You will learn about the way in which people interact with spaces and environments and the artefacts within them and be significantly involved with the practical application of ergonomic and anthropometric data.
You will gain an understanding of the influences of anatomy, anthropometry, bio-mechanics, physiology (visual, audio and thermal) upon Industrial Design and end users.
You will operate as a member of a design and research team, helping to propose new ideas to be realised through the construction of test rings, helping you and the team to evaluate a design concept and practically demonstrating how it improves human factors performance.
You will make a professional presentation of your test-rig, ergonomic evaluation and design concepts.

100% coursework comprising:
-development of a full size test rig in teams (LO's 2 & 3)
-an individual folder of design development work based on test-rig data (LO's 1 & 2)
-origination of a written report, clearly summarising the research process, ergonomic issues and user requirements (LO 2)
-a peer assessment exercise (LO 3)

-Working as a member of a design and research team.
-Investigation of sources of ergonomic data and evaluating them against the needs of the selected user requirements.
-Work with a user group to test and evaluate your ideas and designs based on your initial research.
-Visits to 'expert' groups, interviewing the relevant user groups and having discussions about their needs, recording this visually and verbally to inform the development of your test rig.
-Building test rigs and using these to develop design solutions.
-Evaluate data from research and testing and communicate this to your team and peer group.
-Take responsibility for your own and your peer group's learning using peer and self assessment strategies.

Discuss with your peer group and staff; the issues which arise from the research and user group sessions.

Pheasant S (1986) Bodyspace: Anthropometrics Ergonomics and Design (Taylor Francis) ISBN 085-6634-7
McCormick, Ernest J. and Sanders, Ernest J. (1993) Human Factors in Engineering and Design (McGraw-Hill Education - ISE Editions) ISBN: 0071128263
Jordan, Patrick W. (1998) An Introduction to Usability (Taylor & Francis) ISBN: 0748407626
Bridger, Robert (2003) Introduction to Ergonomics (Taylor & Francis) ISBN: 0415273781

3D workshop, product design studio
Rig building room
Studio workshop computing facilities
Thompson Library
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available(where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.