Thu, 17 July 2008 On the 3rd anniversary of Design Critique, Dr. Paul Green joins Timothy Keirnan for a wordcast episode on Human Factors Engineering. What is it, how does it contribute to user experience research and design, and how do people get trained in it?Dr. Green is incoming president of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society. You can find them at www.hfes.org At the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), Dr. Green is a research professor in UMTRI's Human Factors Division. You can find UMTRI at www.umtri.umich.edu/about.php The websites for ACM SIGCHI and UPA are at www.sigchi.org and www.upassoc.org The Bad Designs On Campus awards can be found at www.engin.umich.edu/soc/hfes/ The 50th Anniversary issue of the Human Factors Journal is at http://hfes.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/hfes/hf The Human Factors Short Course is at www.umich.edu/~driving/shortcourse/index.html and http://cpd.engin.umich.edu/proed.htm?id=57&gclid=COuj_dGhnJQCFQFIGgodFmdx8Q Finally, two books we mentioned were Introduction to Human Factors Engineering (2nd Edition) by Wickens, Lee, Liu, and Gordon-Becker and Set Phases On Stun: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error by Casey Check out my interview with Paul Green on usability in driving. Thanks to all listeners for a great third year and for telling others about Design Critique. I hope I can make the fourth year as varied and interesting. |

On the 3rd anniversary of Design Critique, Dr. Paul Green joins Timothy Keirnan for a wordcast episode on Human Factors Engineering. What is it, how does it contribute to user experience research and design, and how do people get trained in it?