Faculty Research Interests
- The impact of weather on aviation operations
- Synoptic-scale dynamics and energetics, and the interactions between synoptic- and mesoscale motion fields
- High performance turbine flight operations
- High altitude/high speed flight operations
- Corporate flight department management
- 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
- General Aviation Human Factors
- General Aviation/Collegiate Aviation Training and Education
- Composites Manufacturing
- Composites Tooling
- Composites Testing & Characterizing
- Composites Sustainability
- Multi-functional Composites
- Safety Management Systems (SMS)
- System Safety and tool applications
- Risk Management in Aviation Systems
- Safety performance and practical strategies
- 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
- Airport Operations, Safety Management, Aviation Regulatory Systems
- Biofuels testing and development
- Propulsion development
- Extended and Advanced Aircraft Support
- 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
- Accident Investigation
- Communication issues between flight crews and ground support technicians
- Gender issues in the aviation industry
- Regional Airline operations
- 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
