Fitting the Human: Introduction to Ergonomics/Human Factors Engineering, Eighth Edition

Auteur

Katrin Kroemer Elbert, Ph.D., has worked in research and development as a Mechanical Engineer for over three decades in the medical device industry, focusing on implants and medical devices for surgical, therapeutic, and diagnostic applications with Stryker-Howmedica Orthopedics and Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon and MedTech. She holds an undergraduate engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and Master's and Doctoral degrees from Cornell University in Mechanical Engineering, as well as additional certification in engineering management from Stevens University. She has wide-ranging, theoretical and practical experience in biomedical engineering and the design and development of useful medical devices and systems. In addition, she collaborates across multiple scientific and business disciplines to support devices that meet the needs of users and patients across the globe. She has previously collaborated with her father, Karl H. Eberhard Kroemer (Dr.-Ing. and Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech), on other ergonomics textbooks.

Texte du rabat

The aim of this book is to provide "human engineering" for workplaces, tools, machinery, computers, shift work, lighting, sound, climate etc. to suit the human body and mind. This title **focuses on the primary ergonomic task of accommodating the human with the appropriate selection of equipment and tools and workplace factors.

Résumé

The aim of this book is to provide human engineering for workplaces, tools, machinery, computers, shift work, lighting, sound, climate, work demands, offices, vehicles, healthcare, and the home and everything else that we can produce to suit the human body and mind. Now being published in its eighth edition, Fitting the Human focuses on the primary ergonomic task of accommodating the human with the appropriate selection of equipment and tools, work requirements and procedures, physical and social conditions at work, and working hours and shift arrangements.

This book provides ergonomic information needed for the user-friendly design of tasks, equipment, and workplaces. It follows the successful format of previous editions, with updated information and practical guidelines which augment the previous information. It offers refreshed information on ergonomic design for the home and workplace, contemporary ways of working, healthcare and medicine, and artificial intelligence and autonomy. This text also recognizes that cultural differences in living and working vary around the world, so additional insights are offered into ergonomics in global cultures and regions. This title will help the reader understand how to plan and design an overall system and its details to suit the human.

Published under the mantra of solid information, easy to read, easy to understand, easy to apply, Fitting the Human is written for students and professionals of ergonomics, human factors, product and work design, safety, architecture, management, and all fields of engineering.

Contenu

Foreword

About the Author

The First Page

SECTION I: The Human Body

CHAPTER ONE: Body Sizes

CHAPTER TWO: Body Mobility

CHAPTER THREE: Muscular Work

CHAPTER FOUR: Body Strength

SECTION II: The Human Mind

CHAPTER FIVE: How We See

CHAPTER SIX: How We Hear

CHAPTER SEVEN: How We Sense Objects and Energy

CHAPTER EIGHT: How We Experience Indoor and Outside Climates

CHAPTER NINE: How We Think

SECTION III: Body and Mind Working Together

CHAPTER TEN: Hard Physical Work

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Light and Moderate Work

CHAPTER TWELVE: Task Load and Stress

SECTION IV: Organizing and Managing Work

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Working with Others

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Working in an Organization

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Working Hours and Sleep

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Working in Shifts

SECTION V: Applied Human Engineering

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Design of the Home

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Design of the Office and Office Furnishings

CHAPTER NINETEEN: Design and Use of Computers

CHAPTER TWENTY: Design of the Workplace

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Load Handling

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Healthcare for Patients and Providers

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Emerging Ergonomic Issues with Artificial Intelligence

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Designing Work to be Efficient and Pleasant

References

Index