Humans as we are, “Homo sapiens,” can be traced back around 300,000 years. Our large and complex brains work continuously to develop tools, devices, and complex technologies. We build teams, start ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), the world’s largest scientific association for human factors/ergonomics professionals, announced that the society’s ...

U.S. and EU regulators require human factors and usability testing to bring a medical device to market. Virginia Lang, PhD, president and chief scientist at HirLan Inc., an engineering consultancy ...

Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a contract valued at $5 million to support the Air Force 711th Human Performance Wing/Human Performance Integration Directorate for the evaluation of ...

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 ...