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PI Hong Liu
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PIC Math is sponsored by NSF and MAA to multiple subcontracts. Each subcontractor gets 6000 dollars to make industrial connections and send students to conferences. These industrial math problems are mainly in mathematical modeling and data mining.
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PI Michael Wiggins
- Dr. Wiggins is developing a databank of scenarios that supports the development of pilot certification training programs (PTS Guidelines) and additional required training (mountain, ADIZ, thunderstorms, etc.).
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PI John Lanicci
- In the general aviation community, the accident lethality rate for weather-related accidents has been steady at 60-80% over the last 20 years, seemingly unaffected by technological advances such as Internet access and real-time data-linked weather information.
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PI Hever Moncayo
- This project aimed at gaining more insight into the mechanisms of pilot SD and LESA occurrence, capturing their dynamic fingerprint, and developing on-board intelligent schemes capable of predicting and detecting these dangerous phenomena associated to pilot behaviors.
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PI Troy Henderson
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This project will demonstrate the capability of an electrostatic dust shield, developed by NASA/KSC engineers, to remove dust from the lens of a camera after impact on the lunar surface.
- The verification process of safety-critical systems must ensure system design performs all intended functionality within the required output ranges and safety limits. It must also ensure that no intended functionality is present having a risk larger than the stated development assurance level.
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PI Timothy Wilson
- The intent of this report is in conducting an examination of current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations directly applying to Detect, Sense, and Avoid (DSA) capabilities of UAS.
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PI Stephanie Fussell, Ph.D.
CO-I Dothang Truong
- 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 the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB); factors derived from relevant, validated extended TAMs; and new factors that are theorized to impact use intention. These factors are related to aviation education, the use of VR technology in training environments, and using VR for flight training. The new model may explain flight students’ acceptance of VR for flight training as well as their intent to use the technology. A quantitative research method with a cross-sectional survey design was utilized. Descriptive statistical analysis, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and a structural equation modeling (SEM) process were employed. Data were collected from aviation students enrolled in FAA-approved Part 141 pilot schools in early 2020 using a survey design. Results indicated a good model fit to answer the three research questions of the study. There were 14 hypotheses in the original model. Although one was removed, an additional relationship was discovered, validated, and added to the model. Nine of the hypotheses were supported. Eight of the nine predictor factors of the model were determined to directly or indirectly impact behavioral intention (BI). The original TAM factors had the strongest relationships. Relationships between factors particularly relevant to VR technology and aviation training were also supported.
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PI Darris White
- The goal of this project is to create a new test system capable of fatigue testing wind turbine blades approximately three times faster and more accurately than existing test systems. The system under development is based on resonant testing technology pioneered by the Principal Investigator and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) over the past decade, which has resulted in three patent applications to date. Of these, US Patent Numbers 7,953,561 and 8,621,934 were approved, and one patent application is still pending.
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PI Matthew Verleger
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This engineering education research project seeks to develop a proof-of-concept peer review matching algorithm and demonstrate if it is a valuable and viable methodology for conducting peer review. Peer review is a proven method that has positive impact on student learning. The project will test the algorithm on Model Eliciting Activities in the engineering classroom, and investigate how changing peer review can affect student learning.
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PI Jianhua Liu
CO-I Andrew Schneider
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The goal is to create an ATC ASR dataset for open access. We have obtained 300 hours of audio data and processed 30 hours using the bootstrap approach: Using Whisper to provide the initial transcripts, Correcting the transcripts by hired transcriber team, reviewing the corrected transcripts.
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PI Marisa Aguiar
CO-I Carolina Anderson
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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. The purpose of the dissertation was to create and validate a safety performance decision-making tool to transform a reactive safety model into a predictive, safety performance decision-making tool, specific to large, collegiate Title 14 CFR Part 141 flight training organizations, to increase safety and aid in operational decision-making. The validated safety decision-making tool uses what-if scenarios to assess how changes to the controllable input variables impact the overall level of operational risk within an organization’s flight department.