Human Factors Engineering

Graduate track in Human Factors Engineering (HFE).

This unique track offered in the Dept. of Industrial Engineering and management offers a Masters in science (MSc) degree (with or without a research thesis) in Industrial Engineering with a focus in HFE. We accept a verity of academic backgrounds. We encourage diversity, however, those who do not have an engineering degree are required to do supplement courses.

IEM department Graduate courses – English information page

See details in the Department website or contact Dr. Avinoam Borowsky , borowsky@bgu.ac.il

We welcome International students. Graduate courses are given in English if International students participate.

List of courses that I teach:

• Undergraduate Level
  • Applications of Human Factors in Industry and Services
  • Ergonomics/Human Factors Engineering (intro level – mandatory)
  • Project Management
  • Introduction to decision making
• Graduate Level
  • Stress,  Workload and Fatigue
  • Automation and Intelligent Systems
  • Man-Machine Systems (Mandatory)
  • Decision Making in advanced technological systems (mandatory)
  • Designing user interfaces (mandatory) – User Interface II
  • Human Robot interaction

Individual lectures.

• Introduction to Human Factors Engineering
• From Ergonomics to Hedonomics
• Stress, fatigue and workload models and application
• Multi-modal displays
• Naturalistic decision making