Perception of Plant Design

1988 ◽  
Vol 202 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Plant Design ◽  
Process Industries ◽  
Creative Thought ◽  
Design Characteristics

The case is argued that true mechanical engineering designers in the process industries are often underutilized due to certain constraints placed upon their work. Creative thought is suppressed if designers are employed in the wrong environment. There are some activities, often referred to as design, that in fact have no design characteristics and are essentially solely analytical excercises. However, opportunities do exist for designers to practice their talents to the full, so enabling them to make a greater contribution to their company's business than has hitherto been possible. Some examples are presented where designers may be gainfully employed, and a reappraisal of the role of engineering designers is called for.

Designing for Trust: Understanding the Role of Agent Gender and Location on User Perceptions of Trust in Home Automation

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Damen ◽  
Christine Toh
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Home Automation ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
User Perceptions ◽  
User Behaviors ◽  
Design Characteristics ◽  
Carry Over

Although trust can have a positively mediating effect on information technology adoption and usage, the concept has not been extensively investigated in the home automation field. Therefore, this work is aimed at exploring the role of agent location and the gender of the agent's voice on users' perception of trust toward automation through two experimental studies (N = 8 and N = 20) and a web-based smart lock simulation. Explicit trust behavior was captured using directly observable behaviors and decisions, while implicit trust behavior was captured using detailed click-level user behaviors with the smart lock simulation as a proxy for reaction time. The results show that users displayed more explicit trusting behavior toward the system when it displayed design characteristics that were stereotype congruent (female-home and male-office) compared to stereotype incongruent systems (male-home and female-office). These results show that users carry over the social expectations and roles encountered in human-to-human relationships to interactions with simulated automated agents. These findings empirically demonstrate the influence of design characteristics on the formation of trust relationships between users and automated devices and provide a foundation for future research geared at critically examining our evolving relationship with technology.

Effects of Human Factors in Process Safety

2022 ◽  
pp. 1477-1507
Author(s):  
Gargi Bhattacharjee ◽  
Sudip Kumar Das
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Near Miss ◽  
Accident Analysis ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Process Safety ◽  
Process Industries ◽  
Human And Organizational Factors

Accidents and near-miss accidents in chemical industries are widespread. Most of the incidents occurred due to combinations of organizational and human factors. To identify the causes for an incident of an accident analysis is needed, because it reveals the possible causes behind the accidents. Accident analysis shows the human and organizational factors that support learning from the events. Literature review shows that human error plays an important role of accidents in process industries. The chapter discusses some case studies which are received very little media publicity and also no proper assessment. At first reports on the incidents were collected from newspapers and then the place was visited to conduct an interview with local people and present and past workers with the help of the PESO (M/S Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization, Eastern Region, Govt. of India).

scholarly journals The role of health tourism in reducing the number of occupational diseases and accidents in the mechanical engineering and metalworking sectors in Latvia

2019 ◽  
Vol 297 ◽  
pp. 07007
Author(s):  
Jelena Lukjanova
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Health Tourism ◽  
Demographic Situation ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Metalworking Industry

In order to ensure successful innovative development of Latvian mechanical engineering and metalworking industry, quality of human resources is one of the important task. First of all, it is necessary to name health of people working in the industry. In Latvia a number of occupational diseases increased, with the greatest growth taking place in manufacturing industry, integral part of which is the engineering and metalworking industry. The problem of accidents at work is also urgent, the number of diseases caused by growing stress. Taking into consideration difficult demographic situation in Latvia and the existing problems in labor market, this situation requires special attention. In the article, the author substantiates the importance and prospects of the development of health tourism as an important factor in maintaining the health and working ability of workers in engineering industry.

Somatic Value in Mechanical Products: Machines as Interactive Media

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuichi Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Rational Approach ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
The World ◽  
Mechanical Products ◽  
User Centric

This paper points out the importance of machines as tangible and substantial media for our customers to interact with the outer world. As the world is getting more and more globalized, diversified and complex, and situations are changing more frequently and extensively, it becomes harder and harder for designers to foresee operating conditions. Therefore design is changing quickly from traditional designer-centric to user-centric. It is a user who can understand the current situation and solve the imminent problem. Thus, the role of a machine is changing from a tool to a partner which helps a user understand the situation and solve the problem together. Although traditional role of machines has been primarily an actuator, its role as a sensing media is quickly increasing. Traditional product development has been one way and it is producer-driven, regarding customers as being very passive and just as consumers or users. But customers are very active and creative. The tangible and substantial feature of mechanical products has advantages in satisfying our customers’ needs for creativity and customization of our products to adapt to their needs and tastes and furthermore in creating experience and stories for them, which will add increased value, if not only product value but also process value is considered. To realize such goals, mechanical engineering should introduce more pragmatic approaches in addition to the current rational approach.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document