Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Human-Systems Engineering Laboratory (HSEL)
Led by Boyi Hu · Industrial and Systems Engineering
What we study
HSEL studies how people interact with technology in safety-critical settings: drivers and self-driving cars, wearable sensors and machine learning to prevent workplace injuries and aid rehabilitation, and robots that work alongside people.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Building & testing
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Enhancing Ergonomics in Agricultural Seeding Tasks: The Role of Collaborative Robots in Reducing Musculoskeletal Load
The lab looks at whether collaborative robots can make squatting tasks in seeding safer by changing how the spine moves. Students will have people perform simulated seeding with and without robot help while motion capture records joint angles.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 359
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Recent papers, explained
- Associations Between Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters and Metabolic Outcomes in Younger and Functionally Limited Older Adults
2026 · Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
Looks at how walking style links to energy use in young and older adults.
- Biomechanical evaluation of manual weeding postures in nursery and landscaping tasks
2026 · International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
Measures muscle strain in different weeding postures for landscaping work.
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- Convergence analysis of a stochastic interacting particle-field algorithm for 3D parabolic-parabolic Keller-Segel systems
2026 · Mathematics of Computation
Develops a computer model to simulate how cells move toward chemicals.
- Mapping the Multidimensional Link Between Spatiotemporal Gait Features and Metabolic Cost in Older Adults
2026 · Sensors
Tests how walking efficiency changes with age by measuring gait and energy use in older adults.
- An Ergonomic Evaluation of Robot-Initiated Safety Guidance in Retail Using Surface Electromyography
2026 · Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
Checks if robot guidance in stores makes people tense their muscles more.
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How to reach out
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