Subject: IKPs forskarprogram
From: [email-masked] (Martin Helander)
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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:04:45 +0100

AND ERGONOMICS

The Division of Industrial Ergonomics at the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, IKP offers graduate studies in Human Factors Engineering, also
called Ergonomics.

Human Factors Engineering (often known as Ergonomics) focuses on
applications of the sciences of engineering, physiology, psychology, and
management to the design of environments in such a way, that the physical
and mental characteristics of users are explicitly considered. Areas of
application include human-computer interaction, industrial safety,
workplace design, manufacturing automation and quality management,  and
design of aircraft and automobiles.  Typically graduate students are drawn
from engineering and the behavioural and health sciences.

The Licentiat and Doctor degrees provide advanced studies beyond the
Masters of Engineering level. The study time for the Licentiat degree is
nominally 2 years and for the doctors degree 2 additional years. Graduate
students are required to first take the licentiat degree, and may then
apply for admission to the doctoral program. Courses are taken so as to
fulfil the requirements stipulated below:

                                Licentiat degree
For a Licentiat student  there are several course requirements, including
25 points  of
course work. One  point corresponds to one week of studies.  We recommend
that elective courses be taken in engineering, which will promote
collaborative research with other engineering departments.

At the beginning of the studies a faculty advisor is assigned to the
student. Depending upon research interest the advisor may change at a later
stage. The purpose is to inform the student of the various options that are
open to the student and about the expectations of the department.

A formal proposal for a thesis topic must be presented in written format to
a faculty advisory committee. The committee typically consists of two
faculty with one Major Adviser. One advisor must by from the Division of
Industrial Ergonomics.

        Mandatory
        courses
                        Human Information Processing            5p
                        Biomechanics and Work Physiology        5p
                        Organizational Design and Management    5p
                        Human Factors Research Methodology      5p
                        Design and Analysis of Experiments      5p

Total   25p

        Elective
        Courses
15p

        Thesis
40p

Total   80p

                                Doktor degree (Ph.D.)

The Doctoral program provides advanced level of study and training for the
development of research-level scholars with expertise in human factors or
ergonomics. Students graduate from the program having demonstrated, by
means of a dissertation, their ability to make original and significant
contributions to the field of Human factors Engineering/Ergonomics.

Depending on the educational background of the student the degree offered
to Engineering students is Technologie Doktor and to students with a
background in the social sciences Filosofie Doktor.  Both degrees translate
in the English language to "Doctor of Philosophy".

The courses in the Ph.D. program are determined by the student's objective,
interests, background, and experience.

A formal proposal for a Ph.D. dissertation topic must be presented in
written form and defended orally to a faculty advisory committee.  The
advisory committee typically consists of three faculty with one major
advisor.

A Ph.D. dissertation must be successfully defended in a formal oral examination.

The courses taken in the Ph.D.

Course work:
        Elective Courses
20p

Dissertation
60p

Total   160p

A field evaluation study of ergonomics in industry should be conducted as
part of the graduate studies. The topic and location of this study should
be chosen in agreement with the Faculty Advisor.

MANDATORY COURSES

AAV 501. Engineering Psychology  (Human Information Processing), 5 points
Taught once every three semesters with a minimum of 5 students.
Responsible: Martin Helander

Objective:
Introduction to basic behavioural, and psychological factors such as
sensory, perceptual, cognitive, and learning processes. Emphasis is placed
on theory formation and the application of information in systems design.
Topic areas: Attention, perception and display of information, Spatial
perception, perception of print and initiation, working memory, retrieval
and forgetting, Learning, long term memory and comprehension, Signal
Detection Theory, ROC, vigilance. Information theory, absolute judgement,
Decision making, diagnosis, Choice of action, expert decision making, 3D,
depth perception, navigation and spatial cognition. Reaction time,. time
sharing, Individual differences, stress, human error, manual control,
dynamic systems, engineering models of manual control.

Literature: Wickens, C. Engineering Psychology and Human Performance. New
York: Harper Collins, 1992.

AAV 502. Biomechanics and Work physiology:, 5 points

Responsible: Jörgen Eklund
Taught once every other year (with a minimum of 5 students).

Objective: Introduction to the structure and function of the human body
including anthropometry, biomechanics and work physiology. Anthropometric
design of workplaces. Use of 5th and 95% percentile measures in design. 3d
modelling of workspaces. Predictive models workload, heat stress and cold
stress. Indices for cold stress and heat stress, and implications for
human performance. Applications and implications of physiological measures,
such as energy expenditure, heart rate, and EMG. Biomecanical modelling of
work load and physical stress. Injuries including  carpal tunnel syndrome,
tenosynovites, tendinitis, etc.

Literature:
Chaffin, D.B. and Andersson, G. Occupational Biomechanics. New York: Wiley, 1991

Åstrand, P.-O. and Rodahl, K. Textbook of Work Physiology. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1990

Roebuck, J.A., Jr. Anthropometric Methods. Santa Monica, CA: The Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1995

AAV 503. Human Factors Research Methodology.

This course is given once every two years (minimum of 5 students).

Responsible: Martin Helander

Objective: This course is an introduction to scientific research
methodology focusing primarily on various methods of data collection and
analysis in human factors research.

Topic areas: Ethics in research, Field experimentation, Laboratory versus
field research, Quasi-experimental design,  Validity and reliability of
measurement.  Critique of scientific articles. An overview of statistical
methods not learnt in other courses: Non-parametric methods, factor
analysis, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling. Various methods for
studying human performance, including the use of behavioral taxonomies,
task analysis, system analysis, verbal protocols, questionnaires, surveys,
scaling, and psychophysics.

Literature: Articles,

Siegel, S and Castellan, N.J. (1988). Nonparametric Statistics. McGraw-
Hill, New York.

Campbell, D.T. and Stanley, J.C. (1966) Experimental and Quasi-Experimental
Design for Research. Houghton-Mifflin, Boston. There are some alternative
more recent texts by Campbell and Cox

AAV 504. Organizational Design  and Management.

This course is given once every two years (minimum of 5 students).

Responsible: Jörgen Eklund

Objective: This course examines the implications of automation and computer
technologies on  design of organizations and jobs. The intention is to
demonstrate how automation changes processes and work within organizations,
and the implications for organizational efficiency and quality of work
life.  Other important aspects are the study of change in organizations and
the change process. The purpose is to improve organizational efficiency
including performance measures such as  quality and quantity in
manufacturing.  Topics of study include: Communication Processes, Decision
Making, Job Design, Job Satisfaction, Motivation, and Acceptance of
Innovation.

AAV 505. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance

Responsible: Håkan Alm

Course objectives: This course will most likely be taught in English.
Course will have lecture format. Topics include: Factorial experiments,
Interactions (Two and three-way), Fixed, random and mixed designs, Simple
effects tests, Pair-wise comparisons and contrasts, Nested designs and
Partially nested designs, Generation of expected mean squares, Quasi
F-tests and pooling, Between-within designs, Probing techniques, Unequal n
procedures, Latin Square designs, Simple and Multiple Regression,
Correlation, Hypothesis testing, Partial Correlation, Analysis of
Covariance.

Literature:
Maybe Keppel, G. (1991). Design and Analysis. A Researcher's Handbook.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.

Examination:
Homeworks, Two written tests.

ELECTIVE COURSES - Elective courses may be taken in the Division of
Industrial Ergonomics or elsewhere in the university.  In the Division of
Industrial Ergonomics Elective courses are taught to fit the research
interest of both faculty and students. Following are some examples of
courses:

AAV 611. Human Factors Models of Engineering Design and Design Work.

AAV 612. Human-Computer Interaction   Cross listed with Computer Science
Department

AAV 613. Human Decision Making and Decision Aiding. Cross listed with
Communications Department,

AAV 614. Human Factors in Automation.

AAV 615. Human Reliability Analysis and System Safety.

AAV 620. Topics in Human Factors Engineering. Could deal with any research
topics.

Admission.

Licentiat Program

Application to the Licentiat Program is made by completing the Division's
Application for Admission to Graduate Studies, and submitting it as
directed on the form.  This application contains instructions concerning
submission of transcripts of previous academic work and letters of
reference. The information submitted provides the basis upon which the
Graduate Admissions Committee decides whether an individual will be able to
take classes in the licentiat program and make preparations for a thesis.
After a qualification time successful students may submit their application
to the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Ansökan om antagning). To be
accepted generally high grades are required accompanied by letters of
reference that clearly indicate potential for graduate studies.

Doctoral Program.

Application to the Doctoral Program is made by submitting a letter
requesting admission to the Division's Graduate Admissions Committee.  This
request may be submitted after finishing the licentiat program or at the
earliest one semester before the anticipated time for licentiat graduation.
To qualify for admission a licentiat degree (or corresponding) must have
been obtained,  and the applicant must have demonstrated good potential for
scholarly work. This could for example be demonstrated by the publication
of one or several articles in a scholarly journal.

Martin Helander
Division of Industrial Ergonomics
Linkoping Inst of Technology
581 83 Linkoping, Sweden
tel:+ 46-13-28 15 99
fax:+ 46-13-28 25 79