applied research links

• Biometric Standards, Performance, and Assurance Laboratory
• Ergonomics
• Six Sigma Quality Process-Lean Manufacturing
• Technology Teacher Preparation in Pre-Engineering Education
• Distribution Management and Inventory Control within Supply Chain Management
• Biotech Manufacturing-Life Science based
• Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education
• Healthcare Quality Initiatives
• Faculty Research Interests
• Corporate Outreach

Applied Research : Ergonomics

Relevant IT course:

• IT 385: Industrial Ergonomics

The ergonomic lab is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary facility for learning, applied research, and technology development directed toward the understanding of the nature of human performance while interacting with complex and simple technology-driven systems. The ergonomic lab includes physiological monitoring equipment as well as human performance measurement equipment such as:

• Human strength recording devices
• Devices for measuring heart rate
• 8 channels EMG system
• Learning and motor skills evaluation devices
• Biofeedback devices
• Equipment for research in eye movement studies
• Multimedia: computers, video, and audio devices
  

It focuses on human-system interface, human factors in aviation and transportation, human factors in healthcare and manufacturing applications in the following areas:

• Ergonomic job process improvement
• Occupational hazards analysis
• Human machine interfaces
• Human workload analysis
• Office Ergonomics
• Work station design and analysis