Course announcement for Spring 2025:
16.459 Bioengineering Journal Article Seminar G (1-0-1 units)
Drs. Andrew Liu, Charles Oman, and Mich Lin, Human Systems Lab.
The aim of this course provides instruction in how to critically and productively engage with peer-reviewed journal paper from the field of bioastronautics – the study and support of life in space. Students can expect to practice regularly reading peer-reviewed articles, participating in group discussions, and formulating questions/critique across a range of topics (statistics, experimental protocols, motivations, validity & generalizability). The Spring 2025 Seminar will focus on the topic of Human Exploration on the Moon and papers will cover the following subjects: radiation, lunar dust mitigation, space suits, communication delays, human-robot interaction, autonomous medical care, human systems risk, sleep, Eva ops, and habitats. While the focus will be on Bioastronautics (human health in space), all students (graduate and undergraduate) are welcome to take the course. Over the course of the semester, students will be required to lead at least 1 paper discussion. Subject may be repeated for credit a maximum of four terms. Letter grade given in the last term applies to all accumulated units of 16.459. No prereq.
16.470 Experiment Design and Statistical Methods G (3-0-9 units)
Drs. Andrew Liu, Human Systems Lab.
This course will lear statistically based experimental design inclusive of forming hypotheses, planning and conducting experiments, analyzing data, and interpreting and communicating results. Topics include descriptive statistics, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, parametric and nonparametric statistical analyses, factorial ANOVA, randomized block designs, MANOVA, linear regression, repeated measures models, and application of statistical software packages. Students complete a class project analyzing a data set obtained from an experiment or existing data source with techniques learned in class.
Course announcement for Fall 2025:
16.400/16.453 Human Systems Engineering U/G (3-0-9 units)
Drs. Andrew Liu, Human Systems Lab.
This class provides a fundamental understanding of human factors that must be taken into account in the design and engineering of complex aviation, space, and medical systems. Focuses primarily on derivation of human engineering design criteria from sensory, motor, and cognitive sources. Includes principles of displays, controls and ergonomics, manual control, the nature of human error, basic experimental design, and human-computer interaction in supervisory control settings. Students taking graduate version complete a research project with a final written report and oral presentation.
AeroAstro Courses previously taught by HSL members
- 16.00 – Introduction to Aerospace Engineering and Design
- 16.00A – FUNdaMENTALS of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea and Earth
- 16.09 – Statistics and Probability
- 16.400/16.453 – Human Factors Engineering
- 16.422 – Human Supervisory Control of Automated Systems
- 16.423 – Space Biomedical Engineering and Life Support Systems
- 16.430 – Sensory-Neural Systems
- 16.459 – Biomedical Engineering Journal Article Seminar “Journal Club”
- 16.470 – Statistical Methods in Experimental Design
- 16.767 – Boeing 767 Systems and Automation
- 16.83[J] – Space Systems Engineering
- 16.831[J] – Space Systems Development
- 16.89[J] – Space Systems Engineering
- 16.895 – Engineering Apollo