Human Factors in Aviation

What it is about

You learn how human errors arise in aviation and how risks can be reduced through ergonomic design, organizational measures, and human factors methods. In the end you will be able to identify sources of error, apply ergonomic assessment methods, and evaluate safety relevance from an ergonomic perspective.

What you will be able to do

• Analyze risks in flight operations
• Understand approaches to risk reduction
• Apply ergonomic design methods and assessment procedures
• Analyze mechanisms of human behavior in the context of reliability
• Classify human errors and apply error models
• Give presentations and lead discussions
• Independently develop integrative content

What the module consists of

• VorlesungGuest lecturers present topics; students take on discussions in sessions based on previously distributed technical literature
• Studierendenteil/PräsentationStudents independently develop a topic and deliver a scientific presentation
• Mündliche PrüfungGroup work: analysis of a flight accident in the ergonomic overall context

Teaching method

• Gastvorträge mit PräsentationenProvide thematic breadth by experts
• Diskussion studentischer GruppenDeepening and contextualization of the distributed literature; students lead the discussion