2015: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2015, Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK, 13-16 April 2015 1st Edition
by Sarah Sharples (Editor), Steven Shorrock (Editor), Patrick Waterson (Editor)
Ergonomics and human factors is
the discipline concerned with the application of scientifc knowledge to
improve people’s interaction with products, systems and environments.
This book presents the proceedings of the international conference,
Ergonomics & Human Factors 2015, the 29th year in which a volume in
the Contemporary Ergonomics series has appeared. In addition to
being the leading event in the UK that features ergonomics and human
factors across all sectors, this is also the annual conference of the
Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF).
The scope and breadth of ergonomics and human factors continues to expand at a rapid pace. Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2015
reflects many of these developments and includes contributions covering
the latest work in healthcare, transportation, defence, stress,
manufacturing, design, and health and safety. There are also
developments in data analytics, culture and complexity. This book also
celebrates the long tradition of work in ergonomics and human factors
which began with the formation of the Ergonomics Research Society in
1949 and culminated in 2015 with a Royal Charter. This has conferred
recognition, at the highest level, of the uniqueness and value of our
scientifc discipline and the preeminent role of the Chartered Institute
of Ergonomics and Human Factors in representing both the discipline and
the profession.
As well as being of interest to mainstream ergonomists and human factors specialists, Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2015
will appeal to those concerned with people’s interaction with their
working and leisure environment, including designers, manufacturing and
production engineers, health and safety specialists, occupational,
applied and industrial psychologists, and applied physiologists.
