School staff
Personal profile
Peter Howarth started his working life as an Optometrist (Ophthalmic Optician) before returning to academia.
Following his MSc. in Ergonomics, and a period working at the Institute for Consumer Ergonomics, he moved to USA and subsequently received a PhD in Physiological Optics from the University of California at Berkeley.
His PhD research investigated human factors of lighting (pupillary responses to flickering lights) at the Lawrence Berkeley Lighting Laboratory. Following this, he took up his current position at Loughborough.
He is past Human Factors Editor of the journal "Displays", and contributed the chapters on vision and lighting to Wilson and Corlett's "Evaluation of Human Work".
His research is centred around comfort, health and performance aspects of Visual Ergonomics, and he is the organiser of the VIMS (Visual IMage Safety) conference which will be held in 2013.
Teaching
Semester 1
- DSA105 Introduction to Ergonomics
- DSA111 Study Skills
- DSB103 Vision
Semester 2
- DSA104 Introduction to Environmental Ergonomics
- DSB42C Measurement of Sensation and Perception
- DSB502 Human Factors in System Design B
- DSC113 Applied Vision
- DSP104 Environmental Ergonomics
- DSP105 Health Effects of Environmental Stressors
Semester 1 and 2
- DSC502 Human Factors in Systems Design C
- DS1002 Professional Training Placement (Ergs) DPS
- DS1003 Professional Training Placement (Psych / Ergs) DPS
- DSC100 Projects
- DSC350 Projects
Research
Research Group: Environmental Ergonomics (Visual Ergonomics Research).
Featured publications
- The association between visual discomfort and the use of visual display units. PA Howarth, HO Istance - Behaviour and Information Technology. 1985.
- Does the chromatic aberration of the eye vary with age? PA Howarth, XX Zhang, A Bradley, DL … - JOSA …, 1988.
- Oculomotor changes within virtual environments. PA Howarth - Applied Ergonomics, 1999.
- Visual fatigue caused by viewing stereoscopic motion images: background, theories, and observations. K Ukai, PA Howarth - Displays, 2007.