The Chair of Ergonomics
is part of the Institute of Material Handling and Industrial Engineering (TLA).
The holder of the professorship is Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Schmauder.
Professor Schmauder is also director of CIMTT.

Our focus is on
Work organization
- Process design and time management
- Work and performance evaluation
- Production systems
- Organizational structure
- REFA methods and MTM procedures
Ergonomics and human models
- Ergonomics studies with human models on digital prototypes
- Development of ergotyping tools (www.ergotyping.net)
- Assessment of physical stress
- Concept development for planning ergonomic workplaces and processes
- Evaluation methods for usability using augmented reality
Human factors
- Psychological aspects of safety and health
- Optimization of human-machine interaction
- Human action in complex systems
- Communication and team processes
- Psychological aspects of project management
- Shaping organizational and corporate culture
- Learning in virtual realities
Safety and health
- Risk analyses and hazard assessments
- Measurement, evaluation and design of work environment factors
- Safe and healthy design of work systems (workstations, workplaces)
- Occupational health and safety management
- Product safety / CE certification