1. DREXEL-FAA Research Activities through Centers of Excellence Drexel PI: Kurtulus Izzetoglu, Ph.D Human Factors Research Focus Lead: Ellen Bass, PhD February, 2016

2. UAS Research: Current Status Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Established a Center of Excellence (May’15) Proposed rules to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into NAS (Feb’15) Opened 6 test sites across the country (Dec’13) Presidential Memorandum: Promoting Economic Competitiveness While Safeguarding Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems “…The Congress recognized the potential wide-ranging benefits of UAS operations within the United States in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112- 95), which requires a plan to safely integrate civil UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS) by September 30, 2015…’.

3. UAS Center of Excellence The COE will focus on research, education and training in areas critical to safe and successful integration of UAS into the nation's airspace  COEs are “entities with substantive ties to universities which advance the state of transportation knowledge within a particular aviation area.”  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) team as the FAA's Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (COE UAS)

4. FAA Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Research Drexel University is a core university Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) Established spring 2012, ASSURE selected May 2015, Operational Sept 2015 15 core schools, 6 affiliates www. ASSUREuas.org

5. ASSURE UAS Center of Excellence Government / Corporate Team  100+ corporate/government team-mates

6. Research Topics 1.Air Traffic Control Interoperability, 2.Airport Ground Operations, 3.Control and Communication, 4.Detect and Avoid (DAA), 5.Human Factors, DREXEL lead institution 6.Low Altitude Operations Safety FAA has identified 11 COE areas of interest: 2015 - 2020 7.Noise Reduction, 8.Spectrum Management, 9.Unmanned Aircraft (UA) Crew Training and Certification, Including Pilots, 10.Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management, 11.UAS Wake Separation Standards ASSURE UAS Center of Excellence

7. Scope and Industry Support Industry Support FAA requires 1:1 grant matching and views support as source of research funding Drexel’s team will collaborate with industry on research including but not limited to:  Interaction among Air Traffic Controller/UAS/manned pilots  Functional allocation  Pilot interface and control station  Crew training  Information flow coordination and communication,  Systems performance requirements  … The COE will focus on research, education and training in areas critical to safe and successful integration of UAS into the nation's airspace “…UAS is poised to transform society and Drexel is proud to contribute to integration of UAS into the national airspace…”

8. Drexel Research Capabilities: UAS Human Factors

10. UAS Human Factors Station Design Standards Inform recommended function allocation (FA) strategies for UAS human-machine functions, minimum standards and design guidelines for UAS control stations, crewmember training & certification requirements, and visual observer (VO) training & certification requirements Function allocation (FA): define functions to achieve operational requirements; determine whether human, machine (i.e., automation), or some combination What are the recommended FA strategies for UAS human-machine functions (e.g., fully automated, partially automated, management by exception, management by consent)

11. NASA Ames Research Center funded project: (NNA10DE79C/NNA13AB02C) Simulation can modeling complexity but requires a tradeoff between fidelity and the number of simulation runs Model checking techniques can verify that the modeled system meets safety properties but they require that the component models are of sufficiently limited scope Leveraging these types of analysis methods can help to verify operational concepts addressing the allocation of authority and autonomy NextGenAA: Integrated model checking and simulation of NextGen authority and autonomy

12. Translation and Miscommunication Generation Instantiated EOFMC Formal System Model Verification Report Model Checking Specification Maximum Number of Miscommunications Man- ual Model ing Analysis Frameworks Formal Task Analytic Methods (EOFMC) Abstraction Hierarchy NextGenAA: Modeling Frameworks

13. Drexel Research Capabilities: Pilot & Crew Training Evaluation of human performance facilitated by wearable technologies (portable functional brain imaging technology) fNIRS is a safe, non-invasive, and portable neuroimaging technology, which can be integrated with training simulators for pilot, UAS operator, air traffic controller training and performance monitoring, and guide adaptive individualized training strategies and necessary mitigation efforts to increase training effectiveness, as well as efficiency Brain based measure via wearable functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), developed by researchers at Drexel, to assess cognitive performance in field and learning environments Biometric development and sensor design with improved form factor to provide a scalable way to objectively and consistently assess skill acquisition for complex tasks. fNIRS

14. Other Aviation Research Activities

15. FAA Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance AERIS Center is a consortium of leading aviation research institutions dedicated to helping the FAA revolutionize technical training practices and take human performance to new heights. Team Selection and Operational by Sep 2016 http://www.aeriscenter.org/ Core Partners ‘Wide range of expertise’  Drexel University  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University  (Lead)  The Ohio State University  Purdue University  University of North Dakota  University of Wisconsin - Madison  Western Michigan University Affiliate Institutions ‘Institutions with specialized expertise’  Arizona State University  Central Washington University  Kansas State University  Kent State  Middle Tennessee State University  University of Southern California  Wichita State University / National Institute for Aviation Research

16. Other Transaction Agreement Drexel University & FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC)..study future concepts for integrating new demands on the NAS Our role is to coordinate with collaborator organizations to conduct research on innovative technologies, tools and systems in order to facilitate improved automation and standardization of operations, materials, procedures, and information for NextGen.

17. Other Transaction Agreement Drexel University & FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) Select Research Topics Design and development of soft Air Traffic Control (ATC) agent; UAS Detect and Avoid Study; Human Factors Study; Advanced fNIR Data Collection and Data Analysis A Research Study of Curation and Stewardship of Technical Data Development and Validation of Enhanced AGENTFLY Simulation Platform with ATC Agent Participation in Human Factors Research Development of the EEG Neuroergonomics Toolbox

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