Please note that these papers cover several years assignments and length or formatting does not always match the most current semester. Some earlier papers were 4, 6, 8, 10 page assignments. Feel free to learn from this resource, but base your term papers on the current Term Project specification posted in BlackBoard.

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Summer 2009 Projects

• Choosing the Correct Mouse for the Home Office - Adamson

• Physiological Effects of Sleep Deprivation Working Two Shifts and Way to Mitigate Health Risk - Campos
• HFE Analysis of Women's Locker Room Floor Design - Getchius

• Improving International Travel Health - Mai

• Alarm Management on an Oil & Gas Offshore Platform - Brathwaite

• Noise Pollution in an Open Office - Abbott

• UI and Smart Phone - Chui

• The Effect of Anti-Fatigue Mats - Weaver

• Flexibility based HFE practices to resolve work-life balance issues of IT service desk professionals - Erukulapati

Spring 2008 Projects

• Reducing Bed Mobility Injuries of ICU Nursing Staff Through Body Mechanics Retraining - McCann
• Steel Rule Cutting Die Handling - Huang
• Using HFE to Enhance Physical Comfort of Call Center Staff - Raphael
• Foot Stool Options to Reduce Lower Back Pain in Office Workers - Estrada
• Reducing Neck And Shoulder Discomfort Associated With The Use Of Portable Leak Detection And Repair (LDAR) - Cunningham
• How As a Passenger One Can Use HFE Countermeasures to Minimize Noise Pollution Aboard Consumer Aircrafts - Gill
• Advantages and Disadvantages of the Open Work Space - Duvall
• Range of Illumination for Hallways and Cafeteria - Milanez
• Two Side Rails (Full Length) Option Bed to Reduce Patient Entrapments or Falls and Injuries Related - Tohemer
• Using HFE Principles to Reduce Type Two Errors Associated with Termination Defects from SMD Process - Fissell
• HFE Countermeasures to Reduce Visual Problems During LED Displays Inspection - Marlin
• Application of HFE Countermeasures to Improve a Space Restricted Workstation in the Laboratory - Tran
• Using HFE to Improve Specimen Processing in a Cinical Laboratory - Padilla
• How to Design a User Friendly CNC Control Panel - Dang
• Design of Visual Inspection Workstation for Ceramic Tiles - Zakaria
• Workplace Design for Visually Impaired Workers in Nut and Bolt Assembly - Hoang
• The Physiological Effect of Working the Midnight Shift - Teran
• Health Risks Associated with Work-Related Stress with Working Relationships - Wofford
• Development of Height and Reach Appropriate Workstations - Frazier

Spring 2007 - Exemplar

• Using HFE to enable single workers to safely move donor bodies effectively - Cover   Semester

Summer 2006 Projects:

• Ergonomic Considerations While Working in the Sanitation Department of a Food Manufacturing Facility and Wearing a Personal Protective Equipment - Akhigbe
• Worker Comfort in Cubicle Workstation Environments - Pitzer
• Ergonomic Considerations in the Private Apartments of Assisted Living Facilities - Manning
• Work Station Design in HFE - Vermillion, David
• Visual Ergonomics: Visual Considerations at Computer Workstations - Vermillion, Kathleen
• The Challenges of Working in the HY06 Production Environment - Patterson

Spring 2006 Projects:

• Laboratory Lighting
• Sensorial Evaluation of Nutritional Bars: QA approach
• Health Risks Associated with Work Related Mental Stress
• An Ergonomic Approach to Industrial Air Quality and the Release of Endotoxins
• The Design of Scuba Diving Regulators & Breathing Resistance
• HFE in a CAD Environment
• RSI and Keyboard Use
• Improving Developmental Test Using HFE Concepts
• Redesign of Test Station Equipment
• Relationship Between Rapid Change and Monotony
• Implementing Education Using Psychological Approach to Better Sanitation in Dialysis Clinics.pdf

Fall 2005 Projects:

• Benefits of Ergonomics and Implementation of Ergonomics Programs in the Office Workstations
• The Application of Human Factors in the Workstation Design of Phlebotomy
• HFE Term Paper on Intel Module Repair (IMR)
• Pneumatic Rivet Gun Exchange Program
• Human Factors in Record Retention
• Workflow Barriers in Service Laboratories
• Electronics Assembly Ergonomics
• Ergonomic Factors Associated with Pregnancy in a Laboratory Setting

• Laptop Users: Preventing Injuries Through an Effective Training Program
• Ergonomics and the Sedentarian

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