IE 590D Applied Ergonomics
Spring
2006, POTR 262
Tuesday & Thursday 12:00-1:15pm
Course Web Site: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~duffy/index590D
The course web site contains information regarding the IE 590D
lectures and is updated after each class meeting. Mini-project 2 presentations began Tuesday
Feb. 21. The classroom phone is 1-800-447-9492
Instructor: Professor Vincent G. Duffy, Grissom Hall 236 Purdue
University; phone: email: duffy@purdue.edu
or phone: 765-496-6658. Office hrs: Tuesday & Thursday 3:30-5:00pm.
Teaching
Assistant: Jackie Sutherland: jasuther@purdue.edu. Office hrs: Thurs.
2-5pm.
- Notices : updated May 4: Please see WebCt –Poster Evaluation Criteria
for Semester Project and materials on Jack software demos and
sample environments.
- MP3 Due date is postponed by
1 week -2 lecture periods (announced in class Tues. 28th
March).
- New
course material posted after lecture 19 will not be tested on the mid-term
exam.
- The midterm
is scheduled for April 11 in class (Lecture 25 for students with 1 week
delay).
- The IE 590D
Final is scheduled for Tues. May 2, 3:20-5:20pm on campus.
(Please see your local administrator if you are on 1 week delay).
- MP5 has a slight revision
– please check it when working on MP5 (Mini-project 5 revised).
- IE590D Applied Ergonomics Course
Syllabus (revised
4/3/2006)
- Mini-project 2 schedule (revised Thursday 4/13/2006).
You
should be able to submit your homework/mini-projects and semester project via
the course WebCT site.
2. Class Notes & Supplementary readings
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Week 16 (Thursday 4/27/06): Applied Ergonomics: A summary discussion |
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Poster Evaluation Criteria (added May 4) |
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Week 16 (Tuesday 4/25/06): DHM: Considering the Cognitive & Physical Aspects |
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Augmented Cognition (suppl. reading) |
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Week 15 (Thursday 4/20/06): Advanced Methods & Final exam review |
Digital Human Modeling (suppl. reading) The World is Flat (ch.1 suppl. reading) |
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Week 15 (Tuesday 4/18/06): Safety & Rehabilitation Engr. with Mid-term Exam Review (pt.1) |
Mid-term exam review (in class) |
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Week 14 (Thursday 4/13/06): Manufacturing & Automation |
Mini-project 2 schedule (revised Thursday 4/13/2006). |
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Week 14 (Tuesday 4/11/06) |
Mid-term exam |
No lecture notes for
lecture meeting 25 |
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Week 13 (Tuesday 4/6/06): Safety |
Semester project - mini-project 6 (Please see WebCt
–Semester Project for materials on Jack software demos and sample
environments) Car-Safety supplement (1 page from book by C.B. Inlander & M. Hodge, 100 Ways to live to be 100) |
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Week 13 (Tuesday 4/4/06): Stress and Workload |
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Week 12 (Thursday 3/30/06): Transportation Human Factors |
MP3supplement 2-anovas (not required reading, but available if you’d
like additional information) |
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Week 12 (Tuesday 3/28/06): Introduction to Digital Human Modeling |
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MP3supplement 1-factor analysis (also see lecture 4) |
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Week 11 (Thursday 3/23/06): Work Physiology & Exam Review |
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Week 11 (Tuesday 3/21/06): Biomechanics, Biodynamics & Exam Review |
Supplementary mat’ls
Biomech-Freivalds |
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Week 9 (Thursday 3/9/06): Introduction to Biomechanics |
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Week 9 (Tuesday 3/7/06): Job & Work Site Analysis |
Supplemental mat’ls Wk
Analysis-Freivalds |
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Week 8 (Thursday 3/2/06): Anthropometry & Work Space Design |
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Week 8 (Tuesday 2/28/06): Displays & Controls |
Supplemental diagram_ Fitts Law |
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Week 7 (Thursday 2/23/06): Human-Computer Interaction |
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Week 7 (Tuesday 2/21/06): Uncertainty in decision making, selection & training |
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Week 6 (Thursday 2/16/06): Cognition, Decision making & Mini-project 1 |
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Week 6 (Tuesday 2/14/06): Economic Justification & Mini-project discussion |
Supplementary readings 8-14
are available through WebCt |
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Week 5 (Thursday 2/9/06): Perception, Design & Economic Justification |
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Supplementary readings 4-7
are available through WebCt |
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Week 5 (Tuesday 2/7/06): Macroergonomics & Perception |
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Week 3 (Thursday 01/26/06): Design & Evaluation Methods |
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Week 3 (Tuesday 01/24/06): Analysis of Usability & Customer Preferences |
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Week 2 (Thursday 01/19/06):
Questionnaire design |
Supplementary reading
(questionnaire) |
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Week 2 (Tuesday 01/17/06): Research methods & lifelong learning |
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Week 1 (Thursday 01/12/06):
An introduction to human factors and ergonomics |
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Week 1 (Tuesday 01/10/06): Syllabus and Course overview |
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