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Courses » Digital Human Modeling and Simulation for Virtual Ergonomics Evaluation

Digital Human Modeling and Simulation for Virtual Ergonomics Evaluation

ABOUT THE COURSE

It is well known that knowledge of ‘Ergonomics/ Human Factors Engineering’ is of utmost necessity for any product, facility and workplace design to achieve optimal man-machine compatibility in terms of physical, cognitive and environmental factors. While ergonomics evaluation using physical mockups and prototype with real human trials is tiresome, time-consuming, and costly; virtual ergonomics evaluation using CAD model of human and products/facilities is extremely beneficial to get rid of all these issues. The course ‘Digital Human Modeling and Simulation for Virtual Ergonomics’ deals not only with the basics of Ergonomics but also covers the all the relevant topics related to virtual ergonomics evaluation techniques including its advantages and limitations.

INTENDED AUDIENCE

UG and PG students of Engineering and Industrial Design

PRE-REQUISITES

Knowledge and expertise in using CAD software for 3D modeling

INDUSTRY SUPPORT – LIST OF COMPANIES/INDUSTRY THAT WILL RECOGNIZE/VALUE THIS ONLINE COURSE

All the companies associated with product desin and manufacturing.

291 students have enrolled already!!

COURSE INSTRUCTOR



Dr. Sougata Karmakar is presently working as Assistant Professor at Dept. of Design in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India. He received Ph.D. degree for his work in the field of ‘virtual ergonomics using digital human modeling’ from the Bharathiar University, India in Sept’ 2009. He also received P.G. Diploma in Management (Specialization-Human Resource Management) from Pondicherry University, India. He gained research expertise in the field of ergonomics from Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Delhi (Nov’ 2004-Nov’2009). Before joining to IIT Guwahati, he worked as Asst. Prof. in Krishnagar Govt. College and K.G. College of Health Sciences, India.

He is associated with well-equipped ‘Ergonomics Laboratory’ at Department of Design, IIT Guwahati and continuing his research work in the field of Ergonomics/ Human Factors. Three (03) research scholars/ PhD students have been awarded PhD degree and another five (05) students are presently perusing their Doctoral research under his guidance. Dr. Karmakar has conducted many workshops related to Ergonomics/Human Factors, Occupational Health and Safety, and Industrial Design in India and abroad. He has published 21 research papers in renowned international journals and 22 research papers in various referred international conference proceedings with ISBN. He is contributing as editorial board member and reviewer for various international journals of repute.

MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE COURSE

Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_hs22
Course duration : 08 weeks
Start date and end date of course: 18 July 2016 - 9 September 2016
Dates of exams :  18 September 2016 & 25 September 2016
Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly
Exam Fee: The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee of approximately Rs 1000(non-Programming)/1250(Programming) needs to be paid.

CERTIFICATE

E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam. It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati.
It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

COURSE LAYOUT

Week 1: Introduction to ergonomics
   
Week 2: Use of percentile anthropometric and biomechanical data for product/ facility design
   
Week 3:    Virtual ergonomics and its advantages
   
Week 4:    Introduction of digital human modeling (DHM) and simulation
   
Week 5: Techniques/process of virtual ergonomics evaluation using DHMs
   
Week 6:    Techniques/process of virtual ergonomics evaluation using DHMs
   
Week 7:    Application of digital human modeling and simulation in various industrial sectors
   
Week 8:    Future research avenues and steps to be taken towards widespread use of DHMs in industrial sectors and research organizations of developing countries

REFERENCE BOOKS

1.    Badler, N., 1993. Computer Graphics Animation and Control, in Simulating Humans. New York: Oxford University Press.

2.    Chaffin, D.B., 2001. Digital Human Modeling for Vehicle and Workplace Design. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

3.    Duffy V.G., 2010. Advances in Applied Digital Human Modeling. CRC Press, USA.

4.    Duffy V.G., 2009. Hand book of digital human modeling: Research for Applied Ergonomics and Human Factor Engineering. London: Taylor & Francis.

5.    Duffy V.G., 2015. Digital Human Modeling. Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management: Ergonomics and Health. LNCS: 9184-9185, Springer International Publishing, USA.

6.    Karmakar, S., Pal, M. S., Majumdar, Deepti. and Majumdar, D., 2012. Application of Digital Human Modeling and Simulation for Vision Analysis of Pilots in a Jet Aircraft: A Case Study. Work. IOS Press, 41 Suppl. 1, 3412-3418.

7.    Karmakar, S., Sanjog, J. and Patel, T., 2014. Digital Human Modeling and Simulation in Product and Workplace Design: Indian Scenario. International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA), Special issue. Pp. 06-12.

8.    Patel, T., Sanjog, J., Chowdhury, A., and Karmakar, S., 2013. Applications of DHM in Agricultural Engineering:  A Review. Advanced Engineering Forum, 10, 16-21.

9.    Sundin, A. and örtengren, R., 2006. Digital human modeling for CAE applications. In: G. Salvendy, eds. Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics. 3rd ed. 1053-1078.

10.    Sanjog, J., Karmakar, S., Patel, T. and Chowdhury, A., 2015. Towards virtual ergonomics: aviation and aerospace. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal, Vol. 87 (3), 266 – 273.

11.    Sanjog, J., Patnaik, B., Patel, T. and Karmakar, S., 2016. Context specific design interventions in blending workstation: An ergonomics perspective. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 33(1), 32-50.