ECTS - Work Place Environmental Design

Work Place Environmental Design (IE512) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Work Place Environmental Design IE512 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Question and Answer, Problem Solving.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Babek Erdebilli
Course Assistants
Course Objectives In this course, the students will be learning fundamental concepts of ergonomics to be able to apply for their practical problems.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Acquaintance of students with the fundamental concepts of ergonomics.
  • Ability of students to develop an insight about the role of ergonomics for different engineering disciplines especially for industrial engineering.
  • Ability of students to evaluate and solve real life processes and problems using ergonomics techniques.
Course Content Applied anthropometry, work-space design, seating design, visual environment, noise, thermal environment, chemical substances, physical work and manual materials handling, the niosh approach to the design and evaluation of lifting tasks, biomechanics, vibration and acceleration.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Applied Anthropometry
2 Applied Anthropometry
3 Work Design
4 Work Space Design
5 Visual environment
6 Noise and Thermal Environment.
7 Chemical Substances
8 Physical Work and Manual Materials Handling
9 The NIOSH Approach to the Design and Evaluation of Lifting Tasks
10 Midterm
11 Biomechanics. Vibration and Acceleration
12 Work disorders, accidents and job safety
13 Work disorders, accidents and job safety
14 Practical applications, real life problems
15 Practical applications, real life problems
16 Final Examination Period

Sources

Course Book 1. M.P.Groover, Work Systems and the Methods,Measurement and Management of Work,Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2007
Other Sources 2. U.S.Dept.of Labor., Ergonomics, the Study of Work, 2000.
3. Niebel and Frievalds, Methods, Standards and Work Design, McGraw Hill, 2003.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project 1 30
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ability to carry out advanced research activities, both individual and as a member of a team
2 Ability to evaluate research topics and comment with scientific reasoning
3 Ability to initiate and create new methodologies, implement them on novel research areas and topics
4 Ability to produce experimental and/or analytical data in systematic manner, discuss and evaluate data to lead scintific conclusions
5 Ability to apply scientific philosophy on analysis, modelling and design of engineering systems
6 Ability to synthesis available knowledge on his/her domain to initiate, to carry, complete and present novel research at international level
7 Contribute scientific and technological advancements on engineering domain of his/her interest area
8 Contribute industrial and scientific advancements to improve the society through research activities

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 1 16
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 4 4
Report
Homework Assignments 4 4 16
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 16 16
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 25 25
Total Workload 125