Human Interface

Code	12736
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	5
Workload	PL(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Design Industrial
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Mode of delivery	presential
Work placements	not applicable
Learning outcomes	Problematize the physical, cognitive and emotional dimensions of man-machine, human being-product and man-environment interfaces. Train students in the techniques of transferring subjective requirements into technical qualities, to support the design of qualified products for the relationship with the human being. Enable students to analyze the problems of the human interface with the product, in the physical, cognitive and affective aspects. Make students aware of the ergonomic requirements in the design of a product, equipment or technical system, including work and leisure situations.
Syllabus	1. The Vitruvian man and the procrustean approach to design. 2. Definitions of ergonomics. 3. Analysis of the case of the Bhopal disaster - macroergonomics. 4. Introduction to anthropometry. 5. Mean and standard deviation. Percentiles - calculation and application. 6. Definitions of comfort and discomfort. Scales and evaluation measures. 7. Seat comfort – experimental evaluation. 8. Theoretical framework of the four pleasures. Applications to the product. 9. The conditions for thermal comfort and local thermal discomfort. 10. Concept of human interface, boundary between human and machine. 11. Recommendations for the readability of text. 12. Approach to user-centered design. 13. Evaluation of Product Personalities. 14. The prototyping of experiences. 15. Derivation of ergonomic requirements. 16. Light and color. Noise. Influence on mood and health damage. 17. Ergonomic work analysis - applicable methods (RULA, NIOSH lifting equation, CoPsoQ, DASH) .
Main Bibliography	Pheasant, S. (1996). Bodyspace: anthropometry, ergonomics and the design ofhuman work. London: Taylor& Francis. Grandjean, E. (1998). Fitting the Task to the Man: A Textbook of Occupational Ergonomics. London: Taylor& Francis. Ameli,M., (2001). “Product development approach”. International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors, Taylor & Francis, 951-953. Buti,L., (2001). “Ergonomic product design”. International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors, Taylor & Francis, 906-910. Cushman,W.H. and Rosenberg,D.J., (1991). “Human Factors in Product Design”. Elsevier. Green,W.S. and Jordan,P.W., (1999). “Human Factors in Product Design”. Taylor & Francis. Salvendy, G. (editor) (1997). Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2ndedition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Dul, J. & Weerdmeester, B. (2001). Ergonomics for Beginners - a quickreference guide, 2nd edition, London and New York: Taylor & Francis. Bridger, R. (2008). Introduction to ergonomics. CRC Press.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.