Peter Thorvald
Associate Professor of Product Design Engineering
School of Engineering Science
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The course mainly contains analysis and application of cognitive science, cognitive psychology research and cognitive ergonomics to the product realization process. The course will be centered around literature concerning the application of cognitive science and psychology for the students to analyze based on their future working roles. They also identify plausible situations where cognitive ergonomics has an effect on performance and results. Furthermore, a number of methods and tools will be analyzed and applied in a group project to a product realization setting.