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K. Tara Smith (born 1959 in Brampton
Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria

Brampton is a small market town in Cumbria, England founded in the 7th century about 9 miles east of Carlisle and 2 Roman miles south of Hadrian's Wall....
, Cumberland
Cumberland

Cumberland is one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an Administrative counties of England from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 human factors
Human factors

Human factors is a term that covers:* The science of understanding the properties of human capability .* The application of this understanding to the design and development of systems and services ....
 expert.

K. Tara Smith is named after Tara Singh (the wrestler) a close friend of his father’s. Smith is recognised as one of the most creative human factors
Human factors

Human factors is a term that covers:* The science of understanding the properties of human capability .* The application of this understanding to the design and development of systems and services ....
 practitioners in the UK. Tara has never been content with just being a Human Factors professional, but has always pushed the boundaries of Human Factors in his work.

He initially trained as an industrial designer (BA from Newcastle Polytechnic 1982) but soon found his forte in Ergonomics and Human Factors (MSc from Loughborough
Loughborough University

Loughborough University is a campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England.It has been a university since 1966, but the institution dates back to 1909, when the then Loughborough Technical Institute began with a focus on skills and knowledge which would be directly applicable i...
 1984).






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K. Tara Smith (born 1959 in Brampton
Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria

Brampton is a small market town in Cumbria, England founded in the 7th century about 9 miles east of Carlisle and 2 Roman miles south of Hadrian's Wall....
, Cumberland
Cumberland

Cumberland is one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an Administrative counties of England from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 human factors
Human factors

Human factors is a term that covers:* The science of understanding the properties of human capability .* The application of this understanding to the design and development of systems and services ....
 expert.

K. Tara Smith is named after Tara Singh (the wrestler) a close friend of his father’s. Smith is recognised as one of the most creative human factors
Human factors

Human factors is a term that covers:* The science of understanding the properties of human capability .* The application of this understanding to the design and development of systems and services ....
 practitioners in the UK. Tara has never been content with just being a Human Factors professional, but has always pushed the boundaries of Human Factors in his work.

He initially trained as an industrial designer (BA from Newcastle Polytechnic 1982) but soon found his forte in Ergonomics and Human Factors (MSc from Loughborough
Loughborough University

Loughborough University is a campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England.It has been a university since 1966, but the institution dates back to 1909, when the then Loughborough Technical Institute began with a focus on skills and knowledge which would be directly applicable i...
 1984). He was part of the design team that received a design award for a microwave test set in 1993 and became a fellow of the British Ergonomics Society in 2000.

Publications

  • Smith K T, Barron M. “Extending the TNA Process” Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Colloquium on Computer-Based Learning in Engineering 1994
  • Smith K T, Holman L. "Training Analysis Techniques for Technological Training" International Training Equipment Conference & Exhibition Proceedings April 7-9, 1992.
  • Smith K T "Marconi Simulation's Approach to Training Analysis" MANPRINT MAIL Training issue 1991.
  • Smith K T “A Framework for Modelling Goals and Objectives” Ergonomics Society Conference 1999
  • Smith K T “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Current and Developing Software Tools in Optimising the UI Design Process” Euroforum Conference on User Interface Design for Mobile Handsets September 2000
  • Smith K T, Coventry L. “Usability Tools and the Design Process” Ergonomics Society Conference 2002
  • Smith K T, Coventry L. “Designing for a World Population” Ergonomics Society Conference 2002


See also

  • Training analysis
    Training analysis

    Training Analysis is the formal process of identifying the training gap and its related training need....
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Usability
    Usability

    Usability is a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve a particular goal....
  • Web usability
    Web usability

    Web usability is the application of usability in those domains where web browsing can be considered as a general paradigm for constructing a GUI....