Designing for People
Look up ‘ergonomics in education’ on Google and you’ll find plenty of references to sites offering information on training courses in ergonomics. But we’re interested in ergonomics in education from different viewpoints: The online teaching of ergonomics to young people: for this, the Institute set up a special project several years ago called Ergonomics 4 [...]
In just a few years, the roles of medical and surgical practitioners have undergone a major transformation, owing to developments in a new generation of advanced technologies such as surgical robotics, virtual reality simulators and e-learning. Although unfortunately the end users, practitioners and specialists, are often ignored during the design and development process, sometimes with [...]
The years following the launch in 1949, of the Ergonomics Research Society of England at The Admiralty, was described by the late Professor Brian Shackel as “the decade of military ergonomics”. Certainly the Second World War was a catalyst for ergonomic investigations into a wide range of human-centred issues, from pilot hand-eye coordination and the [...]
The process industries include a variety of complex workplaces from refineries, power stations and water treatment works to manufacturing plants and mines and quarries. In particular, the oil, gas and chemicals industries include a wide range of sectors and work activities, including oil refineries, chemical processing plants, and offshore installations. These industries come under the [...]
Aircraft pilot, train driver, car driver or being master of a ship – they’re all part of a complex system, responsible not only for controlling their own vehicle but also interacting with other people in similar vehicles wanting to share the same space. This is an inherently risky business, but most of the time, everything [...]
