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Ergonomics in Design

Click here for the 2007-2008 Ergonomics in Design Report 

Chair

Prof. Pierre-Henri Dejean
Université Technologique de Compiègne
BP 60319 – 60206 Compiègne Cedex France
Tel +33(0)3 44 23 46 00
Fax +33(0)3 44 23 52 13
Email Pierre-Henri.Dejean@utc.fr

Members

Lina Bonapace (Co Chair)
Ergosolutions, consultants
Via Budua 13 -2059 Milano, Italy

Alan Chan
Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management
City University of Hong Kong

Jörgen Eklund
Linköping University of Technology
Ergonomics and Product Design

Sung Han
Pohang University of Science and Technology,
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering

Jettie Hoonhout
Philips Research Laboratory
The Niederland

Roel Kahmann
Consultant in Ergonomics

Mariann Karlsson
Chalmers University of Technology
Design department
Head of industrial design master

Michel Nael
Consultant Expert in User Interaction

Samanta Porter
Loughborough University,
Ergonomics and product design

Kerstin Roese Tu
Kaiserslautern Germany

Steve Vezeau
Université du Québec à Montréal
Design Department

Objectives

• To improve and increase the ergonomics knowledge for application in design
• To improve the relationship between ergonomists and other actors involved in designproduct design, interaction design, engineering, marketing, management, sustainability, etc.
• To improve communicationand transfer of knowledge between the ergonomics fieldsfor workers and ergonomics for consumers (from avoiding pain to gaining pleasure)
• To improve knowledge transfer from ergonomics in design research to practice and tincrease feedback from the applications to the academic community.
• To improve the relationship between ergonomists and other actors involved in designproduct design, interaction design, engineering, marketing, management, sustainability, etc.
• To promote ergonomics in the design process.
• To promote ergonomics in design to the public at large.

Structure

To implement the above objectives, this TC creates Working Groups such as :
Cultural factors in ergonomics
Ergonomics tools for design process
Emerging issues: sustainable innovation

Action Plan

Activities	Description	Responsible	Milestones	Deliverable/Timeline
1. Coordination	Contact with other organizations involved in Design including IEA TC and EQUID		ICSID, IDSA, Design Council TC Affective Design	Comon program 2009
2. Methods and Tools	Review of existing knowledge and tools/ improvement/dissemination		Assessment advices	List of tools
3. Symposium and Panel	Presentation of research papers and panel discussion on common theme	All	EQUID Forum 1 paper SELF One session International Event	St Malo 2007 Call in 2007 Event in 2008

Click here to learn about this area of ergonomics: Call for candidacies to organize the 1st IEA Sponsored Ergonomics in Design Conference in 2008