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Human Behavior While Living and Working in a Space Environment: Evidence from an Analogue Space Habitat

  • PI Guy Smith

  • This study is a follow-on to this research. This research is designed to study different aspects of the role of space participant, compared to the astronaut or space mission specialist.
Human Factors Awareness Training for FAA Aviation Safety Specialists Within Aircraft Certification and FAA Flight Standards

  • PI Scott Martin

  • In this project, which is funded by the FAA, Embry‑Riddle and Kent University will develop training for individuals within the FAA’s Aviation Safety Flight Standards Service who have expertise and job responsibilities related to the evaluation of aircraft systems design, maintenance, operations, procedures and pilot performance.

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Implementing Active Learning Techniques in an Undergraduate Aviation Meteorology Course

  • PI Daniel Halperin

    PI Joseph Keebler

    CO-I Robert Eicher

    CO-I Thomas Guinn

    CO-I Kim Chambers

  • ​Student feedback from end-of-course evaluations repeatedly indicated a desire to change the format of the course by de-emphasizing the PowerPoint-based lectures. The goal of the present study was to determine whether including a set of new active-learning techniques in an Aviation Weather course would result in better student understanding (as measured by exam scores) and make the course more engaging (as measured by end-of-course evaluations). During 2018-19, three instructors implemented five different active-learning techniques into their classes (i.e., the experimental group), while two instructors continued to use the unrevised course materials (i.e., the control group). The new active-learning techniques, described below, included daily quizzes, polling questions, flipped classroom sessions, in-class activities, and assertion-evidence-based lectures. All sections used the same assignments and exams, allowing for direct assessment of the effectiveness of the active-learning techniques. Analyses of Variance (ANOVA) tables were used to determine the statistical significance of the differences in exam scores. Indirect assessments in the form of end-of-course evaluations were also examined. 
Improved Image Processing for Orbit Estimation

  • PI Troy Henderson

  • This project seeks to improve orbit estimation methods using advanced image processing techniques applied to images from ground and space-based telescopes.
Incorporating ANSYS Simulation Tools Into Engineering Programs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  • PI Fady Barsoum

    CO-I Arka Das

    CO-I Heidi Steinhauer

    CO-I William Engblom

    CO-I Chad Rohrbacher

  • This project aims to introduce and implement ANSYS computer modeling and simulation tools into the Engineering Programs at Embry-Riddle.
Increasing student learning and engagement using a TV series: Leadership in the Final Frontier

  • PI Anke Arnaud

  • Educators are continuously concerned with developing innovative and effective teaching methodology to increase student learning and engagement. This study is designed to assess the effectiveness of an innovative instructional methodology, using a TV series to teach and develop leadership understanding, skills and knowledge.
Influence of cold expansion and aggressive environment on crack growth in aluminum alloy

  • PI Alberto Mello

    CO-I Christopher Leirer

    CO-I Ken Shishino

    CO-I Open Position - New students are welcome

  • This research aims to establish the effect of hole cold expansion on fatigue life of pre-cracked material under aggressive environment.
Integrated Communication and Environmental Sensing for Safety-Critical Autonomous Systems

  • PI Thomas Yang

    PI Siyao Li

  • Current communication networks with transmitter/receiver nodes can provide large-scale area coverage and robust interconnection between nodes. This allows for the seamless integration of sensing functions into the existing communication framework, paving the way for Integrated Communication and Sensing (ICAS). Unlike previous generations that treated communication and sensing separately, ICAS eliminates the need for additional hardware, extra transmit power, or dedicated frequency bands, by enabling communication signals to support data transmission and environmental sensing simultaneously. This convergence makes ICAS a key feature of six-generation (6G) communication and enables advanced applications, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) missions, autonomous driving, surveillance, and smart cities, to be powered by a single transmitted signal.

    This project aims to develop a novel ICAS framework tailored specifically for autonomous systems operating in safety-critical environments. The primary focus is enabling environment sensing by systematically analyzing the received information-carrying communication signals, through line-of-sight and/or reflected and scattered paths.

Integrated Structural Health Sensors for Inflatable Space Habitats

  • PI Dae Won Kim

    PI Sirish Namilae

  • Under this research project we will develop an innovative structural health monitoring system for inflatable space habitat structures by integrating nanocomposite piezoresistive sensors 
Integrating Engineering and Aviation Standards in Higher Education Curriculum

  • PI Leila Halawi

    CO-I Marwa El-Sayed

    CO-I Mark Miller

    CO-I Sophia White

  • This project aims to develop a transferable plan for integrating industry standards into engineering and aeronautics programs, with a short-term goal of refining learning modules. It has the potential to serve as a model for other STEM institutions and improve learning outcomes at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Integrating Expanded and Non-Segregated UAS Operations into the NAS: Impact on Traffic Trends and Safety

  • CO-I Dothang Truong

    CO-I Ryan Wallace

  • This research led by Richard Stansbury (PI) will provide further insight into the safe integration of sUAS through the forecasting of expanded and non-segregated sUAS operations. The ASSURE research team will collect data to inform the FAA on risk-based methodologies to develop and apply safety rules, regulations, and revised Safety Management System (SMS) protocols based on forecasted UAS operational needs and performance characteristics.
Integration of Small Aircraft Transportation Systems (SATS) into General Aviation

  • PI Massoud Bazargan

  • Conducted operational and simulation approaches to identify potential bottlenecks and examine future expansion strategies for airports by integrating SATS with GA.