Open Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Psychology: Industrial and Organizational: Human Factors and Ergonomics
See also: - A scrapbook of illustrated examples of things that are hard to use because they do not follow human factors principles. - US FDA Publication, by Dick Sawyer, Office of Health and Industry Programs. - An interview with ergonomist Joyce Stenstrom about how ergonomics relates to the Alexander Technique as a field of study and as a profession. - An illustrated collection of Human Factors/Ergonomics in design. Examples include room numbers, nuclear power plant control rooms, aircraft warnings, sidewalks, aircraft instruments. - The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Research Development and Human Factors Laboratory (RDHFL), located at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is a state-of-the-art research facility designed specifically to support research in aviation human factors. Information on facilities and equipment and virtual reality research. - From the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Aviation Medicine. Documents, research and development, training, job aids, and conference information. - National Academy Press publication (2001) available on-line for search, review or ordering. - NASA's Human Factors Research and Technology Division supports human-centered design in complex aerospace information systems using experiments and models of human capabilities and human-machine interaction to enhance system safety, reliability and performance. Current projects, reports, history and organization. - Passive thinking finds no safe place in the workplace, especially among professional decision makers. An article by Michael Gaspard. - Information regarding credentialing in Ergonomics including the requirements for certification, contact information, upcoming exams, application kit and a search feature to locate CPE/CHFP, CEA and AEP/AHFP professionals by name, state, expertise and products. - On-line access to Institute of Medicine publication "To Err is Human, Building a Safety Health System" (2000).
