Albert Damon's contributions to engineering anthropology

✍ Scribed by H. T. E. Hertzberg

• Book ID: 101458755
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 371 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0002-9483
• DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330420313

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The work by physical anthropologists in general, and by Albert Damon in particular, for U. S. flying personnel during World War II led to anthropological improvements in the combat effectiveness, safety and comfort of aircrewmen important in the outcome of that conflict. The efforts of those men created the foundations of a new profession, Engineering Anthropology, which has become an essential part of an even broader movement, Human Factors Engineering (or Ergonomics in Europe) in modern technology.