Faculty Research Interests

  • Methods for implementing a safety culture in a collegiate aviation environment
  • Advanced upset training applicable to the airlines and aircraft control issues
  • Identifying methods to determine the probability of success and increasing student retention in aviation flight program
  • Competency-Based Education / Assessment
  • Data Science: Applications for Business Processes Modeling in Aviation.
  • Neuroergonomics: Human Performance in Aviation.
  • Human-Interactive Pilot Enhancing Performance Technologies (Simulation), and Extended Reality Technologies
  • Air Transportation Economics & Operations
  • Customer Loyalty Programs/Frequent Flyer Programs
  • Aviation Safety
  • Aviation Education & Training
  • Transport Geography
  • Distance education
  • Computing (WWW integration into education process)
  • Human Factors dealing with the pilot maintenance technician communications and interactions
  • Airport Planning & Management
  • Terminal Facility Design & Service
  • Multi-Model Planning
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Geospatial Data Collection and Analysis
  • Aviation Sustainability modeling and analysis
  • Safety metrics development for general aviation
  • Aviation Fuels Testing and Analysis
  • Aviation data analysis
  • Supply Chain impacts and aviation fuels
  • Landing/Take Off cycle characterization for emissions models
  • Transport Economics; Environmental Issues in Aviation; Productivity and Efficiency
  • General Aviation Human Factors
  • General Aviation/Collegiate Aviation Training and Education
  • Composites Manufacturing
  • Composites Tooling
  • Composites Testing & Characterizing
  • Composites Sustainability
  • Multi-functional Composites
  • Airport sustainability, Women in Aviation, Transportation Policy
  • Acquisition and analysis of distributed transportation data
  • Statistical process modeling and simulation
  • Aviation applications of Bayesian inference
  • Transportation process measurement and improvement
  • Data Science innovations for air vehicle maintenance and aerospace advanced manufacturing
  • Safety Management Systems and Process Engineering in high consequence operations
  • Director, Aerospace and MRO Technology Innovation Center & Hangar of the Future Laboratory
  • Composite and Metallic Aircraft Structural Repair
  • Composite Material Manufacturing and 3 & 5 axis CNC machining
  • Dassault 3DExperrience and CATIA V5 General Shape Design, composite design and advanced machining
  • Inappropriate Crew Response to engine malfunction
  • Alternative Fuels and Propulsion Systems
  • Engineering Design Support and Logistics Analysis
  • Female and Minority Careers in Aerospace Technologies
  • Composite Manufacturing
  • Composite Repair and Recycling
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Aviation projects, Human Factors, Simulation / Digital Twins and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Digital Twins, Human Autonomy Teaming, HCI in Flight Deck
  • Extended Minimum Crew Operations - Advanced Air Mobility simulation
  • Implementation of AI in Aviation Training