Group
Human Factors and Performance
Unit(s) of assessment: General Engineering
Research theme(s): Digital, Technology and Creative
School: School of Science and Technology
Overview
Improving human performance and wellbeing in a variety of fields and contexts including sports, everyday life and medicine. We draw on our expertise across multiple engineering fields to design products and interventions for people with a range of abilities and needs.
Our multidisciplinary methods include experiments with human subjects, equipment and advanced data analysis techniques to improve comfort, health, safety, and productivity. We collaborate with researchers worldwide and with local and international stakeholders on applications for sports performance, human health and safety, and sustainable technologies.
The group research focusses on:
- Optimisation of sports performance through engineering design
- Brain and physiological signals for applications in cognitive, physical and environmental ergonomics
- Effects of exercise and extreme environments on physiology
- Analysis of human movement and performance
- Use of wearable sensors, clothing and textiles for ergonomics, performance, health and sustainability
- Product development and optimisation
- Understanding comfort, performance and health in transport systems
- Designing for desired behaviours including sustainability in education, energy, consumer products, transportation and road user safety.