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Late Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: Training and Education: Presentation: Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Simulation on Flight Training
No full textFactors affecting the effectiveness of simulation on flight training.
Jennah C. Perry and Jonathan M. Gallimore
Flight simulation is commonly used to enhance flight training. Some of the key factors that contributed towards the use of flight simulation tools such as True Course Simulation (TCS) were examined. Three collegiate ground school courses tasked their students with using TCS. During the Spring 2015 semester, TCS was paid for by the university and participation was not mandatory rather incentivized through extra credit. During the Summer 2015 semester, the students purchased TCS and completion was required before the end of the semester. During the Fall 2015 semester, students were required to purchase, participate, and complete weekly assignments in TCS. Across all semesters we learned that incentives, financial investment, and TCS participation contributing to student’s grades, increased the use of flight simulation. We learned that students bypassed portions of TCS to quickly complete the simulations, instead of focusing on the quality of learning. Strategies are needed to encourage students to distribute their use of flight simulation evenly across a semester instead of mass practice before a due date. Approaches will be discussed for effectively encouraging distributed practice, investment in simulation, and methods for enhancing the quality of learning through simulation
Aviation Stress Management: A Holistic Approach to Aviation Education and Training
No full textWe understand aviation professionals require excellent training to optimally perform and execute highly specialized skillsets, intellectually, physically, and psychologically. Within the aviation industry, individuals are trained to operate, maintain, and manage, multi-million-dollar assets, yet are lacking the basic knowledge and fundamentals of their own body, including the stress response. According to a 2019 stress ranking survey, pilots rank 3rd for highest stress professions while transportation industry workers ranked 8th. Historically, aviation professionals have been left to address symptoms of stress to their own accord, impacting personal health and organizational safety. However, with the collaborative influence of health education, transportation safety, and medical research, the experiences related to stress and effective stress management can be positively supported and integrated into the educational process. By empowering students to effectively learn from, understand, and make effective choices around managing their response to stressors, they will be able to make choices in support of personal health and well-being directly influencing and enhancing skillsets, productivity, and job performance. In efforts to reduce educational stress and to better equip our future leaders in aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has embedded an aviation stress management course into the Air Traffic Management Curriculum, with anticipation to eventually integrate stress management education across campus programs. We believe a holistic approach to aviation education, including stress management education will have a positive impact on our next generation aviation industry professionals
Integrating Unmanned Aircraft Operations into the National Airspace System
No full textCommercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are expected to dominate the National Airspace System (NAS) in the years to come. One particular barrier preventing integration of UAS into the NAS is the lack of standardized procedures for separating aircraft and communicating with ATC. In preparation for adopting unmanned flight operations into a complex control system, it is important to identify solutions to effectively control UAS in the NAS.
The Joint UAS and ATC Team (JUAT) group has designed several simulated ATC scenarios in order to determine effective solutions for integration. Through the use of digitized radar display overlays that replicate the military grid reference system (MGRS) in conjunction with traditional airspace sectors/boundaries the JUAT is able to simulate UAS operations on a basic level
Adopting Unmanned Flight Operations into Controlled Airspace
No full textUnmanned aircraft activity is becoming more common within the National Airspace System (NAS) and is expected to dominate the NAS in the near future. Specific procedures for adopting unmanned aircraft into the National Airspace System (NAS).
A variation of the Military Grid Reference System was developed and digitally overlaid onto the radar display. To incorporate this grid system, a customized flight plan database was created for the storage of operator submitted flight plans. Instead of verbal communication, a computer chat system is used for communication because of the low altitude operations in the field.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made UAS integration a top priority as they projected that the UAS market will reach 7 million systems by 2020. The JUAT is in the process of developing a conclusive solution that will help to safely adopt UAS
Meteorological Sensors Incorporated into a UAS for Pedagogical Purposes
No full textSeeing the world from above can stimulate curiosity and give students a reason to engage in many facets of STEM (Science, Technology, Aeronautics, Engineering & Math) learning.
Our goal is to inspire learners to conduct remote-sensing investigations, collecting and analyzing data by using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) as a platform to carry scientific sensors, payloads, and/or capture imagery. We want to collect, interpret, and develop applications for UAS remotely sensed data and to prepare our students for an interdisciplinary future.
Our Faculty Learning Community (FLC) shares student-focused activities using UAS to pursue STEM projects and investigations! We discuss the pedagogical approach and implications for student learning and aim to engage the students in active learning, undergraduate research, working in teams, and working with real datahttps://commons.erau.edu/pr-faculty-learning-community/1000/thumbnail.jp
