Ergonomics Analysis

The exhibit displays student work from DEA/PSYCH/COG SCI 1500: Introduction to Environmental Psychology for an Ergonomic Analysis exercise. This exercise asks students to conduct an ergonomic analysis of their surroundings, identify a problem and propose a solution to the observed problem.

Problem: Students identify an ergonomic problem and analyze what the likely causes of this poor interface are, based on human factors concepts learned in class. For their analysis, students also discuss a salient social identity (e.g., gender, culture) that might moderate the ergonomic challenge.

Solution: Based on the problem analysis, students re-design the human-environment interface to improve the technology, product, or designed environment. They further analyze how the re-designed technology, product, or environment changes the human factors concept described in the problem analysis.