Human Factors

Human Factors

Aircraft Maintenance Human Factors (FAA)
Click on "Find Info," then "MX Library" to access annual reports, conference papers, and MX FAA (the former HFSkyway).
Anthropometric Accommodation in Aircraft Cockpits: Methodologies for Examination
This technical document discusses cockpit measurements and their relation to various body sizes and proportions. An annotated bibliography with links to cited fulltext documents is included.
FAA Human Factors
Provides synopses of research conducted by various agencies and institutes as well as links to other human factors research activities.
Flight Deck Automation Issues
This site identifies 94 potential cockpit automation issues and provides a searchable database of over 1000 records including accidents, experiments, surveys, and observational studies.
Human Factors (Univ. of Illinois - UC)
Sponsored by the Aviation Human Factors Division, Institute of Aviation, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign, this site provides full-text technical reports and conference papers dealing with human factors research. Included are several International Symposium on Aviation Psychology conferences as well as Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting proceedings.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Official homepage of the HFES. Click on "Publications" to view the tables of contents from several journal titles or use the "Search" function to search a topic or author. ERAU affiliates may contact the Hunt Library for information on obtaining full text.
Human Factors Research Project
Formerly known as the Aerospace Crew Research Project, this University of Texas site included in its research focus, teams in environments other than flightdecks. The project investigated factors that determine performance and safety, for example, Crew Resource Management (CRM). Although the Project is no longer active, this site gives an overview of their research and the full-text of many of the resultant papers.
Human Systems Integration Division
From NASA Ames Research Center, this site describes the current research activities of the Human Systems Integration Division involving human performance, technology design, and human-computer interaction.
Pilot Safety Brochures
Full-text brochures dealing with human factors published by the FAA's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute.
RAS Human Factors Group Reports and Papers of Interest
Conference proceedings from the Royal Aeronautical Society dealing with human factors in aviation.

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