I E 361. Statistical Quality Assurance (2013-2020)

Statistical methods for process improvement. Simple quality assurance principles and tools. Measurement system precision and accuracy assessment. Control charts. Process capability assessment. Experimental design and analysis for process improvement. Significant external project in process improvement.

I E 501/502. Research Basics and Communications. (Fall 2014)

Principles and practices for research tasks at the M.S. level including proposal writing, presentations, paper preparation, and project management.

IE 502/602 MS/PhD Research Conduct (Spring 2015)

Responsible conduct of research at the M.S./Ph.D. level, including ethical issues in peer review, conflicts of interest, mentoring, human subjects and live animals, data management, and collaboration.

I E 572. Design and Evaluation of Human-Computer Interaction (Spring 2013, 2015-2020)

Human factors methods applied to interface design, prototyping, and evaluation.  Concepts related to understanding user characteristics, usability analysis, methods and techniques for design and evaluation of the interface.

I E 576. Human Factors in Product Design (Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Fall 2019)

Investigation of the human interface to consumer and industrial systems and products, providing a basis for their design and evaluation. Discussions of human factors in the product design process: modeling the human during product use; usability; human factors methods in product design evaluation; user-device interface; safety, warnings, and instructions for products; considerations for human factors in the design of products for international use.

I E 671. Research Practicum in Human Factors and Ergonomics (Spring 2014, Spring 2016)

Ergonomics research topic development, literature evaluation, experimental design, use of bio-instrumentation, data collection, basic data interpretation, statistical analysis, manuscript preparation.