The Human-Centered Engineering (HCE) program provides students with a technical education that is human-centered, design-process driven, and focused on applying engineering knowledge to solve complex ...

Human factors (also referred to as human factors psychology and human factors engineering) is an applied field of study that examines human abilities, limitations, behaviors, and processes in order to ...

Nature has a way of crafting designs that outshine our most advanced engineering. These remarkable creations have evolved over millions of years, showcasing efficiency and beauty that even the best ...

“Anyone doing design, development, or postmarket surveillance for a medical product that humans use should be considering human factors and usability,” Shannon Hoste, chief scientific officer at ...

Developing human-centered, physics-based, and AI-enabled design methods for creating engineering products and systems that address societal challenges Design combines engineering, business, the arts, ...

Boston College will begin recruiting the first class for its highly anticipated Human-Centered Engineering program, a major that will integrate BC’s core liberal arts focus and a rigorous engineering ...

Safety, reliability, and productivity in the nuclear industry result from a systematic consideration of human performance. A plant or other facility consists of both the engineered system and the ...

Human-centric design allows companies to focus on the challenges they want their products to solve and not be swayed by hot new technologies, just because they are trending, says Andy Busam, principal ...

FDA and international human factors engineering guidelines agree that manufacturers can disregard Abnormal Use when it comes to medical product usability testing. However, the specific meaning of ...

Grand challenges are formidable problems that cross disciplinary boundaries and span sectors of industry. And the fields of Human Computer Interaction and Design face many grand challenges that impact ...

Can cutting open a robot be the best way to win an engineering argument? That slice through synthetic skin, theatrically done at XPENG’s 2025 AI Day in Guangzhou, wasn’t a stunt but a very deliberate ...

The way products are designed and engineered is changing thanks to new technologies. These technologies, from digital twins to 3D printing, not only support humans in their design and engineering work ...