Ergonomics Research Division, carries out teaching activities in theoretical-practical undergraduate and
postgraduate courses, and research activities through the erGO research seedbed, degree work and applied project
research. In addition, it establishes a relationship with other bodies through the development of consulting projects
(outreach). These respond to a model of educational practice, which emphasizes research as an alternative for
finding and creating a permanent body of knowledge [1].
The research carried out in seedbeds and degree work is based on a model known as the System of Training in
Research (SFI, in its Spanish acronym). The SFI helps to logically and methodically organize a formative research
project (case study work) that has been set up to address a problem, question or design opportunity, and to establish
an active and constructive relationship in the generation of knowledge, applied to a design project [2].
As a research division of the GED, Ergonomics/Human Factors forms part of the SFI through projects with this
focus. Thus, students at the Faculty of Industrial Design and teaching staff at the GED carry out a five-stage process:
the creation of a framework, fieldwork, analysis of results, the development of a prototype, and the evaluation and
test-piloting of a final product.
As a result of this process, three examples of formative research projects are presented, based on topics related to
suitability (design and redesign) of products, systems and sporting environments.