Course 14: Human-Centric Design for Operator 4.0
Last Update: October 14, 2020
Course Objective: Human-centric design is a unique approach to solve problems of products, process, environments, and other human operations challenging with incompatibilities of human needs, abilities and limitations. The objective of this course is to understand the interactions among humans and other elements of a system, evaluate and design tasks, equipment, products, processes, jobs, environments and other elements in working systems including work organization in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance.
Learning Outcomes: The students on the completion of this course would be able to:
CLO1: Apply human abilities, limitations, needs and other important human characteristics for designing tasks, jobs, equipment, products, environments, processes and other elements in working systems.
CLO2: Evaluate occupational health and safety (OHS) risks to accidents, injuries, and ill-health in a working system.
CLO3: Create solutions and opportunities for reducing OHS risks, enhancing operators’ performance and preference.
CLO4: Design tasks, equipment, workstation, workspace, environment, and other elements in working systems compatible with needs, abilities and limitations of operators for better well-being and performance.
CLO5: Analyze work organization affecting on human behavior and performance, e.g. policy, work schedule, motivation, satisfaction, communication and participatory.
Prerequisite: None
Course Outline:
Module 1: Basic of Human Factors Knowledge for Human-Centric Design
Module 2: Problem Identification for Human-Centric Design
Module 3: Intervention and Design
Module 4: Evaluation, Test, and Recommendation
| Week (3hrs/w) |
Topic | Teaching Material | Workshop | Learning Material |
| W1 | M1(1): Introduction to Human-Centric Design (HCD) Meaning, scope and applications of human-centric design Basic concepts of HCD for engineering Professional in HCD |
MSIE-14-T-M01-W01_EN | MSIE-14-L-M1-W1_TH | |
| W2 | M1(2): Human characteristics: Limitation, Ability, and Fatigue Physical / Physiological / Psychological and Cognitive /Behavioral Characteristics Stress and strain in human Human fatigue and human errors and their effect on health, accident and efficiency |
MSIE-14-T-M01-W02_EN | MSIE-14-L-M1-W2_TH | |
| W3 | M1(3): Human System Interaction: Manual working system HCD for product design HCD for process and physical environmental design HCD for work organization design |
MSIE-14-T-M01-W03-1_EN
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MSIE-14-L-M1-W3-1_TH | |
| W4 | M1(4): Human System Interaction: Cognitive Design HCD for product design HCD for process and physical environmental design HCD for work organization design |
MSIE-14-T-M1-W04-EN
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MSIE-14-L-M1-W4-TH | |
| W5 | M2(1): Problem Identification 1: Human factors evaluation tools for identifying risk factors effecting on health, incident, accident and efficiency such as Posture Evaluation, Task Analysis, Usability Scale, Human Error Risk Assessment et.al. |
MSIE-14-T-M02-W05_EN | MSIE-14-S-M2-W5_TH_ROM
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MSIE-14-L-M2-W5-TH |
| W6 | M2(2): Problem Identification 2: Each student selects a problem of interest related to HCD Identify human factors elements related to the selected problem Analyze the problem |
MSIE-14-S-M2-W6_TH-BDC | ||
| W7 | M2(3): Problem Identification 3: Students present and discuss the problem of interest. Formative Assessment |
MSIE-14-S-M2-W7_TH-CQH-Eva | ||
| W8 | M3(1): Workstation and Workspace Design Measurement of human dimensions and motion. Application of human anthropometry for workstation and workspace designs |
MSIE-14-S-M3-W8_TH_WorksatationDesign | ||
| W9 | M3(2): Physical environment design for HCI/HSI Design for Human Control/System Interaction (HCI/HSI) Visual/Display Control Design HCD for control centers Accessible design for special people |
Note: Presentation and Discussion
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| W10 | M3(3): Man-machine system and interaction and cognitive designs Human perception, information and sensory receptors Human fallibility: human information processing/memory Visual display of static and dynamic information /designs Human decision |
Note: Presentation and Discussion | ||
| W11 | M3(4): Design of physical environment Light, Temperature, Pressure, Noise/Auditory, and Vibration |
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| W12 | M4(1): Evaluation of Space and movement Evaluation of manual work Size and dimension evaluation Posture and strength evaluation |
Note: Presentation and Discussion | ||
| W13 | M4(2): Evaluation of physical environment in design Light, Temperature, Pressure, Noise/Auditory, and Vibration |
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| W14 | M4(3) Evaluation of HCI/HIS and Cognitive Usability testing of human compatibility/ capacity and limitation Usability testing of human performance Usability testing of human error in controlling system |
Note: Presentation and Discussion | ||
| W15 | M4(4) Final report of evaluation and test (Summative Assessment based on the project) All students in the class present their final projects. |
Note: Presentation and Discussion |
Laboratory Sessions: None
Learning Resources:
Textbooks: No designated textbook, but class notes and handouts will be provided.
Reference Books:
- Sanders, M. S. and McCormick, E. J. Human Factors in Engineering and Design”, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill, 1993
- Kroemer, K. H. E., and Grandjean, E. Fitting the Task to the Human. CRC Press, 1997
- Stanton, N., Hedge, A, Brookhuis, K, Salas, E., and Hendrick, H. Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods. CRC Press, 2005
- Karwowski W., and W. S. Marras. Occupational Ergonomics: Principles of Work Design. CRC Press, 2003
- Willson, J. R., and Corlett, E. Evaluation of Human Work: A practical ergonomics methodology, 3rd Ed. Taylor & Francis, 1995
- Marras, S. M., and Karwowski, W. The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook: Fundamentals and assessment tools for occupational ergonomics, 2nd Ed. Taylor & Francis, 2006
Teaching and Learning Methods
This course is problem-based learning. It is designed for more practical by dividing into 4 modules (1) Basic, (2) Problem Identification, (3) Design and Intervention, and (4) Evaluation. Students will be educated all the basic knowledge of human factors related to work elements and human interaction system designs via lectures and case study discussions at the first module. During the second module, they will learn how to identify the problems related to human in several work systems by practical workshops and case studies. Individual assignments will be assigned to the students to gain their understanding. The third module will provide more skill of human-centric design in practice via workshop, laboratories and self-learning based on a project of interest. To complete the project, the students will be able to discuss and get recommendations from instructors and share their learning with other students in the class during the workshops in the third module. At the last module, the students will learn and practice more and more in evaluation tools of human-centric design techniques to increase their skill for optimizing human well-begin and system performance in their project.
Time Distribution and Study Load:
Lectures: 15 hours
Workshop: 30 hours
Self-study: – hours
Evaluation Scheme: The final grade will be computed according to the following weight distribution
(1) Paper examination of basic knowledge (30%),
(2) Participation and discussion in class activities (10%),
(3) Individual assignments and presentations (20%),
(4) Group project: progress & presentation (10%),
(5) Group project final report and presentation (30%)
“A” would be awarded if a student shows a deep understanding of the basic knowledge based on exam results and home assignments, and an excellent in applying the knowledge to project works.
“B+” would be awarded if a student shows a mature understanding of the knowledge learned through home assignments, project works, and exam results.
“B” would be awarded if a student shows an overall understanding of all topics.
“C+” would be given if a student meets above average expectation in understanding and application of basic knowledge.
“C” would be given if a student meets average expectation in understanding and application of basic knowledge.
“D+” would be given if a student meets below average expectation in understanding and application of basic knowledge.
“D” would be given if a student does not meet expectations in both understanding and application of the given knowledge.
Developer:
Naris Charoenporn (TU), Jirawan Kloypayan (TU), Nélson Costa ( U.Minho)
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