Research papers

Design, Construction and Testing of a 3-Component Force Balance for Educational Wind Tunnels in Undergraduate Aerodynamics

This article is focused on providing detailed instructions on how to build and use a force balance for educational wind tunnels. The article’s objective is to encourage undergraduate students in underfunded programs to e…

Learning Theory and Differentiation in Flight Instruction: Perceptions from Certified Flight Instructors

The pilot shortage has reached critical levels. One strategy to minimize the loss of potentially skilled pilots is to focus attention on providing flight instructors with the background knowledge to understand student le…

A Proposed Taxonomy for General Aviation Pilot Weather Education and Training

As General Aviation (GA) safety continues to remain a focus of the aviation community, GA pilot weather education and training continues to be an active area of interest within the research community.

Public Acceptance of AI Technology in Self-Flying Aircraft

The research article includes a literature dissection on the topics of public acceptance of automated vehicles, including self-driving cars and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Aviation Education Impacts on Cockpit Culture of Chinese Student Pilots

The safety of the aviation industry heavily depends on the performance of pilots. A pilot with a good cockpit culture improves safety performance.

Dynamic Delegated Corridors and 4D Required Navigation Performance for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Airspace Integration

Increased traffic congestion on urban road networks has impacted the travel time for commuters in highly populated urban centers. Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is recognized as a system that transports the passenger and air c…

Implementing Active Learning Techniques in an Undergraduate Aviation Meteorology Course

A course in Aviation Weather is an integral component of multiple degree programs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Consequently, the course sustains large enrollments with several faculty teaching it.

Social Science Considerations for Integrating Aviation Technology, Emergency Services, and Human Resilience

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have a range of innovative applications within the field of disaster management, underscoring the potential to enhance human security by integrating UAS across phases of disasters.

Simulation and Analysis of 4-D Airspace Closures due to Commercial Space Operations: Impacts on Airlines and General Aviation

When industries share key portions of their eco-systems, industry-industry competitive and structural pressures can inhibit the advancement of both.

Configuration Management Challenges of Model Based Systems Engineering on Multiple Variant Aircraft Fleets

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is moving from traditional Systems Engineering (SE), focusing on managing documentation, to Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), focusing on a system model (All Partners Access Netwo…

Collegiate Aviation Students Perceptions of Female Representation in Collegiate Aviation and the U.S. Aviation Industry

While most industries have made noticeable increases of female professionals represented in the workplace, the U.S. aviation industry is still behind.

What Type of Collegiate Pilot is Likely to Experience Imposter Phenomenon?

Background: Imposter Syndrome (IS), also called Imposter Phenomenon (IP), has been studied in a variety of paradigms over the past few decades.

An Exploratory Study of Automation Errors in Part 91 Operations

The purpose of automation is to improve pilot performance, increase efficiency, reduce risks, and human error (Parasuraman, Sheridan, & Wickens, 2000).

Research Recommendations from the Airplane Simulation Transfer Literature

This descriptive review aims to identify research gaps in the airplane, simulation transfer of training literature. The research question is: What are the recommendations for future research from the simulation experimen…

Towards a hybrid comfortable passenger cabin interior for the flying V aircraft

The Flying-V is a V-shaped airplane in development, which uses less fuel due its form. Passengers are in the oval cabin in the wing, which asks for an alternative design to the interior.

UAS for Public Safety Operations: A Comparison of UAS Point Clouds to Terrestrial LIDAR Point Cloud Data using a FARO Scanner

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) can be useful tools for public safety agencies during crime or vehicle accident scene investigations if it can provide value to the resource-constrained agency.

Development of a sensor suite for atmospheric boundary layer measurement with a small multirotor unmanned aerial system

Small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) are increasingly being used to conduct atmospheric research. Because of the dynamic nature and inhomogeneity of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), the ability of instrumented sUAS …

Needs Based Assessment of Agricultural Pilots in the Upper Midwest

The agricultural aviation industry plays an increasingly important role in being able to meet the demands of food production on global level.

Managing Safety Risks in Airline Maintenance Outsourcing

The U.S aviation industry faced severe financial losses after the 9/11 incident. The financial loss that occurred between 2000 and 2009 in the U.S. alone was $54 billion dollars.

Analysis of Runway Incursion Trends: Implications for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mitigation Investments

This causal-comparative and correlation study investigated the costs of runway incursion safety improvements in relation to their effectiveness to assess potential aviation system benefits.Two airports (Los Angeles Inter…

Creation of Two Valid Scales: Willingness to Fly in an Aircraft and Willingness to Pilot an Aircraft

The purpose of the current study was to develop two scales that could be used concurrently or independently to measure passenger willingness to fly (WTF), and aviator willingness to pilot (WTP), respectively.

Aviation Maintenance Instructional Design: How to Teach the Millennial and Gen-Z Cohorts

The next two decades of air travel will see an increase in passenger demand and advances in aircraft technologies and infrastructure. Future aviation maintenance technicians will work in a highly technical and demanding …

Examining the Impact of Overhearing In-Flight Cell-Phone Calls on Passenger Safety

Objective: The study examined the effects of passengers’ conversations on adjacent passengers’ annoyance, attention to in-flight announcements, and performance on following instructions, which could lead to passengers’ i…

Increasing Airports' On-Time Arrival Performance Through Airport Capacity and Efficiency Indicators

To optimize the U.S. airports’ operational performance, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provides various metric values (i.e., average gate arrival delays, the average number of daily aircraft operations, effect…

A Conceptual Framework for Valuating Airline Frequent Flyer Program Miles

Frequent flyer programs of airlines have gradually evolved into a multi-billion dollar business over the years. Valuing frequent flyer program miles accurately and fairly has its practical implications both for airlines …

Aviation Safety Regulations versus CNS/ATM Systems and Functionalities

The safety, security, efficiency, regularity, and sustainable development of international civil aviation operations revolve around a web of well-defined legal, policy, regulatory and methodological frameworks, which pre…

Analysis of Part 135 Aircraft Accidents to Facilitate Flight Data Monitoring

The scheduled and on-demand air services with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 certificate are operating with relatively less stringent safety program criteria compared to Part 121 operations.

Evaluating LAANC Utilization & Compliance for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Controlled Airspace

On July 23, 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expanded the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC)—the system that processes airspace approvals for sUAS operators in controlled airspa…

A Practical Guide for Using Electronic Surveys in Aviation Research: Best Practices Explained

The purpose of this article is to provide aviation researchers who are interested in using Internet-based surveys with a justification and guide, along with best practices.

Agent Based Modeling for Low-cost Counter UAS Protocol in Prisons

Technological advances have led to the prevalence of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) which has proven to be a security concern for fixed facilities to include prisons, airports, and forward operating bases.

A Looming Pilot Shortage: It is Time to Revisit Regulations

Forecasts predict we will need 790,000 pilots by 2037. This prediction means airlines will need to increase pilot levels by 267%. Finding a solution to this pilot shortage requires the aviation community to address limit…

Analyzing the Threats of the Failure of Visual Awareness during a Visual Approach for Transport Category Aircraft

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk posed by the failure of visual awareness during visual approaches for transport category aircraft.

Occupational Radiation Exposures in Aviation: Air Traffic Safety Systems Considerations

Radiation from both natural and artificial sources is an inescapable and undeniable reality of human existence. Aside from exposure to radiation from a wide variety of natural sources including background ionizing radiat…

Significance of Incorporating Weather Technology Training for GA Pilots to Curb Fatalities

Weather is considered to be the main threat to aviation safety from the early 1900s. Despite advanced technologies available at present, the weather still poses a risk to the ever-growing aviation industry.

Efficiency analysis of a congested Brazilian airport applying slots optimization control: Congonhas Airport Case

The current slot allocation mechanism in Brazil, based on the International Air Transport Association (IATA) rules, and its supplementary local regulation The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), displays a few issues …

Evaluating The Merit Of Implementing A Safety Management System Into An Unmanned Aerial Systems Company

Safety Management System (SMS) implementation into small Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) organizations is only now beginning to happen. Because of the lack of research into this area and its cutting edge application in unma…

An Evaluation of the Operational Restrictions Imposed to Congonhas Airport by Civil Aviation Instruction121-1013

Due to aircraft accidents, in 2008, operational restrictions were imposed on Congonhas airport by IAC 121-1013. These restrictions sought to create a balance between flight safety and operational efficiency.

Identify aerodynamic derivatives of the airplane attitude channel using a spiking neural network

The paper proposes a method for identifying aerodynamic coefficient derivatives of aircraft attitude channel using spiking neural network (SNN) and Gauss-Newton algorithm based on data obtained from actual flights.

Open-ended capstone project: designing and manufacturing of a low-cost carbon fiber reinforced composite suborbital rocket payload housing using a 3D printed core

Composite materials are utilized in many industries today due to its high performance and lightweight. However, the part manufacturing process of traditional composites is complicated and often involves high cost.

Factors influencing the emergence of suborbital space tourism

Suborbital space tourism is becoming a reality. The suborbital space industry is predicted to grow from $340 billion to $1 trillion over the next 20 years.

Adaptive filtration of the UAV movement parameters based on the AOA-measurement sensor networks

Currently, the urgent task is to assess the small-sized maneuvering UAVs movement parameters. The location of an unknown UAV as a radio source can be determined using AoA measurements of the wireless sensor network.

Automatic Gaze Classification for Aviators: Using Multi-task Convolutional Networks as a Proxy for Flight Instructor Observation

In this work, we investigate how flight instructors observe aviator scan patterns and assign quality to an aviator's gaze. We first establish the reliability of instructors to assign similar quality to an aviator's scan …

Contingency Fuel Reduction in Brazil

This project reviews the minimum fuel regulations for commercial passenger flights in different countries and intends to scientifically support a change in the existing contingency fuel requirement regulation in Brazil.

Risk - A Multi-Layered Approach

This article discusses the relationship between the mandates to achieve increased operational safety and the application of risk management strategies.

Mini Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAV) - A Review of the Parameters for Classification of a Mini UAV.

In the recent years, Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has generated a lot of interest both in military and civilian applications. Contemporary innovations have seen the entry of Mini UAV into a wide range of hitherto f…

Preliminary Results of a Study Investigating Aviation Student’s Intentions to use Virtual Reality for Flight Training

Educators have incorporated technology into flight training for decades. These devices have increased in complexity since the Link trainers of the early 20th century, resulting in aviation training devices, full flight s…

Analysis of the ICAO USOAP Results in the Persian Gulf Region and its Relation to the Economic Indicators

Low thrust and low power propulsion systems options for small satellites

The present work focuses on the study of low thrust propulsion systems. Cold gas, thermal and monopropellant systems with a blow down depressurisation mode have been taken in consideration in this study.

The Current State of Counter Unmanned Aerial System Policy in the U.S.

Threats from drones are becoming an increasing security concern throughout the U.S. and worldwide. No current standards exist for the manufacture and operation of counter unmanned aerial system technology, making it diff…

Converting the Aircraft Passenger’s Cabin to an Airship When There Is a Danger of Crash

From the beginning of the airplane invention until now, many kinds of airliners have been introduced by different companies to transport the people throughout the world.