The following are publications submitted by the students of the College of Aeronautics.

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Submissions from 2025

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Drone in Sight: Studying the Rates of UAS Sightings Near Airports by Month, November 2019 to December 2024, Ethan Akers, James Hart Arnold, Travis Coleman, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Drought Effects on Part 121 Operations in California, Brian Robert Barlotta, Steve Na, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke E. Wheeler

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Population Density and Recorded Unmanned Aerial Systems Sightings in Southeastern Cities, Avalon Bozard, Rebecca Berris, Mario Perez, and Brooke Wheeler

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The Relationship between Compound Annual Growth Rate and Wildlife Strikes in U.S. Cities, Leila Burns, Katherine OConnell, Ethan Schuam, and Brooke E. Wheeler

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Novel Human Factors Challenges, Unexpected Events, and Safety Hazards Associated with Operation of Battery-powered eVTOL Aircraft, Kendall Carmody, Bhoomin Chauhan, Maureen Namukasa, Yarisse Adorno, and Meredith Carroll

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Fuel Factors: Jet A Prices and Charter Operations, Manaal Choudhury, Zoey M. Hicks, Chanho Kang, and Brooke Wheeler

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The Effects of Aviation Environmental Knowledge and Ticket Price Increase on Willingness To Pay, Dylan Dahl, Joonyeong Bae, Angelina Velez, and Brooke Wheeler

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Speaking Up: Aeronautics Student Voice Propensity and Power Distance By Experience, Nicholas Forthofer, Shellbie Reed, Mihir Wadhwa, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Air Traffic Control Staffing Deficiencies and Their Relationship to Incidents and Accidents, Ashton Irons, Sunkyum Kim, Gianna Mendez, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Annual bird strike reports per airport operation by different runway configurations in the 11 contiguous western states of the United States, Hyunyoung Jang, Jiin Jang, Constantine Anthony Pagent, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke E. Wheeler

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Mental Health and Willingness to Seek Mental Health Aid in Aviation, Andrew Lynch, Giacomo Tropeano, Trenton Paige Plogher, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Diversifying Cybersecurity: Evaluation of an Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Cybersecurity Training Course Designed to Bridge the Diversity Gap, Maureen Namukasa, Bhoomin B. Chauhan, Carlie Swords, Curtice Gough, Weronika Dymanus, Catherine Diresta, John Vitali, Vivek Sharma, T J. OConnor, and Meredith Carroll

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Trends in Annual Reported Laser Strikes per Aircraft Operations in the United States from 2010-2024​, Charles J. Prenaveau, Aidan B. Chen, and Brooke Wheeler

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Understanding Human-Agent Teaming: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Perceptions and Interactions, Valerie Robbins-Roth, Kendall Carmody, Bella DeLoach, Meredith Carroll, Amanda Thayer, and Jessica Wildman

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Clear the Air: Willingness to Pilot and Willingness to Pay with Leaded and Unleaded Fuel, Jaelyann A. Soto Marquez, Jay C. Helstone, Bryson T. Harber, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke E. Wheeler

Submissions from 2024

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Determining the Difference in Monthly Hazardous UAS Sightings Pre- and Post-TRUST​, Jacob Daniel Anderson, Kyle Beane, Ethan Ryan Prins, and Brooke Wheeler

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Behave Yourself! Behavioral Indicators of Trust in Human-Agent Teams, Kendall Carmody, Vivek Sharm, Arianna Addis, Daniel Nguyen, Cherrise Ficke, Amanda Thayer, Jessica Wildman, and Meredith Carroll

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Cloudy Views: Collegiate Flight Students Rated Employability of CFI Applicants by Experience and Gender, Kaylee A. Crispe, Esther Renee Wilson, Sihong Park, Brooke Wheeler, and Vivek Sharma

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Stress and Exercise in Part 141 Flight Students, Reece Curcio, Thomas Vincent Hayes, Reon Porter, and Brooke Wheeler

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Effect of Pilot Mental Health on Passenger Willingness to Fly, Isabella L. DeLoach, Sara E. Bergamini, Dowon Choi, Brooke Wheeler, and Vivek Sharma

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Remote Controlled Cyber: Toward Engaging and Educating a Diverse CybersecurityWorkforce, Curtice Gough, Carl Mann, Cherrise Ficke, Maureen Namukasa, Meredith Carroll, and TJ OConnor

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Passenger Insight on Sustainable Flight: Exploring the Relationships Between Attitudes and Risk Propensity on Willingness to Fly, Kayla Hylan, Carl A. Thomas Jr., Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Investigating the relationship between Population Density surrounding an airport and the number of Wildlife Strikes per operation., Alexandra E. Rowe, Daniel Alves, Evan Park, Brooke Wheeler, and Vivek Sharma

Submissions from 2023

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Change in Air Cargo Revenue Before VS During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ali Abushal, Timothy R. Buchal, Ethan Noto, Brooke Wheeler, and Vivek Sharma

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Wildlife Strikes by Damage Category in the U.S. from 2013-2022, Malek Alharbi, Catherine Meechan, Brooke Wheeler, and Vivek Sharma

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Human Factors Training Implications for Urban Air Mobility Operations, Kendall Carmody, Bhoomin Chauhan, Maureen Namukasa, Vivek Sharma, Gervaughn Berkel, Yarisse Adorno, and Meredith Carroll

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Understanding How to Diversify the Cybersecurity Workforce: A Qualitative Analysis, Maria Chaparro Osman, Maureen Namukasa, Cherrise Ficke, Isabella Piasecki, TJ OConnor, and Meredith Carroll

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Advanced Air Mobility Human factors Considerations for Current eVTOL Pilot Interfaces, Bhoomin B. Chauhan, Maria Chaparro Osman, Kendall Carmody, and Meredith Carroll

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Unruly Passenger Reports During and After the Mask Mandate, Jacob Coutant, Travis Richards, Nicholas Brunetti, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Academic Workload, Willingness to Pilot, and Perceived Stress, Derek M. Dolnik, Carlie Swords, Shahd Abualhamayl, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Measuring Trust in a Simulated Human Agent Team Task, Cherrise Ficke, Arianna Addis, Daniel Nguyen, Kendall Carmody, Amanda Thayer, Jessica Wildman, and Meredith Carroll

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Willingness to Fly on Supersonic & Non-Supersonic Aircraft, Jacob Filer, Nicholas Paul DiGrazia, Jae Won Yoon, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Measuring Willingness to Fly Onboard Aircraft Equipped with Two Pilots, a Single Pilot, and a Single Pilot with Artificial Intelligence, Dillon J. Hanrahan, Andrew C. Angelo, Jeremy S. McFarland, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Willingness to Fly based on First Officer Experience, Madison Larkin, Christopher Hudak, Ashley Babiarz, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Artificial Intelligence & Aviation: A Content Analysis, Victor E. Morales, Jonathan Escalera, Jose Sanchez, Brooke Wheeler, and Vivek Sharma

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Key Constructs, Measures, and Considerations for Human Factors Researchers in the Advanced Air Mobility Domain, Maureen Namukasa, Meredith Carroll, Bhoomin B. Chauhan, Vivek Sharma, Kendall Carmody, and Donna Wilt

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Development of Upset Recovery and Basic Aerobatic Courses for Collegiate Flight Training Programs, Warren P. Pittorie, Michaela C. Satter, and Meredith Carroll

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Willingness to Pilot With Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft , Geovany A. Rodriguez, Rayan Khayyat, Jenna M. Elwood, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

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Analyzing Flight Delays: Legacy and Low-Cost Carriers in the U.S., KwangYeol Yang, Dae Keun Jeon, Nawaf Nasser M. Alsubaie, Vivek Sharma, and Brooke Wheeler

Submissions from 2022

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Annual Rate of Laser Strike Reports by Airport Category in Florida, Ziyad Alkhaldi, Abdulaziz Zabidi, Rayan Bagies, and Brooke Wheeler

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General Aviation Fatal and Non-fatal Accidents by Season, Abdulrahman Alzahrani, Hassaan Bedeiry, and Brooke Wheeler

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U.S. Wildlife Strikes by Engine Type, Hasan Arif, John Gaynor, Shane Slettom Jr., and Brooke Wheeler

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Don’t Judge a Book by its CoVR: Learning and Training in virtual reality; the effects of two levels of immersion, Kendall Carmody and Meredith Carroll

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A Qualitative Analysis of Trust Dynamics in Human-Agent Teams (HATs), Kendall Carmody, Cherrise Ficke, Daniel Nguyen, Arianna Addis, Summer Rebensky, and Meredith Carroll

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Perspectives for the Future: Considerations for UAM Aircraft Information Requirements, Maria Chaparro Osman, Maureen Namukasa, Kendall Carmody, Bhoomin Chauhan, Gervaughn Berkel, and Meredith Carroll

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Influencing IoT Device User Privacy Behaviors: An Empirical Study, Maria Chaparro Osman, Tricia Prior, Summer Rebensky, Andrew Nakushian, and Meredith Carroll

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Predicting Pilot-in-training Success and Persistence in a United States University, Maria Chaparro Osman, Vivek Sharma, Cherrise Ficke, Rian Mehta, Brooke Wheeler, and Meredith Carroll

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Legacy Airlines’ Monthly Percentage Delays: Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Orlando Y. Gonzalez Fuentes, Chinkyung Lee, Hyungyeong Lee, and Brooke Wheeler

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The Relationship Between Pilot Experience and Aviation Safety Attitudes, Isabella Piasecki, Steven Le Gall, and Brooke Wheeler

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Teammates Instead of Tools: The Impacts of Level of Autonomy on Mission Performance and Human–Agent Teaming Dynamics in Multi-Agent Distributed Teams, Summer Rebensky, Kendall Carmody, Cherrise Ficke, Meredith Carroll, and Winston Bennett

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Me and My VE 2022: Human Factors Applications Using Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, and Virtual Environments, Randall Spain, Shannon K. T. Bailey, Benjamin Goldberg, Robert Sall, Kendall Carmody, Cherrise Ficke, Allison Bayro, Heejin Jeong, Jihoon Kim, W. Hong Yeo, Rosemarie Figueroa-Jacinto, Zachary Pugh, Chris Mayhorn, Aaron Gluck, Sarah Beadle, and Amanda Bond

Submissions from 2021

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FAA Reported Wildlife Strikes by time of day at New York Airports, Nnaemeka Azuike, Kymon Naar, and Brooke Wheeler

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Human Factors Considerations for Urban Air Mobility, Bhoomin B. Chauhan and Meredith Carroll

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Factors Influencing Pilot Trust in Electronic Flight Bag Information, Warren Pittorie, Summer Rebensky, Leonia Hunt, Andrew Narkushian, Maria Chaparro, and Meredith Carroll

Submissions from 2020

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Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Environments: Demonstrations of Current Technologies and Future Directions, Sarah Beadle, Randall Spain, Benjamin Goldberg, Mahdi Ebnali, Shannon Bailey, Brendan Ciccone, Ragan Wilson, Summer Rubensky, Meredith Carroll, Winston Bennett, Xueyu Hu, Adam Reiner, Holland Vasquez, Abigail Wooldridge, Lydia Lee, Parth Verma, Heejin Jeong, Benjamin Goldberg, Logan Gisick, Jon French, and Joseph Keebler

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Examining Pilot Response to Cybersecurity Events on the Flight Deck, Meredith Carroll, Summer Rebensky, and Paige Sanchez

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Automatic Detection of Learner Engagement Using Machine Learning and Wearable Sensors, Meredith Carroll, Mitchell Ruble, Mark Dranias, Summer Rebensky, Maria Chaparro, Joanna Chiang, and Brent Winslow

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Recommended Training Practices to Prepare Pilots to Cope with Information Conflicts, Meredith Carroll, Paige Sanchez, and Donna Wilt

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Personality Trends in the Pilot Population, Maria E. Chaparro, Meredith Carroll, and Shem Malmquist

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Examination of the Impact of Various Training Approaches on Different UAS Operator Populations, Summer Rebensky, Meredith Carroll, and Maria Chaparro

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Pilot Selection Research Gaps: What We Do and Don't Know About "The Right Stuff", Thomas C. Scott and Meredith Carroll

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Willingness to Pilot in Different Aircraft Sanitization Scenarios, Nicholas Valluzzi, Jesse Shacknai, Brooke Wheeler, and Tianhua Li

Submissions from 2019

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Examining Pilot Decision Making in Information-Rich Cockpits, Meredith Carroll, Donna Forsyth Wilt, Paige Sanchez, and Deborah Carstens

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Designing Military Cockpits To Support A Broad Range Of Personnel Body Size, Summer Lindsey, H. C. Neil Ganey, and Meredith Carroll