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Dr. Kim Vicente: The Human Factors in Engineering… and Why They Matter | Les facteurs humains en génie… et les raisons de leur importance

mai 11, 2000 @ 7:15 - 8:15

Kim Vicente, University of Toronto

Thursday, May 11, 2000

When designers ignore people, the result is products that are difficult for people to use. Just think of all of those flashing 12:00’s on the VCRs in our homes. Poorly designed systems exist because the vast majority of engineers and scientists who design technology never get exposed to human factors engineering during their university education. Many of us just learn to live with the annoying consequences, attributing them to the fact that we are not very adept at dealing with technology. But in an operating theatre or airplane cockpit, the stakes become a lot more serious. An engineering design that omits a human factor can mean a matter of life or death. Come and find out about the emerging new engineering discipline that is dedicated to changing this situation and making technology a lot simpler and safer for all of us. Dr. Kim J. Vicente, P. Eng., is a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and of biomaterials and biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto, and author of « Cognitive Work Analysis: Towards Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-Based Work », published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Détails

Date :
mai 11, 2000
Heure :
7:15 - 8:15

Organisateur

The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering/Le Partenariat en faveur des sciences et de la technologie