Aviation research, sourced & cited.

Graduate/Faculty/Industry Poster Set Up

Break

Break

Continental Breakfast

Registration and Help Desk

Volunteer and Staff Logistics Meeting

Exhibitor Set up (option)

Dinner on Your Own

Break

Lunch for Early Arrivals (RSVP required)

Early Registration/Help Desk/Exhibitor Set-up

A3IR CON Communiqué

FAA Safety Seminar

Lunch

Developing Educational & Professional Training Synergies in Aviation-Related Academic Programs

While academic professional flight programs have successfully combined professional training and certifications (FAA flight ratings, e.g.) for decades, other academic disciplines have rarely followed this model.

Undergraduate Research/Concurrent Sessions

Registration for Undergrad Research and High School Program

Reception with ERAU Alumni & Main Poster Session

Concurrent Sessions

Lunch with Exhibits

Concurrent Sessions

A3iR CON Opening Address/Welcome

UAS Expo Opening Address & Welcome

Registration and Help Desk

Registration

Real-time Computer-based Simulation as an Intervention in Aerodynamics Education

The purpose of this research was to conduct an experiment where simulation was used as an instructional strategy and potential intervention for improved student posttest performance in an aeronautical science aerodynamic…

Tracks & Presenters

A Review and History of the Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative Program

Approximately seven years after the air traffic control strike in 1981, the FAA commissioned several studies to review the procedures that were used to train air traffic controllers.

FAA Safety Seminar (Open to the General Public)

This seminar will focus on reducing the aviation accident rate through the enhancement of safety culture. Human factors influences on accident and incidents will also be discussed with an emphasis on the prevention of fu…

Session H: Undergraduate student poster session

Session I: Discussion Forum

Air Transportation

Off-Shore Helicopter Operations

This case study research project is based on a foreign oil company desiring to set up and provide helicopter transportation to and from oil rigs in the gulf.

Flight Data Monitoring

Attitudes Toward the Practical Incorporation of Scenario Based Training (SBT) into a Commercial Pilot Training Syllabus: A Preliminary Study

As aviation moves into its second century, aircraft accidents still occur, though at a very low rate. With that said, the rate of pilot-related accidents in General Aviation (GA) has not decreased when compared against t…

Improving Wingsuit Performance (proposed research)

Wingsuit flying is the newest skydiving discipline. Wingsuits have flying surfaces attached to the arms and legs of a skydiver that enable the skydiver to fly large horizontal distances with a very slow descent rate.

Session F: Topics in Commercial Aviation

1. Managing global risks through ambidexterity: Evidence of global players in the airline industry.2. Air quality: An emerging issue in the airport industry.3.

Session G: Unmanned Aircraft Systems III

1. The Arizona UAS research consortium.2. State and local legislation: More hurdles of UAS integration?3. Real Time Consulting.4. UAS privacy and security.5. UAS challenges, exploitation, and threats.

Air Quality: An Emerging Issue in the Airport Industry

Today one of the emerging issues in aviation is the assessment, control and reduction of air emissions. In particular airports are increasingly scrutinized for accountability of air emissions contributions to the local a…

State and Local Legislation: More Hurdles for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Integration?

Congressional mandate for the integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) to take place by 2015, significant interest in UAS investment, operations, and research has taken place Com…

Examining the Value of a Bachelor's Degree for Helicopter Pilots

Traditionally, a bachelor’s degree has never been a qualification requirement for entry-level helicopter pilots obtaining employment or for even becoming entirely successful helicopter pilots in the industry.As helicopte…

Aviation Safety and Security Archives

The Aviation Safety and Security Archives at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an archival repository and technical library focusing on the work of individuals and organizations involved in the advancement of safet…

Robertson Safety Institute

As an exhibitor at the Air Conference, I had a display booth at the conference with displays telling what the Robertson Safety Institute is and our capabilities in the safety arena which includes academe, industry and go…

Session E: Poster Session (cash bar and hors d' oeuvres) Sponsored by ERAU Alumni Association

1. Analysis of data: Value of 4-year degree for helicopter pilots.2. An evaluation into pilot proficiency assessment and the current state of training in the industry.3.

Multidisciplinary Development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Fleet

Eco-Dolphin – Cooperative Fleet for Surveillance Mission SIAM, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, members have been working for two years on the design, construction and testing of three highly integrated and …

An Evaluation into Pilot Proficiency Assessment and the Current State of Training in the Industry

Pilot proficiency assessment has been a debated topic, especially in recent years. Determining effective ways to assess proficiency has been the focus of many industries, including similar high-risk industries such as he…

Session D: Human Factors II

1. Evaluating conflict between employees: Exploring the costs to an organization.2. How consistent are aviation students when taking the private pilot knowledge exam?3.

Integration of Aeronautical Knowledge and Safety Management into Flight Operations

• Current trends in rotorcraft accident rates worldwide do not appear to be subsiding• Many factors contribute to this situation• Most important are statistics that point to the human factor

Pilot Cognitive Functioning During Extended, Extreme In-flight Emergencies

Purpose• To develop a detailed, holistic understanding of professional PICs’ experiences of an extended, extreme in-flight emergency, which were successfully overco

Use of Tablet Computers as Electronic Flight Bags in General Aviation

Over the last 20 years, Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) have developed from flightpublication storage devices hosted on modified laptop computers into fully interactive near-avionics-quality navigation equipment based on c…

Assessing the Impact of Interactive Technology on Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Training

The presentation will discuss the current research being conducted by the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide’s Fire Science department concerning use of technology-advanced educational software at the Dallas/…