A Conceptual Qualitative Framework for Assessing Human Systems Engineering Education Outcomes and Opportunities

Human systems engineering education seeks to infuse principles of applied psychology, cognitive science, human factors, and user-centered design into the engineering curriculum to help students understand the people they are engineering for (e.g., clients) and their own roles as engineers. This paper outlines a conceptual qualitative framework for formative assessment of students’ incorporation of human systems engineering concepts in their...