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Curated index of aviation-relevant research from NASA NTRS, NTSB safety studies, FAA CAMI, and academic sources. Every record links back to its original — we don't host PDFs, we describe each paper and credit the authors. Built for cross-link with the rest of Atlas: search by topic, drill into a CFR section or airframe and see the research that bears on it.
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- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Digital Twin-Enabled Domain Adaptation for Zero-Touch UAV Networks: Survey and Challenges
In existing wireless networks, the control programs have been designed manually and for certain predefined scenarios. This process is complicated and error-prone, and the resulting control programs are not resilient to d…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Observer-based Controller for VTOL-UAVs Tracking using Direct Vision-Aided Inertial Navigation Measurements
This paper proposes a novel observer-based controller for Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed to directly receive measurements from a Vision-Aided Inertial Navigation System (VA-IN…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Nursing Open)
Evaluation of the effectiveness of a training programme for nurses regarding augmentative and alternative communication with intubated patients using Kirkpatrick's model: A pilot study
Communicating with conscious intubated patients who are unable to communicate verbally is one of the challenges faced by intensive care unit (ICU) nurses.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Dynamics of capillary effects in spin conversion of water isomers
This work explores the dynamics of capillary effects in pure H2O excited by hydrodynamic cavitation, which has been reported to introduce a non-equilibrium state of para- and ortho- isomers of water.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Standoff Tracking Using DNN-Based MPC with Implementation on FPGA
This work studies the standoff tracking problem to drive an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to slide on a desired circle over a moving target at a constant height.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Towards Cooperative Flight Control Using Visual-Attention
The cooperation of a human pilot with an autonomous agent during flight control realizes parallel autonomy. We propose an air-guardian system that facilitates cooperation between a pilot with eye tracking and a parallel …
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A robust dynamic mode decomposition methodology for an airfoil undergoing transonic shock buffet
Dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) is a data-driven technique widely used to analyze and model fluid problems including transonic buffet flows.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
XR in Aviation Training: Insight from Academia, Industry, and Non-Profit Institutions
The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on education and training. Institutions that relied heavily on face-to-face instruction suddenly needed alternative modalities to keep students on course, forcing educators and…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
From a Chicken Farm to Air Taxis: The Unresolved Question Facing Urban and Advanced Air Mobility
The advent of urban air mobility (UAM) and advanced air mobility (AAM) technology are creating a myriad of regulatory challenges that must be addressed if this technology is to be successfully integrated to the National …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Evaluating System Usability, Workload Suitability, and User Experience of Game-Based Virtual Reality in Spaceflight Education and Training
Game-based instruction and immersive virtual reality are enhanced pedagogical methods beneficial in training environments involving complex disciplines, ranging from medical applications to construction engineering techn…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Creating the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals: Creating Diversity in the Next Generation
Covid-19, mandatory retirement age, the 1500 Hour ATP rule and lack of future aviation professionals has lead to a global industry crisis.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Robust Data-Driven Model for Flapping Aerodynamics under different hovering kinematics
Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles (FWMAV) are highly manoeuvrable, bio-inspired drones that can assist in surveys and rescue missions. Flapping wings generate various unsteady lift enhancement mechanisms challenging the d…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Load Mitigation and Power Tracking Control for Multi-Rotor Turbines
A model-based feasible control strategy for multi-rotor systems is presented, pursuing two control objectives simultaneously: Mechanical loads on the main tower are to be mitigated, and an externally determined power cha…
- NASA NTRS 2022 GSFC Conference Paper
Landslide Likelihood Prediction using Machine Learning Algorithms
The supply of electricity via power plants is criticalto the operation of many critical infrastructure systems in mod-ern society. Natural hazards can disrupt the power supply, causepower outages that can halt economic g…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (ORL)
Olfactory Training Impacts Olfactory Dysfunction Induced by COVID-19: A Pilot Study
Introduction: Olfactory dysfunction is one of the main symptoms of COVID-19 and may last beyond resolution of the infection. The most promising intervention for post-viral olfactory dysfunction is olfactory training (OT)…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
How dirt cones form on glaciers: field observation, laboratory experiments and modeling
Dirt cones are meter-scale structures encountered at the surface of glaciers, which consist of ice cones covered by a thin layer of ashes, sand or gravel, and which form naturally from an initial patch of debris.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Hybrid stability augmentation control of multi-rotor UAV in confined space based on adaptive backstepping control
This paper applies the UAV to the inspection of water diversion pipelines in hydropower stations. The diversion pipeline is an enclosed space, so the airflow disturbance caused by the rotation of the UAV blades and the s…
- NASA NTRS 2022 GRC Technical Memorandum (TM)
Repeatable Method for Conducting Chamber Studies of Aerosolized Lunar Simulant
The Artemis Mission goal of returning humans to the Moon requires new solutions to engineering problems posed by the extremely harsh environment of the lunar surface.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Mach and Reynolds Number Effects on Transonic Buffet on the XRF-1 Transport Aircraft Wing at Flight Reynolds Number
This work provides an overview of aerodynamic data acquired in the European Transonic Windtunnel using an XRF-1 transport aircraft configuration both at cruise conditions and at the edges of the flight envelope.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Singular versus boundary arcs for aircraft trajectory optimization in climbing phase
In this article, we are interested in optimal aircraft trajectories in climbing phase. We consider the cost index criterion which is a convex combination of the time-to-climb and the fuel consumption.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Aerobat, A Bioinspired Drone to Test High-DOF Actuation and Embodied Aerial Locomotion
This work presents an actuation framework for a bioinspired flapping drone called Aerobat. This drone, capable of producing dynamically versatile wing conformations, possesses 14 body joints and is tail-less.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Reducing Collision Risk in Multi-Agent Path Planning: Application to Air traffic Management
To minimize collision risks in the multi-agent path planning problem with stochastic transition dynamics, we formulate a Markov decision process congestion game with a multi-linear congestion cost.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Media Literacy and Online Critical Thinking Initiatives
This project proposes a train-the-trainer professional development program for Volusia county’s secondary school educators to co-opt pedagogical tools and methods that challenge online violence mobilization narratives, i…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Small UAS (sUAS) Mid-Air Collision (MAC) Likelihood
This research focuses on sUAS MAC likelihood analysis with general aviation (GA) and commercial aircraft. Because severity research varies based on where a collision occurred on a manned aircraft, this likelihood researc…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Integrating Expanded and Non-Segregated UAS Operations into the NAS: Impact on Traffic Trends and Safety
This research led by Richard Stansbury (PI) will provide further insight into the safe integration of sUAS through the forecasting of expanded and non-segregated sUAS operations.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Pilot Acceptance of Personal, Wearable Fatigue Monitoring Technology: An Application of the Extended Technology Acceptance Model
The research problem of pilot fatigue has been referenced as a causal factor for aircraft accidents in many United States National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) accident reports; however, the United States Code …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
The Effects of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Command and Control Latency during Within-Visual-Range Air-To-Air Combat
The type of military missions conducted by remotely piloted aircraft continues to expand into all facets of operations including air-to-air combat.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Environmental Analysis of Convective Initiation Events in Central Florida using Integrated Mobile Observation
This research collaboration with the National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Office Tampa Bay aims to develop an ingredients-based methodology to help improve forecasts of first-strike cloud-to-ground lightning s…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Transfer and Retention of Training in Real and Virtual Spaceflight Environments
This research compared how effectively suborbital tasks are learned in an actual NBE compared with a VR-rendered NBE. This study demonstrated the efficacy of NBE-type training as a means to improve the effectiveness of t…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Rocketry as Testing Platforms for Payloads
Design, assemble and launch small rockets as testing platforms to test small payloads which are flown aboard suborbital flight vehicles.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Blue Origin's Suborbital Research: MESSI/McXIMUS
The following studies were conducted with Co-PIs Dr. Sathya Gangadharan (ERAU) and Kristina Andrijauskaite (University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio [UTHSCSA]).
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
NASA/ZeroG Microgravity Research
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Carthage College proposed a technology demonstration that has several advantages over passive slosh control.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
PLD Space Suborbital Microgravity Research
This project involves the design, development, integration, testing, validation, and verification of various payloads to be flown aboard PLD Space’s MIURA-1 suborbital rocket.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
The Effects of Carry-on Baggage on Aircraft Evacuation Efficiency
Overall, two studies were conducted to provide an outline of the factors that affect and affected by carry-on baggage. Study 1 used an agent-based model, AnyLogic, to simulate the aircraft evacuation model of an A380.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
An Investigation of Factors that Influence Passengers' Intentions to Use Biometric Technologies at Airports
This research investigated the factors that influence passengers’ intentions to choose the use of biometrics over other methods of identification.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Adding Tropical Cyclone Verification Capabilities to the Model Evaluation Tools - Tropical Cyclone (MET-TC) Software
Producing reliable tropical cyclone (TC) genesis forecasts is an operational priority. The National Hurricane Center uses several TC genesis guidance products for their Tropical Weather Outlook.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Determinants of Aviation Students' Intentions to Use Virtual Reality for Flight Training
The goal of this research was to determine the factors that influence aviation students’ intention to use VR for flight training. An extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was developed that incorporates elements of …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Implementing Active Learning Techniques in an Undergraduate Aviation Meteorology Course
Student feedback from end-of-course evaluations repeatedly indicated a desire to change the format of the course by de-emphasizing the PowerPoint-based lectures.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Using Virtual Reality to Identify Cybersecurity Threats for Navy Midshipmen
This research is investigating the training of U.S. Navy Midshipman enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) to identify cyber and security threats in a simulat…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Tow Tug Simulation Feasibility Study
In this study we conduct a feasibility study using simulation for AirTran Airways at their hub in Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL).
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Cost Optimization Modeling for Airport Capacity Expansion Problems in Metropolitan Areas
The purpose of this research was to develop a cost optimization model to identify an optimal solution to expand airport capacity in metropolitan areas in consideration of demand uncertainties.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Statistical Analysis for General Aviation Accidents
The identification of causal factors for problems within a complex system present a variety of challenges to the investigator. This project will proceed by considering existing data on GA accidents, applying data mining …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
NextGen Task G 4D FMS TBO Demonstration Benefits Analyses
The goal of the project was to leverage existing technology and Flight Management System (FMS) capabilities as a starting point to define standards and requirements for trajectory exchange, time of arrival control, and o…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Manpower Planning for Maintenance Crew at SFO
The objective of this project is to optimize the use of maintenance manpower at San Francisco International Airport for efficient use of available resources and reduce flight delays.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
LAX Tow Tugs Feasibility Study
Currently, United Airlines does not have any tow tugs at LAX and uses only tractors with pull bars. These are not suited for the lengthy tows.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Integration of Small Aircraft Transportation Systems (SATS) into General Aviation
Conducted operational and simulation approaches to identify potential bottlenecks and examine future expansion strategies for airports by integrating SATS with GA.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
GA Airport funding strategies
The purpose of this study was to investigate the current financial environment of publicly owned and operated general aviation airports, and to develop an outlook for future potential.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
General Aviation Safety Analysis
Extensive statistical and data mining methods were implemented to find patterns among fatal and non-fatal GA accidents.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Fellowship in Advanced Simulation & Training
Conducted research into manpower planning for maintenance hangar at a US airline.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Fellowship in Advanced Simulation & Training - Runway Layout
Conducted research into runway layout configurations at Philadelphia airport to reduce congestion on ground and airspace.