This article is from the 2025 Technical Update. The human factors TDT looks for and creates opportunities to influence design ...

Human Factors & User-Centered Design Human factors is not so much a single discipline as it is the overlap of many, including but not limited to cognitive and developmental psychology, ergonomics, ...

Making sure that medical devices can be safely and effectively used by healthcare workers and patients should be a primary concern for manufacturers. But sometimes this focus is lost or is not taken ...

Human factors engineering is a user-centered design process. When devising a product, designers should research how different individuals use or might use the device in both a clinical setting and its ...

Confusing mobile apps and unclear instructions can be frustrating for anyone. But imagine if these everyday annoyances weren't just inconvenient but held the potential to be dangerous. That's where ...

When business leaders talk about the virtues of a more environmentally-friendly approach to manufacturing, going green and saving green are not always connected. That’s both short-sighted and untrue, ...

“Anyone doing design, development, or postmarket surveillance for a medical product that humans use should be considering human factors and usability,” Shannon Hoste, chief scientific officer at ...

I don’t often write about OEM products. But since I covered the challenges of designing radios for cops and firefighters in the April 30 issue (see “Radio Interoperability—It’s Harder Than It Looks” ...

Position description: The Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at the University at Buffalo is recruiting a PhD student to conduct human factors-related design and assessment ...

Humans are great at solving certain types of problems. Machines are better at solving others. Tomorrow needs integrators who understand how humans use, interact with, and think and feel about ...