrics goniometry assortment
- CB Sciences electromyography system
- Flexiforce load-force gage
- Larson Davis hand-arm vibration meter
Environmental Instruments
- Amprobe THWD-1 Psychrometer
- Extech 407025 Light Meter
- Extech 407735 Sound Level Meter
- Extech 45118 Thermo-anemometer
- Metrosonics db-3060 Noise Dosimeter
- Quest 1900 Integrating Sound Level Meter with 1/3 octave filters
- Questemp 30 Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Meter
- Pick-and-Place Robot
- Table-top Mill and Lathe
- Portable Lift Table
- Portable Roller Conveyor
The Industrial Ergonomics Tools Qualification Program
allows students to gain additional out-of-class experience in
industrial ergonomics. More
details... (PDF File)
Ergonomics Tools
These ergonomics tools are either in the public domain or implemetation
aids developed from published works. They are presented as educational
materials; users should refer to the original literature where
cited.
OSHA Basic Screening Tool (PDF File) - for assessing risk factors in musculo-skeletal
disorders
OSHA VDT Workstation
Checklist (PDF File) - for evaluating computer and display
workstations
REBA Worksheet (PDF
File) - for assessing MSD risk in a variety of jobs and postures
RULA Worksheet (PDF
File) - for assessing MSD risk primarily in upper body and extremities
Snook Tables (PDF
File) - for determining the appropriate population for tasks involving
lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling and carrying
Strain Index (PDF
File) - for evaluating repetitive manual tasks
Washington
State Ergo Rule Appendix B (PDF File) - for general evaluation
of ergonomics in the workplace
Tools from Elements of Ergonomics Programs, NIOSH pub
97-117
Repetitive Hand
and Wrist Tasks (PDF File)
Handtool Use and
Selection (PDF File)
Lifting and Lowering
(PDF File)
Pushing and Pulling
(PDF File)
Carrying (PDF
File)
Workstation Dimensions (PDF File)
Checklists
General Ergonomic
Risk (PDF File)
Ergonomic Hazard
Identification (PDF File)
Workstation (PDF
File)
Task Analysis (PDF
File)
Handtool Analysis
(PDF File)
Materials Handling
(PDF File)
Computer Workstation
(PDF File)
Ergonomics Links
HFES - The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the primary
technical society for ergonomics students and professionals
in the United States.
Ergonomics Society
- The primary technical society for ergonomics in the United Kingdom.
ERGOWEB - A web resource
with a variety of links and information.
ACGIH - The American
Council of Government Industrial Hygienists, provider of Biological
Exposure Indices (BEI), Threshold Limit Values (TLV) and many
other industrial hygiene resources.
NIOSH
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
lead US government agency for research in occupational safety
and health.
OSHA - The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, the US agency responsible for regulation and
enforcement in this area.
NASA
- The Habitability and Human Factors Office at Johnson Space
Center, including the Space Human Factors Engineering initiative
and Space Human Factors Laboratories.
Related Courses
IE 210 - Design and Analysis
of Work Systems: Facilities planning and design,
workplace design, ergonomics of workplace design, performance
measurement and methods engineering.
IE 687- Industrial Safety, 3
cr.(3 and 0): Recognition and prevention of hazards;
recognition and control of hazardous materials; developing
and managing a safety program; designing inherently safe equipment
and workplaces. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
IE 800- Human Factors Engineering:
Aspects and use of the human as a detector of product quality,
serving as the basis for a taxonomy of human tasks in inspection
incorporates models of visual search and human decision making
within the quality control framework.
IE 801 - Design and Analysis
of Human-machine Systems: Methodologies used in the
design and evaluation of human-machine systems, including
function and task analysis; questionnaires and interviews;
scenarios, mockups, and prototypes; participative design,
empirical testing and iterative design; models of human-system
interaction; analysis and classification of error; and design
of job performance and training aids.
IE 802 - Design of Human-computer
Systems: Issues in designing, implementing,
maintaining and refining the user interface of interactive
computer systems, including interface design theories, models,
principles and guidelines; interaction styles; input and output
devices; system messages; screen design, manuals, on-line
help and tutorials; and iterative design, testing and evaluation.
IE 811 - Human Factors in Quality
Control: Aspects and use of the human as a detector
of product quality, serving as the basis for a taxonomy of
human tasks in inspection incorporates models of visual search
and human decision making within the quality control framework.
IE 812 - Design methods for work and work systems; scientific
and engineering basis of work and it's analysis.
IE 813 - Theory and applications of ergonomics in work; human
performance, fatigue, stress, work patterns, work environment.
IE 815 - Research
Methods in Ergonomics: Aspects and use of the human
as a detector of product quality, serving as the basis for a
taxonomy of human tasks in inspection incorporates models of
visual search and human decision making within the quality control
framework.
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