The presentations were part of the PEGASAS 2018 annual meeting, which included a panel discussion, presentations and posters about PEGASAS projects. It took place on May 23 in the Wilmeth Active Learning Center’s Hiler Theater.

Purdue IE faculty and the student who presented were:

Steve Landry, associate professor of industrial engineering, and co-PI Michael Dorneich, associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering from Iowa State University, presented an update on "Pilot performance considerations for sensor technologies". This project will provide the FAA with needed information to make approval decisions regarding the use of enhanced vision systems for approaches and landings in bad weather. Such sensor information is currently being used for enhanced vision systems to augment the acquisition of visual references for landing. This work will identify for the FAA potential areas of concern with respect to pilot performance when using these technologies for this purpose.

Barrett Caldwell, professor of industrial engineering and PI, presented an update on the Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) project research on a variety of gaps related to adverse events in general aviation flight associated with transitions from visual flight rules to instrument conditions. These gaps include factors addressing pilot knowledge skills and abilities, training, technology, and information presentation. 

Brandon Pitts, assistant professor of industrial engineering, and PhD student Gaojian Huang, presented a poster on the Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) project titled "Assessing the Capability of Automated Speech Recognition Weather Information Interfaces for use in General Aviation". Project goals are to provide research data for the minimum weather service recommendations and to enhance weather-related education and training using next-generation technologies.