Interfacing with safety

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2013

Abstract

Findings from measuring situation awareness while using a petrochemical process simulator, or a virtual plant is discussed. To test how interface design affects performance and situation awareness, the study used two markedly different interfaces that represented the same virtual plant. Participants were 12 university students who completed three 30-minute simulation sessions using the virtual plant with one of those interfaces. The interfaces tested were part of a virtual plant and were manipulated to display good and poor interface designs. Each participant answered nine questions per 30-minute session, which were divided into three periods of three questions each. The good and poor interfaces had differential effects (interaction effects) on situation awareness depending on the workload level. Perception among participants remained fairly consistent when they used the good interface despite increasing workload levels. However, when their workloads grew more difficult while using the poor interface, their perception decreased.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Industrial Engineer

First Page

32

Last Page

37

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