Benjamin W. Niebel Work Design Laboratory
The Benjamin W. Niebel Work Design Laboratory both undergraduate and graduate students in Human Factors and Ergonomics Engineering and focuses on the human within the context of today's technological work environment. Work analyses are conducted to improve industrial processes and methods; design and build interfaces between humans and the environment, to enable control of complex systems; and to advance the development and management of organizations from a social-technical perspective.
The lab provides close to 1,000 square feet of laboratory space dedicated to human factors research and education and contains an extensive array of equipment to measure physical, physiological, and cognitive performance. Strength, electromyography, temperature, stress, aerobic capacity, eye tracking, reaction times, time study, and work sampling are typical measurement applications.
- This lab is equipped with ...
- 13, Dell Pentium D, 3.0 Ghz workstations with 2 Gigabytes of RAM, 128 megabyte graphics cards, and DVD/CD-RW drives
- 17 Inch Flat Panel Monitors
- Color Laser Printing
- Palm Pilots
- Software applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Internet Explorer; Jack; Design Tools; Human Factors Lab Tools; MicroSaint; PalmSync Tools; Palm NSBasic; Matlab; Visual Studio .NET; Together; 3DSSPP; Spiral; Java; and SAS
More details about the laboratory can be found at the Niebel Laboratory Website.