Students as participants in usability studies

Birgit Milius

TU Braunschweig

Birgit Milius has studied Civil Engineering at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, specialising in railway engineering. Since 2000 she is working in the field of railway risk and safety analysis. She is now an assistant professor at the Institute for Railway Engineering and Traffic Safety at the TU Braunschweig. Her main research interest still lies with all questions concerning risk and risk assessment. Furthermore, she has a research interest in human factors in railways with a focus on the application of human factors research in engineering and operational security

Abstract

Human Factors play an increasingly important role in the rail sector. However, the complexity of railway operations only allows for a limited number of studies “under the rolling wheel”. Therefore, the use of simulators is... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Birgit Milius (TU Braunschweig)
  2. Marc Burkhardt (Siemens AG, Mobility Division, Braunschweig)

Topic Areas

Ergonomics design in control facilities, train cabs and rolling stock , Signaller performance, workload, situation awareness

Session

1PS-4 » Quick-fire Poster Introduction Session (17:10 - Monday, 14th September)

Paper

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