Incorporating Ergonomics Theory and Practice into Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Education

马凯特大学工业工程系正在开设一个本科人体工程学实验室。通过这个实验训练和在模拟工作环境中进行的肌电图测量，工业工程专业的学生学习了与累积性创伤障碍相关的问题。本实验室对工业工程师的教育不仅涉及工人的福祉，而且还涉及减少职业伤害的成本，例如腰痛和包括常见腕管综合征在内的累积创伤疾病。通过人体工程学干预重新设计工作场所的研究减少了这些伤害的发生率，提高了工业生产率。

An undergraduate ergonomics laboratory is being introduced in the Industrial Engineering department at Marquette University. Through this experimental training and the electromyographic measurements carried out in a simulated work environment, industrial engineering students learn the problems associated with cumulative trauma disorders. The education of industrial engineers in this laboratory addresses not only the well-being of the workers but also the reduction of the costs of occupational injuries, such as low back pain and cumulative trauma disorders, which include the common carpal tunnel syndrome. Study of the redesign of the workplace through ergonomic intervention reduces the incidence of these injuries and enhances industrial productivity.