Designing Systems, Products, and Services to Make them Easier, Safer, and More Effective for Human Use
Anywhere there is a person using a system, human factors engineering concepts inevitably apply. This hands-on, multidisciplinary training program—now in its 61st year—provides essential user interface design experience for anyone looking to improve their organization through proven evaluation techniques.
Program Overview
Week 1
The first week of the course focuses on human factors concepts, offering a broad survey of human factors topics important to designers and researchers.
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Week 2
Human-computer interaction (HCI) and intelligent system design are the focus for week two, providing an overview of HCI issues through workshops that lay the foundation for effective human-computer systems.
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Lecture Videos
GOMS and the Keystroke-Level Model
Dr. Paul Green | Human Factors Engineering Program Leader, University of Michigan
Dr. Bruce Bradtmiller | Owner and President, Anthrotech
Dr. Richard Hughes | Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
Dr. Deborah Boehm-Davis | Professor of Psychology, George Mason University
Dr. Clayton Lewis | Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado
Dr. Paul Green | Human Factors Engineering Program Leader, University of Michigan
Small Group, Hands-On Design Experience
- Understand the major topics in design, evaluation, and research, along with current recommendations for common design problems.
- Learn how to measure human anthropometry, estimate task completion times, and use methods in human-computer interaction.
- Select special topics of interest from 14 seminars and workshops, including cognitive task analysis, occupational ergonomic methods, usability testing, and cognitive walkthroughs.
- Observe current research and human factors applications during tours of the U-M Center for Ergonomics, National Center for Patient Safety, and more.
Program Faculty
Led by Dr. Paul Green, our faculty consists of the foremost experts in human factors thinking, many of whom wrote the premier books on concepts and topics covered during the course.
Program Leader
Paul Green
Research Professor, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Research Professor, Industrial & Operations Engineering
Dr. Paul Green teaches automotive human factors and human-computer interaction classes at the University of Michigan. A leader of U-M's Human Factors Engineering Short Course for twenty-seven years, he is also the past president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Dr. Green leads a research team that focuses on driver distraction, driver workload, and workload managers, navigation system design, and motor-vehicle controls and displays. That research makes extensive use of instrumented cars& More About Paul
Program Instructors
- Deborah Boehm-Davis
- Professor of Psychology
- Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University
- Paul Green
- Research Professor, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
- Research Professor, Industrial & Operations Engineering
- Program Director, Human Factors Engineering
- Michael Nebeling
- Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information
- Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Recognition and Affiliation
The University of Michigan Human Factors Engineering Program is recognized by the Interaction Design Foundation
