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| ISE543 | Musculoskeletal Mechanics- Credit hours: 3(2-2-0)
- Prerequisites: BIO125, BAE(BIO)235 or Graduate Standing
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of musculoskeletal system including muscle bone, tendon, ligament, cartilage, nerve. Modeling of tissue and joints with special emphasis on spine and upper extremity. Physical, mathematical, optimization and finite element modeling techniques as applied in biomechanics research. Credit for both IE 443 and IE 543 is not allowed - Offers: Fall
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| ISE544 | Occupational Biomechanics- Credit hours: 3(2-2-0)
- Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Anatomical, physiological, and biomechanical bases of physical ergonomics. Strength of biomaterials, human motor capabilities, body mechanics, kinematics and anthropometry. Use of bioinstrumentation, active and passive industrial surveillance techniques and the NIOSH lifting guide. Acute injury and cumulative trauma disorders. Static and dynamic biomechanical modeling. Emphasis on low back, shoulder and hand/wrist biomechanics. - Offers: Fall
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| ISE767 | Upper Extremity Biomechanics- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: None
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Gross and functional anatomy of upper extremity; properties of tendons and synovial fluid; epidemiology; disorders of shoulder, elbow, wrist, hands, fingers; biomechanical modeling; personal factors affecting cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) risk, diagnosis and treatment of upper extremity CTDs; wrist splints; workplace ergonomics to alleviate upper extremity CTDs. - Offers: Fall Alt. Yrs.
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| ISE768 | Spine Biomechanics- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: None
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Gross and fine anatomy of spine, mechanism of pain, epidemiology, in vitro testing, psychophysical studies, spine stability models, bioinstrumentation: intradiscal pressure, intra-abdominal pressure and electromyography. Biomechanics of lifting and twisting, effects of vibration, effects of posture/lifting style, lifting belts, physical models, optimization models, mathematical models, muscle models, finite element models, current trends in medical management and rehabilitation, chiropractic. - Offers: Fall Alt. Yrs.
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| ISE540 | Human Factors in Systems Design- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: ISE452 or PSY 340
- Corequisites: ST507 or 515
- Description
Basic concepts of ergonomics and their application to design of human-machine systems and products. Consideration of human behavioral and biological capabilities and limitations in design for human efficiency, safety and comfort. Systems developmentcycle; human-machine function allocation; task and skill analysis; systems evaluation; anthropometry. Design of control and display systems, instrument panels, workplaces, seating and tools. - Offers: Spring
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| ISE(PSY)740 | Engineering Psychology of Human-computer Interacti- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: ISE(PSY)540 or CSC554
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Exploration of usability of computer technology. Theory and practice of user-centered design for HCI applications. Course focuses on current usability paradigms and principles, psychology of users, iterative and participatory design processes, system requirements specification, prototyping, user support systems, usability evaluation and engineering, interface design guidelines and standards. Application domains include, universal design, virtual reality, and scientific data visualization. - Offers: Fall Alt. Yrs. odd
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| ISE(PSY)743 | Ergonomic Performance Assessment- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: PSY200, ST507 and 508
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Fundamentals of ergonomic performance measurement used to assess the effects of environment and system design on human performance. Treatment of topics such as workload measurement, measurement of complex performance, simulator studies, measurement of change, task taxonomies, criterion task sets and statistical methods of task analysis. Problems of laboratory and field research, measurement of change and generalizability of findings. - Offers: Fall
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| ISE(PSY)744 | Human Information Processing- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: PSY200, ST507 and 508
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Fundamentals of human information processing basic to skilled operator performance and the design of displays, controls and complex systems. Treatment of topics such as channel capacity, working memory, long-term memory, decision making, attention and process monitoring. Problems of display and control design and evaluation, evaluation of textual material, and human-computer interaction. - Offers: Spring Alt. Yrs.
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| ISE(PSY)745 | Human Performance Modeling- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: ST507 or 515 or equivalent; ISE(PSY)540, CSC554 or
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Advanced aspects of human performance research. Qualitative models of human information processing. Characteristics and role of memory in decision making and response execution. Sensory channel parameters, attention allocation, time-sharing of tasks. Situation awareness and workload responses in complext tasks. Limitations of human factors experimentation. Factors in human multiple task performance. Cognitive task analysis and computational cognitave modeling/simulation of user behavior in specific applications. - Offers: Fall Alt. Yrs.
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| ISE794 | Advanced Problems in Ergonomics- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: ISE(PSY)740, ST511
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Exploration in depth of a problem area of contemporary interest involving man-machine-environment interface. Class discussion and analysis of research and theory, with special focus on human factors aspects of systems design and operation. - Offers: Fall
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| ISE541 | Occupational Safety Engineering- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: ISE452, PSY340 or ISE(PSY)740; ST372, 507 or 511
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Occupational accident-injury study; morbidity, mortality; investigation and analysis. Hazard control; energy countermeasure strategies; control technology. Impact biomechanics, trauma and survivability. Risk assessment; systems safety analysis. Product design, manufacturing defects, system failures and human error as causative factors. Safety program development. Near-accident reporting. OSHA compliance; standards. Accident, trauma and forensic case studies from manufacturing, motor carrier andconstruction industries. - Offers: Srping
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| ISE741 | Systems Safety Engineering- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: ISE541
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Systems safety engineering. Course familiarizes students with techniques for identifying and recognizing potential safety hazards and the concept of risk assessment. Preliminary Hazard Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, System and Subsystem Hazard Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Process Safety Management (29CFR1910.119) are explored together with applications to hazard analysis and control. Industrial situations and case studies are employed to illustrate usefulness of various system safety techniques. - Offers: Fall
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| ISE742 | Environmental Stress, Physiology and Performance- Credit hours: 3(3-0-0)
- Prerequisites: ISE(PSY)740; ISE(PSY)745 or PSY744
- Corequisites: None
- Description
Human skilled performance as affected by environmental stressors, including noise, vibration, heat, cold, accelerator, pressure altitude, toxic agents and illumination. Physiological effects of stressors and their relationship to health, performanceand, ultimately, to safety. Impact biomechanics and crash survival. Human survival in adverse environments. Combined stressor effects, physiological arousal, fatigue and performance decrement. - Offers: Spring Alt. Yrs.
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