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IE5100: Physical Ergonomics
Semester 1 and Semester 2 | Credits: 5
Anthropometrics, Task Analysis, Posture Assessment, Manual Handling, Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMDs), Display Screen Equipment, Workstation Design, Hand Tools Design and Assessment, Design for Assembly, Ergonomics in the Design Process, Shift Work, Working Time, Evaluation
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- The ability to identify, formulate, analyse, and solve ergonomics design and assessment problems
- Analyse and represent tasks for inclusion in the design and development process
- To establish user requirements through the analysis of human machine systems
- To comprehend the measurement of body size, shape, strength, and working capacity and their application to ergonomic design and assessment problems
- To comprehend the role of standards and regulations in ergonomic design and assessment problems
- To adopt a user centered approach to ergonomic design problems, particularity with respect to human machine systems
- To develop task analysis of existing and envisioned human machine systems
- The ability to utilize a selection of ergonomic tools and methods in a user centered design and assessment approach
- To utilize mock ups and models to explore and present solutions to ergonomics design and assessment problems
Assessments
- Written Assessment (50%)
- Continuous Assessment (50%)
Teachers
- ENDA FRANCIS FALLON:
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Reading List
- "Ergonomics: Foundational Principles, Applications, and Technologies" by Pamela McCauley Bush
ISBN: 9781439804452.
Publisher: CRC Press - "Bodyspace" by Stephen Pheasant and Christine M. Haslegrave
ISBN: 0415285208.
Publisher: Boca Raton, FL ; Taylor & Francis, 2005, c2006. - "A guide to the ergonomics of manufacturing" by Martin Helander
ISBN: 0748401229.
Publisher: London ; Taylor & Francis, c1995. - "Handbook of human factors and ergonomics methods" by Neville Stanton... [et al.]
ISBN: 0415287006.
Publisher: Boca Raton, Fla. ; CRC, c2005. - "Cumulative trauma disorders" by edited by Vern Putz-Anderson
ISBN: 9780850664058.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.