Ergonomics in Design: Methods and Techniques - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0367356902 ISBN 13 : 9780367356903

Editeur : CRC Press, 2019

Synopsis

This book will be useful to those interested in providing a better understanding of how ergonomics is applied to product design. It will have 30 chapters touching on several different areas including conceptual aspects of ergonomics in design, the knowledge of human characteristics applied to design, and methodological aspects of design.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Marcelo Marcio Soares - Professor Marcelo Soares is currently Professor at the Department of Design and the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. He is also invited lecturer at the University of Central Florida, USA, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal and the University of Guadalaraja, Mexico. He holds an M.S. (1990) in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was also awarded the Ph.D. at the Loughborough University, in England. Dr. Soares is Professional Certified Ergonomist from the Brazilian Ergonomics Association, which he was president for seven years. He has provided leadership in HFE in Latin American and in the world as member of the Executive Committee of the International Ergonomics Association. He was also appointed as the Chairman of IEA 2012 (the Triennial Congresses of the International Ergonomics Association) which was held in Brazil. His research, teaching and consulting activities focus on manufacturing ergonomics, usability, product design, information ergonomics and applications of Virtual Reality in products and systems. Professor Soares currently serves on the editorial board of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and several publications in Brazil. He has more than 180 papers published in congresses worldwide and several books and book chapters. He has undertaken research and consultancy work for several companies in Brazil. Prof. Soares is co-editor of the "Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design: Methods and Techniques" and the "Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design: Uses and applications".

Francisco Rebelo is currently Professor and Director of the Ergonomics Department at Lisbon University, Portugal. Is the head of the ErgoVR Unity of the Ergonomics Laboratory in the same University - http: //ergovr.fmh.ulisboa.pt/ mainly involved in the modelling of Virtual Environments to study and optimize the human interaction in Ergonomic Design. Francisco Rebelo is European Professional Certified Ergonomist and belongs to the council member of the Centre for Registration of European Ergonomists since 2003. He is responsible for projects financed by the European Union, Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology and companies, like NOKIA, Siemens, Novabase, Volkswagem, Embraer.

Francisco Rebelo has more than 140 publications, most related with the use of virtual reality to study human behaviour and improve the design of systems - https: //www.researchgate.net/profile/Francisco_Rebelo. He serves on the editorial board of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Services Industries, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science and in several publications in Portugal and Brazil.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0367356902
• ISBN 13: 9780367356903
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 532
• Éditeur: Soares Marcelo M., Rebelo Francisco
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible