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64287 Darmstadt

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+49 6151 533 5600
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Office: E31, 0.06N



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Nils Malz
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Human Factors Lab

Welcome to the Human Factors Lab

The Human Factors Lab (HFL) at the Department of Design at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences researches digital technologies and their application in human needs situations. It was founded in 2020 by Professors Philipp Thesen and Tino Melzer.

The HFL serves to expand and deepen the teaching content in the field of human-technology interaction and human factors as part of research and development projects. It also acts as a co-operation platform between design, science and industry.

Ergonomics, usability engineering, user experience design, human-robot collaboration and, last but not least, design are areas that address both the cognitive and physical characteristics of humans. The laboratory therefore focuses on exploring the possibilities of design - the aim is to gather information about human behaviour, abilities, limits and characteristics and their application to the design of products, systems, processes and environments (human factors) and to methodically support, visualise and further develop this using digital means.

The spectrum of applications ranges from ergonomic analysis and the optimisation of industrial workplaces to usability engineering in product development and CAD-based simulation in architecture and industrial design - prospective design analysis for urban planning, space and objects. The work is focussed on the two subject areas: Ergonomics and motion analyses as well as usability analyses and virtual prototyping.

Equipment

The virtual experience and testing of designs and applications in the development phase is made possible by networked hardware and software equipment. With the help of digital sensors and virtual 3D visualisations, employees and students work on real-time prototypes and modelling in mixed reality. We use the following core technologies:

Motion Tracking / Motion Capture

The sensor-based recording of human movements in real time for computer-aided analysis.

Augmented Reality (AR)

The interactive experience of a real environment, in which the objects in the real world are enhanced by computer-generated, partly multi-sensory perceptual information.

Mixed Reality (MR)

The merging of the real and virtual worlds to create new environments and visualisations in which physical and digital objects coexist and interact in real time.

CAD and 3D animation

Computer animation and computer-aided generation of 3D content and animations for product development and visualisation.

Virtual reality (VR)

An exclusively simulated experience that can be similar to the real world or completely different from it.

Laboratory utilisation

The laboratory is open as part of selected courses in the fields of human-system interaction and human factors and is supported by staff. The contact person here is Thomas Beisiegel, Technical Director of the laboratory.

There is also the opportunity to write your own thesis in the context of research collaborations and projects.