Presented By: Aerospace Engineering
AE Department Seminar: Human Interaction in Aviation and Education
Dr. Aaron Johnson, Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering Department
Dr. Aaron Johnson
Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering Department
Research Fellow, Engineering Education Research (EECS Department)
University of Michigan
Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss and draw comparisons between my research into human interaction in the distinct—but relatable—fields of aerospace engineering and engineering education. Highly-automated modern aerospace systems employ flight deck automation to increase the efficiency and safety of systems while reducing operator workload. However, there is little knowledge about how operators react to control mode transitions in which they take over control from the automation, particularly the reversion from autopilot to manual control that can occur during safety-critical situations. In the first half of my talk I will present experimental results that show how an operator’s visual attention, performance, and cognitive state change when transitioning between autopilot and flight control modes. In the second half of my talk I will discuss how concepts from human-automation interaction can be applied to the study of interactions between engineering students and their instructors. I will present preliminary results from research conducted here at Michigan investigating how flexible classroom spaces, which have movable tables and chairs that can be rearranged into different layouts, support better student-student and student-instructor interaction. I will conclude my talk by outlining a vision for future research that leads to evidence-based improvements in undergraduate aerospace engineering education.
About the speaker...
Aaron Johnson is a lecturer in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a research fellow in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan. He is interested in how students “make sense” of the different elements within their engineering education as they develop into practicing engineers. He is the (unofficial) Co-I of an NSF project currently studying the influence of flexible classroom spaces on teaching and learning. Aaron received his PhD in Humans in Aerospace from MIT in 2015, where he was a Draper Laboratory Fellow. His PhD research used quantitative analysis of human-in-the-loop experiments and mathematical modeling to investigate changes in an operator’s performance and cognitive state when transitioning between autopilot and manual flight control modes. Aaron’s dissertation was awarded the 2016 Stanley Roscoe Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation from the Aerospace Human Factors Association. Aaron also holds a BSE from the University of Michigan and an MS from MIT, both in aerospace engineering. Before returning to Michigan in July 2016, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.
Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering Department
Research Fellow, Engineering Education Research (EECS Department)
University of Michigan
Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss and draw comparisons between my research into human interaction in the distinct—but relatable—fields of aerospace engineering and engineering education. Highly-automated modern aerospace systems employ flight deck automation to increase the efficiency and safety of systems while reducing operator workload. However, there is little knowledge about how operators react to control mode transitions in which they take over control from the automation, particularly the reversion from autopilot to manual control that can occur during safety-critical situations. In the first half of my talk I will present experimental results that show how an operator’s visual attention, performance, and cognitive state change when transitioning between autopilot and flight control modes. In the second half of my talk I will discuss how concepts from human-automation interaction can be applied to the study of interactions between engineering students and their instructors. I will present preliminary results from research conducted here at Michigan investigating how flexible classroom spaces, which have movable tables and chairs that can be rearranged into different layouts, support better student-student and student-instructor interaction. I will conclude my talk by outlining a vision for future research that leads to evidence-based improvements in undergraduate aerospace engineering education.
About the speaker...
Aaron Johnson is a lecturer in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a research fellow in Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan. He is interested in how students “make sense” of the different elements within their engineering education as they develop into practicing engineers. He is the (unofficial) Co-I of an NSF project currently studying the influence of flexible classroom spaces on teaching and learning. Aaron received his PhD in Humans in Aerospace from MIT in 2015, where he was a Draper Laboratory Fellow. His PhD research used quantitative analysis of human-in-the-loop experiments and mathematical modeling to investigate changes in an operator’s performance and cognitive state when transitioning between autopilot and manual flight control modes. Aaron’s dissertation was awarded the 2016 Stanley Roscoe Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation from the Aerospace Human Factors Association. Aaron also holds a BSE from the University of Michigan and an MS from MIT, both in aerospace engineering. Before returning to Michigan in July 2016, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.
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