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Pub. period:1991-1995
Pub. count:5
Number of co-authors:11
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Frances E. Mount:2Randy B. Morris:2Kent P. Vaubel:1 Productive colleagues
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Kent P. Vaubel:11Dean G. Jensen:7Robert P. Wilmingt..:5
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Publications by Mihriban Whitmore (bibliography)
Whitmore, Mihriban and Mount, Frances E. (1995): Ergonomic Evaluation of the General Purpose Workstation on a Space Mission. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. pp. 664-668.
“The Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory (HFEL) at the Johnson Space Center conducted an ergonomic evaluation of the General Purpose Workstation (GPWS), a glovebox-type workstation flown on one of the Spacelab Life Sciences missions. The HFEL study consisted of: (1) Crew evaluations via pre-flight, in-flight questionnaire and structured post-flight interview, and (2) Video analysis. Findings indicate that the workstation design was acceptable for performing dissection tasks. The crew reported that the task distribution between operators was completely acceptable. Based on the video analysis and the crew comments, the glove interface was found to be critical for crew comfort. A follow-up evaluation is planned for an upcoming mission to evaluate a materials science glovebox and the design impact on posture. Additional microgravity evaluations are planned to obtain objective data on postural changes while working at different gloveboxes.”
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Whitmore, Mihriban, Morris, Randy B., Vaubel, Kent P. and Mount, Frances E. (1993): Space Station Maintenance Workstation Development. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting 1993. pp. 47-51.
“Space Station Maintenance Workstation will be used to support equipment servicing and repair operations. The Maintenance Workstation provides different work area configurations, giving open workbench or a contained area. Up to five operators can work at the workstation simultaneously. A series of Maintenance Workstation evaluations have been conducted at NASA Johnson Space Center to determine the critical design issues relating to human-machine interfaces. A primary goal of this work was to verify whether the proposed design accommodated a wide range of users and maintenance task requirements under microgravity conditions. The tests were conducted onboard NASA's KC-135 microgravity aircraft. Three crew and six non-crew subjects participated in the studies. Tasks performed during the evaluations consisted of reach sweeps, force/torque task, soldering, handling large objects and lens replacement. Each session was videotaped for post-flight observations. In addition, subjects were asked to fill out a questionnaire following the flight. These microgravity evaluations were complemented by the computer modeling of different statures to investigate the viewing, reach, and head clearances. Results indicate that the size and location of the glove ports, and the enclosed work volume are the critical design concerns. The approach, findings and implications of the study are discussed.”
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Whitmore, Mihriban, Merced-Moore, Darlene and Adam, Susan C. (1993): PVAT -- A Video Analysis Tool for Microgravity Posture Evaluation. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting 1993. pp. 749-753.
“PVAT (Posture Video Analysis Tool) has been developed to meet the special needs of ergonomist and human factors analyst attempting to evaluate microgravity working posture from video footage. These specialists often have very little or no control over the video coverage. Moreover, the majority of Shuttle mission videos are not recorded for quantitative analysis. The purpose for developing PVAT is to provide a structured methodology in which these specialists could optimize the data collection technique. PVAT is specifically designed to document microgravity postures using videos of astronauts working in a space environment. The primary focus of PVAT is identifying the microgravity working postures and relating them to design issues in the workplace. This tool is currently an interactive software prototype written in Supercard. Users are provided with a set of input parameters such as: subject code, body orientation, targeted body part, camera view (given subject location), body movement, and rating level. A secondary set of inputs are also available which provides the ability to document extraneous behaviors or activities such as bending, reaching and interruptions. The tool allows for the input parameters to be customized as needed. Once the setup is defined, the user begins documenting the target posture and/or behaviors. The paper will discuss PVAT, its space applications and plans for its use.”
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Whitmore, Mihriban, Aldridge, Ann M., Morris, Randy B., Pandya, Abhilash K., Wilmington, Robert P., Jensen, Dean G. and Maida, James C. (1992): Integrating Microgravity Test Data with a Human-Computer Reach Model. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting 1992. pp. 1249-1253.
“Future space vehicles such as the Space Station Freedom will be equipped with computers that have direct manipulation capabilities. The human factors challenge is to provide an optimal human-systems interface which will accommodate a wide range of users and tasks in a microgravity environment. A series of experiments have been conducted by the Man-Systems Division at Johnson Space Center to resolve anthropometric issues related to human reach capabilities and limitations impacting workstation design. To facilitate this goal, two approaches, "Performance-based" and "Model-based" analyses, were integrated to investigate the human reach mapped onto the workstation display panels. Microgravity maximum reach sweep data were collected onboard NASA's KC-135 Reduced Gravity Aircraft. A three-dimensional (3-D) interactive graphics system, PLAID, was used to generate anthropometrically correct human computer models. Video tapes recorded during the flights were used to extract information for positioning each human representation in the computer model relative to the workstation. The approach, findings and implications of the evaluations are discussed in the paper.”
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Chambers, Randall M. and Whitmore, Mihriban (1991): Individual Differences in Computerized Test Performance for Systems Integration in Cockpit Management. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 35th Annual Meeting 1991. pp. 996-1000.
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