Facilities
The Human Factors program at the University of Idaho has more than 2,000 square feet of lab space providing access to cutting edge technology and sophisticated equipment used in human factors research. The program also has a graduate student office space with computers available to students for data analysis and typical office functions.
Research Facilities
- Locations: Student Health Center 016D
- 225 square feet
- Virtual reality street simulator with both displays and head mounted capability
- Location: Student Health Center 009
- 280 square feet
- 130 square feet for main lab facility but can be reconfigured.
- 150 square feet used as graduate student office and meeting space.
- Equipment includes:
- 1-Wacom Cintiq 24” graphics tablet with multi-touch capability
- 2-iMac 24” personal computers
- 1-Tobii eye-tracker X2-60
- 1-Windows computer workstation running ePrime II for time-critical experiments
- Location: Forney Hall 001
- 280 square feet
- Includes a large open space equipped with an 8-camera Vicon Bonita motion capture system and the Motion Monitor integration package.
- Allows collection of three-dimensional position data from passive reflective markers on the body and allows for real time generation of a model of the human body in motion.
- 64-channel EEG system to record electrical activation from brain during activity: https://www.ant-neuro.com/products/eego_sports
- 8-channel Delsys EMG system to record electrical activation from muscles during activity: https://www.delsys.com/products/desktop-emg/surface-emg-sensors/
- 8 Opal inertial sensors from APDM to record acceleration and angular velocity during activities, with Mobility Lab software for instant data analysis and Motion Studio software for custom analyses: https://www.apdm.com/wearable-sensors/
- The Twister: custom equipment for assessing postural tone during standing: https://www.jove.com/video/3677/method-to-measure-tone-of-axial-and-proximal-muscle
- Location: Student Health Center203
- 193 square feet
- 4 desktop computer for data collection
- Location: Student Health Center 014
- 400 square feet
- Includes analog counseling area and psychological testing space with the following equipment:
- Audio and video recording equipment
- Personal computer
- Psychological testing library
- Location: Student Health Center 005
- 195 square feet
- 3 desktop computers with external monitors for data collection, behavioral analysis, and data analysis
- Printer
- 4 Logitech web cams
- Rokoko motion capture suit