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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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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Aircraft Replacement Strategy
The analyses of this study attempts to address: How the cost data relevant to this study, such as aircraft market values, lease prices, operations and maintenance costs were compiled and analyzed as the airlines do not o…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Development of an Aviation Weather Database Highlighting Weather Encounters
The project team, which includes the FAA's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Clemson University, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, interviewed 26 General Aviation (GA) pilots over a 25-month period.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
A Simulation Study to Determine Optimal Shipping Strategy
The purpose of the project is to develop a simulation that can serve as means for choosing the optimal shipping option based on given criteria.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Aircraft Boarding Strategies
Airlines today employ various strategies to cut costs and become lean and efficient. One of the ways that this can be achieved is by improving the boarding process since airplanes only make money while they are in the ai…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
A Simulation Approach to Manpower Planning at Continental Airlines
This research relates to the development of a computerized line maintenance simulation model for strategic manpower planning at Continental Airlines for one of their major maintenance stations at Newark airport.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
A Database Management System for General Aviation Safety
The research team at Embry-Riddle proposes to conduct a series of analyses to find patterns and associations among general aviation (GA) accidents and incidents.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Development of a Safety Performance Decision-Making Tool for Flight Training Organization
Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 141 flight training organizations are actively pursuing ways to increase operational safety by introducing advanced risk assessment and decision-making techniques.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
GUMP: General Urban Area Microclimate Predictions Tool
Hyperlocal weather predictions are often necessary in order to determine whether a particular sUAS route will be safe to fly. The General Urban area Microclimate Predictions tool (GUMP) seeks to provide such predictions …
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Faculty research project
Fusing Satellite and Drone Data with GIS to Create New Analytical Decision Support Tools for Varying Farm Types
The synergy between moderate resolution satellite imagery and fine resolution drone imagery, LiDAR data, and meteorological data, along with generally available GIS data, must be identified and optimized.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
A Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for 6-DOF UCAV Air-to-Air Combat
Unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) combat is a challenging scenario with continuous action space. In this paper, we propose a general hierarchical framework to resolve the within-vision-range (WVR) air-to-air combat prob…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Internet Interventions)
Internet-based emotion-regulation training added to CBT in adolescents with depressive and anxiety disorders: A pilot randomized controlled trial to examine feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness
Background Dysfunctional emotion regulation (ER) is associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescents. This pilot study aimed to examine the acceptability and feasibility of a guided internet-based emotio…
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (PLoS ONE)
Tai Chi increases functional connectivity and decreases chronic fatigue syndrome: A pilot intervention study with machine learning and fMRI analysis
Background The latest guidance on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) recommends exercise therapy. Tai Chi, an exercise method in traditional Chinese medicine, is reportedly helpful for CFS.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Reward Function Optimization of a Deep Reinforcement Learning Collision Avoidance System
The proliferation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has caused airspace regulation authorities to examine the interoperability of these aircraft with collision avoidance systems initially designed for large transport ca…
- AOPA Air Safety Institute 2022 AOPA-ASI Annual report (Nall Report)
31st Joseph T. Nall Report — General Aviation Accidents in 2020
31st annual Nall Report covering U.S. general aviation accidents for 2020 — the COVID-disrupted year. Examines how reduced commercial activity and shifted flight mixes affected the GA accident profile, with continued LOC…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
On Robust Observer Design for System Motion on SE(3) Using Onboard Visual Sensors
Onboard visual sensing has been widely used in the unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and/or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which can be modeled as dynamic systems on SE(3).
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Simultaneous Spatial and Temporal Assignment for Fast UAV Trajectory Optimization using Bilevel Optimization
In this paper, we propose a framework for fast trajectory planning for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Our framework is reformulated from an existing bilevel optimization, in which the lower-level problem solves for the…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Safety-quantifiable Line Feature-based Monocular Visual Localization with 3D Prior Map
Accurate and safety-quantifiable localization is of great significance for safety-critical autonomous systems, such as unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Supercooled Droplet Icing and Self-Jumping on Micro/nanostructured Surfaces: Role of Vaporization Momentum
Phase change under reduced environmental pressures is key to understanding liquid discharge and propulsion processes for aerospace applications.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
UAV-Assisted Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks: A Technical Review of Recent Learning Algorithms
Recent technological advancements in space, air, and ground components have made possible a new network paradigm called space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN).
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
UAS in the Airspace: A Review on Integration, Simulation, Optimization, and Open Challenges
Air transportation is essential for society, and it is increasing gradually due to its importance. To improve the airspace operation, new technologies are under development, such as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Learning to Imitate Object Interactions from Internet Videos
We study the problem of imitating object interactions from Internet videos. This requires understanding the hand-object interactions in 4D, spatially in 3D and over time, which is challenging due to mutual hand-object oc…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Homogenized scattering model of water wave attenuation in marginal ice zone
A theoretical model to explain the scattering process of wave attenuation in a marginal ice zone is developed. Many field observations offer wave energy decay in the form of exponential function with distance, and this i…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Analysis of Reinforcement Learning Schemes for Trajectory Optimization of an Aerial Radio Unit
This paper introduces the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as lightweight wireless access points that leverage the fixed infrastructure in the context of the emerging open radio access network (O-RAN).
- NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports 2022 NTSB Accident report
In-Flight Breakup of Helicopter Air Tour Operations
Helicopter air-tour fatal crashes — Hawaii + Grand Canyon series. Special investigation report into the safety record of helicopter air-tour operations.
- Semantic Scholar 2022 Article (Frontiers in Physiology)
Assessing fatigue and sleep in chronic diseases using physiological signals from wearables: A pilot study
Problems with fatigue and sleep are highly prevalent in patients with chronic diseases and often rated among the most disabling symptoms, impairing their activities of daily living and the health-related quality of life …
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Challenges in Close-Proximity Safe and Seamless Operation of Manned and Unmanned Aircraft in Shared Airspace
We propose developing an integrated system to keep autonomous unmanned aircraft safely separated and behave as expected in conjunction with manned traffic.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Passenger Delivery in Urban Air Mobility
It has been considered that urban air mobility (UAM), also known as drone-taxi or electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL), will play a key role in future transportation.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Data-driven optimization for Air Traffic Flow Management with trajectory preferences
In this paper, we present a novel data-driven optimization approach for trajectory based air traffic flow management (ATFM). A key aspect of the proposed approach is the inclusion of airspace users' trajectory preference…
- NASA NTRS 2022 GRC Presentation
NASA Icing Update
NASA icing research summarizes work in the following areas: facility updates for the Icing Research Tunnel and Propulsion Systems Laboratory, engine icing, and simulation & experimental tools.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Surface light modulation by sea ice and phytoplankton survival in a convective flow model
Plankton dynamics depend in a complex manner on a variety of physical phenomena, according to both experimental and numerical data. In particular, experimental field studies have highlighted the relation between phytopla…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Log-linear Dynamic Inversion Control with Provable Safety Guarantees in Lie Groups
In this paper, we use the derivative of the exponential map to derive the exact evolution of the logarithm of the tracking error for mixed-invariant systems, a class of systems capable of describing rigid body tracking p…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Zero Touch Coordinated UAV Network Formation for 360° Views of a Moving Ground Target in Remote VR Applications
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with on-board cameras are widely used for remote surveillance and video capturing applications. In remote virtual reality (VR) applications, multiple UAVs can be used to capture different …
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
An Efficient Approach with Dynamic Multi-Swarm of UAVs for Forest Firefighting
In this paper, the Multi-Swarm Cooperative Information-driven search and Divide and Conquer mitigation control (MSCIDC) approach is proposed for faster detection and mitigation of forest fire by reducing the loss of biod…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Adaptive and Fair Deployment Approach to Balance Offload Traffic in Multi-UAV Cellular Networks
Unmanned aerial vehicle-aided communication (UAB-BS) is a promising solution to establish rapid wireless connectivity in sudden/temporary crowded events because of its more flexibility and mobility features than conventi…
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Collaborative Honeypot Defense in UAV Networks: A Learning-Based Game Approach
The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) opens up new opportunities for on-demand service provisioning anywhere and anytime, but also exposes UAVs to a variety of cyber threats.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Lyapunov-based Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Attitude Trajectory Tracking of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
This paper presents a new Lyapunov-based nonlinear model predictive controller (LNMPC) for the attitude control problem of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which is essential for their functioning operation.
- arXiv 2022 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Optimal Task Offloading Policy in Edge Computing Systems with Firm Deadlines
The recent drastic increase in mobile data traffic has pushed the mobile edge computing systems to the limit of their capacity. A promising solution to this problem is the task migration provided by unmanned aerial vehic…
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Session 5A - Workforce Development in the Aviation Maintenance Sector
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Session 5B - Advanced Air Mobility: The Future of Aviation
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Lunch
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Break - Coffee service sponsored by Airbus
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Session 4B - The Future of XR in Training: A Conversation
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Session 4A - Workforce Development: Critical Thinking & STEM
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Session 4C - Human Factors in Aviation & Spaceflight
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Break - Coffee service sponsored by Airbus
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Keynote - Andrew Coleman
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Registration
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Hotel Shuttle/Uber/Taxi to Campus
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Hotel Shuttle/Uber/Taxi to Hotels
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2022 ERAU Conference paper
Affinity Mixer - The Affinity Mixer is sponsored by United Airlines
Mix and mingle with representatives and members of professional organizations, such as Women in Aviation International, Latino Pilots Association & Empowering Latina Leader Aviators Subcommittee, National Gay Pilots Asso…