3.8 Human Factors, Performance, and Usability Engineering Support

InDyne

Services Experience:
HITSS Contract: On InDyne’s HITSS program, one critical element in the design of new applications and websites is the consideration of human factors. For example, HITSS provides usability research and analysis for numerous NASA websites including those for the NASA HQ Office of Communications and the Science Mission Directorate. The HITSS Team also specializes in Section 508 of the Americans with Disability Act compliance, which requires that all Web site content be equally accessible to people with disabilities. This applies to Web applications, Web pages and all attached files as well as intranets and public-facing Web pages.

 

All Points Logistics

Services Experience:

APL’s ESTS Human Factors Engineering team performs hands-on engineering and construction services, building scaled to actual-size prototypes of exploration vehicles and components from the most recent designs. They built an actual-size prototype of the IU and Performance Analysis and Design Demonstrator (PADD), and completed their tasks on-schedule. The timeliness and quality of their work led to NASA-wide celebration as well as interviews and videotaping by Discovery Channel, NASA TV and CBS’ 60-Minutes. Our employees received a NASA Group Achievement Award for their performance.

Erica Lane Enterprises

Services Experience:
Program Executive Office Soldier (PEO Soldier)Systems Engineering and Technical Acquisitions Support (SETA)

 

MEI Technologies

Services Experience:
Bioastronautics Contract: MEIT employees in the ABF provide anthropometry and biomechanical analysis and evaluation expertise to the Habitability and Human Factors Office, Extravehicular Activity Projects Office, Constellation Office, and other internal and external organizations. Employees are uniquely equipped to conduct a variety of space biomechanics and ergonomics research studies that deal with issues humans will encounter while living, working, and exploring in space. Ground-based research and testing are conducted in its heavily instrumented laboratories. The ABF is one of the very few facilities in the world that has gathered both suited and unsuited human strength data relevant to Earth, Lunar and Martian gravity environments. MEIT employees are responsible for project management and for all research and testing.