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- 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.
- 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 (Journal of Safety Research)
The effect of COVID-19 on self-reported safety incidents in aviation: An examination of the heterogeneous effects using causal machine learning
Introduction: Disruptions to aviation operations occur daily on a micro-level with negligible impacts beyond the inconvenience of rebooking and changing aircrew schedules.
- 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.