Abstract
Traditional Human Factors Engineering (HFE) education focuses on bridging the gap between human and system design. Given the rapid, and accelerating technological advancement, particularly in areas such as machine learning and data science, how should HFE education adapt to better equip students for working in industry? This project sought to identify and understand the gap between HFE education and industry needs by surveying human factors engineering students and practitioners concerning their impressions of the gap and how it can be addressed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Drury, C.G.: Human factors/ergonomics implications of big data analytics: chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors annual lecture. Ergonomics 58(5), 659–673 (2015)
Chung, M.H., Chignell, M., Wang, L., Jovicic, A., Raman, A.: Interactive machine learning for data exfiltration detection: active learning with human expertise. In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2020, vol. 2020, pp. 280–287 (2020)
Hannon, D., et al.: A human factors engineering education perspective on data science, machine learning and automation. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 63(1), 488–492 (2019)
Hannon, D., et al.: The Education of the Human Factors Engineer in the Age of Data Science (2020)
Brodeur, D.R., Young, P.W., Blair, K.B.: Problem-based learning in aerospace engineering education. In: ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings (2002)
Turns, J.A., Sattler, B., Yasuhara, K., Borgford-Parnell, J.L., Atman, C. J.: Integrating reflection into engineering education. In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings (2014)
Acknowledgments
We want to thank the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society for promoting our surveys and our colleagues who have supported us by participating in the surveys.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Zhang, B.(., Chignell, M. (2021). The Gap Between Human Factors Engineering Education and Industry Needs. In: Black, N.L., Neumann, W.P., Noy, I. (eds) Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021). IEA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 219. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74602-5_81
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74602-5_81
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-74601-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-74602-5
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)