AMY R. PRITCHETT

Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Tech
Atlanta GA 30332-0150

(Tel) 404-894-0199
(Email) amy.pritchett@ae.gatech.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Cognitive engineering methods for designing technologies and work processes to support cognitive behaviors.
• Applications of cognitive engineering to aerospace engineering, including cockpit operations, air traffic control and management, and UAV operations.
• Applications of cognitive engineering to educational technology.
• Applications of cognitive engineering to design tools.

RESEARCH & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

DAVID S. LEWIS JR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COGNITIVE ENGINEERING	AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Georgia Tech	August 2005 - Present
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Georgia Tech	January 2005 – August 2005
JOINT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Georgia Tech	January 2005 - Present
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Georgia Tech	August 2003- December 2004
JOINT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Georgia Tech	August 2003 - December 2004
SENIOR TECHNICAL FELLOW	AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Technische Universiteit Delft	May 2002 – August 2002
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Georgia Tech	January 1997- August 2003
JOINT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Georgia Tech	June 1997- August 2003
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT	MIT Aeronautical Systems Laboratory	July 1992 -December 1996
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT	MIT Aeronautical Systems Laboratory	October 1988 - June 1992
WRITING TUTOR	MIT Writing Center	September 1991 - June 1992 September 1991 - June 1992
TEACHING ASSISTANT	MIT Department Of Aeronautics And Astronautics	September 1991 - June 1992 September 1991 - June 1992

EDUCATION

DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE Aeronautics And Astronautics Massachusetts Institute Of Technology	December 1996
Specializing in Automatic Cockpit Systems and Human-Automation Interaction. Course Work Included Intelligent Control, Optimal Control, Risk-Benefit Analysis, Probability and Statistics. Thesis Title Pilot Non-Conformance to Alerting Systems Commands During Closely-Spaced Parallel Approaches. Thesis Supervisor: Prof. R.J. Hansman
MASTERS OF SCIENCE Aeronautics And Astronautics Massachusetts Institute Of Technology	June 1994
Course Work Included Multivariable Control, Piloted Control of Aircraft, Supervisory Control, Instrumentation, and Air Traffic Control. Thesis Title Variations in Party Line Information Requirements for Flight Crew Situation Awareness in the Datalink Environment Thesis Supervisor: Prof. R.J. Hansman.
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE Aeronautics And Astronautics (Avionics Option) Massachusetts Institute Of Technology	June 1992
Course Work Included Aerodynamics, Automatic Control, Aircraft Guidance & Navigation, Systems Design, Flight Simulation, Composite Materials, Digital & Analog Circuit Design, Signal Processing, Computer Program Structure.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

· A.R. Pritchett and R. J. Hansman, Party Line Information Requirements for Flight Crew Situation Awareness, Air Traffic Control Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 29-50, 1996.

· A.R. Pritchett and L.J. Yankosky, Simultaneous Design of Cockpit Display of Traffic Information and Air Traffic Management Procedures, SAE Transactions – Journal of Aerospace, 1998.

· A.R. Pritchett, Pilot Performance at Collision Avoidance During Closely Spaced Parallel Approaches, Air Traffic Control Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 47-75, 1999.

· J.J. Ockerman and A.R. Pritchett, A Review and Reappraisal of Task Guidance: Aiding Workers in Procedure Following, International Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 191-212, 2000.

· A.R. Pritchett, Display Effects on Shaping Apparent Strategy: A Case Study in Collision Detection and Avoidance, International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 59-83, 2000.

· S. Davis and A.R. Pritchett, Alerting System Assertiveness, Knowledge, and Over-Reliance, Journal on Information Technology Impact (Aerospace Special Edition), Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 119-144, 2000.

· A.R. Pritchett and R.J. Hansman, Performance-Based Measures of Flight Crew Situation Awareness Using Testable Responses, in Experimental Analysis and Measurement of Situation Awareness, ed. J. Garland & M. Endsley, pp. 189-209, 2000.

· A.R. Pritchett, Reviewing the Roles of Cockpit Alerting Systems, Human Factors in Aerospace Safety, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 5-38, 2001.

· A.R. Pritchett, S.M. Lee and D. Goldsman, Hybrid-System Simulation for National Airspace System Safety Analysis, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 835-841, 2001.

· T.L. Chen and A.R. Pritchett, Cockpit Decision Aids for Emergency Flight Planning, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 935-943, 2001.

· A.R. Pritchett, B. Vándor and K. Edwards, Testing and Implementing Cockpit Alerting Systems, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 193-206, 2002.

· A.R. Pritchett, Human-Computer Interaction in Aerospace, Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction, 3^rd ed., eds. J. Jacko & A. Sears, Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ, 2002.

· A.R. Pritchett and L.J. Yankosky, Pilot-Performed Guidance in the National Airspace System, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 143-150, 2003.

· A.M. Bisantz and A.R. Pritchett, Measuring Judgment Interaction With Displays And Automation: A Lens Model Analysis of Collision Detection, Human Factors, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 266-280, 2003.

· A.R. Pritchett, F. Wieland, M.M. van Paassen, and E.N. Johnson, Aviation and Air Traffic Simulation, Applied System Simulation: Methodologies And Applications, Kluwer: Dordrecht, invited, 2003.

· J.J. Ockerman and A.R. Pritchett, Improving Performance on Procedural Tasks Through Presentation of Locational Procedure Context: An Empirical Evaluation, Behavior and Information Technology, Vol.23, No.1, pp. 11–20, 2004.

· S.A. Kalaver and A.R. Pritchett, Automatic Reference Frame Management and Its Application to Reducing Numerical Error in Simulation, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 137-153, 2004.

· A.P. Shah and A.R. Pritchett, Analysis of Socio-technical Systems Using Agent-Based Simulation, Organizational Simulation, eds. W.B. Rouse and K.R. Boff, 2005.

· A.R. Pritchett, Reviewing the role of cockpit alerting systems, Contemporary Issues in Human Factors and Aviation Safety, Ashgate Publishing, 2005.

· A.R. Pritchett and J.K. Kuchar, Aviation Alerting Systems, Ashgate Publishing, In preparation, ISBN Number Issued 0 7546 4282 8.

· A.R. Pritchett and A.N. Bisantz, Measuring The Fit Between Human Judgment And Automated Alerts: A Study Of Collision Detection In Aviation, Working with Technology in Mind: Brunswikian Resources for Cognitive Science & Engineering, Ed. A. Kirlik, Oxford University Press: Oxford, invited, submitted.

· E.J. Bass and A.R. Pritchett, Human-Automation Judgment Learning: A Methodology For Investigating Human Interaction With Automated Judges, Working with Technology in Mind: Brunswikian Resources for Cognitive Science & Engineering, Ed. A. Kirlik, Oxford University Press: Oxford, invited, submitted.

THESIS STUDENTS ADVISED

• Jennifer Ockerman (PhD ISyE)
  Thesis Title: Task Guidance and Procedure Context: Aiding Workers in Appropriate Procedure Following.
  Graduation Spring 2000.
  Currently a Senior Research Engineer, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
• Ellen Bass (PhD ISyE, co-advised with Bill Rouse)
  Thesis Title: Human-Automated Judgment Learning: A Research Paradigm Based on Interpersonal Learning to Investigate Human Interaction with Automated Judgments of Hazards.
  Graduation Spring 2002.
  Currently an Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Department of Systems and Information Engineering.
• Seungman Lee (PhD ISyE)
  Thesis Title: Agent-Based Simulation of Socio-Technical Systems: Software Architecture and Timing Mechanisms.
  Graduation Summer 2002.
  Currently a Senior Research Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center (via contract with San Jose State University).
• Kirk Benson (PhD ISyE, co-advised with David Goldsman)
  Thesis Title: Adaptive Control of Large-Scale Simulations.
  Graduation Summer 2004.
  Currently a Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, stationed in Afghanistan.
• George M. “Lee” Nickles (PhD ISyE)
  Thesis Title: Work Action Analysis To Structure Planning And Formative Evaluation Of An Engineering Course Using A Course Management System
  Graduation Fall 2004.
  Currently a Post-doctoral Fellow, Texas A & M.
• Brian Sperling (PhD ISyE)
  Graduation Spring 2005.
  Currently a Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, on the faculty at West Point.
• Satchidanand Kalaver (PhD AE)
  Tentative Thesis Title: Management of Reference Frames in Simulation and its Applications
  Graduation Expected Fall 2005.
• Alexander Quinn (PhD ISyE)
  Tentative Thesis Title: Impact of Information Distribution on Socio-Technical System Behavior: A Case Study in Education.
  Graduation Expected Fall 2005.
• Anuj Shah (PhD ISyE)
  Graduation Expected Fall 2005.
• Karen Feigh (PhD ISyE)
  Graduation Expected Fall 2006.
• Balázs Vándor (MS ISyE)
  Thesis Title: Effects of Displays and Alerts on Subject Reactions to Potential Collisions During Closely Spaced Parallel Approaches.
  Graduation: Fall 1999.
  Currently With Andrx Pharmaceuticals, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
• Leonard “LJ” Yankosky (MS ISyE)
  Thesis Title: Investigating the Role of Procedures and Cockpit Display of Traffic Information in Candidate Air Traffic Management Operations.
  Graduation Spring 2000.
  Currently With Chick-Fil-A, Atlanta, GA.
• Corey Ippolito (MS AE)
  Thesis Title: Software Architectures for Flight Simulation.
  Graduation Spring 2000.
  Currently With NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
• Ted Chen (MS AE)
  Thesis Title: Design And Evaluation Of An In-Cockpit Re-Planning Tool As An Emergency Decision Aid.
  Graduation Spring 2000.
  Currently With Bioware Corp, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
• Satchidanand Kalaver (MS AE)
  Thesis Title: Management of Reference Frames in Simulation and its Application to Numerical Error Reduction.
  Graduation Spring 2001.
  Currently Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering.
• Vittesh Kalambi (MS AE)
  Thesis Title: In-Flight Planning And Intelligent Pilot Aids For Emergencies and Non-Nominal Flight Conditions.
  Graduation Fall 2004.
• Jeronimo Chiecchio (MS AE)
  Started MS Program Fall 2001.
  Graduation Spring 2005..
• Luis “Nick” Gonzalez Castro (MS AE)
  Graduation Expected Spring 2006.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Wings Club of America Merit Award, 1992
• MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Teaching Award, 1992
• Laya Y. Wiesner Award for Contribution to MIT Public Life, 1992
• RTCA William E. Jackson Award, Given for outstanding contribution to aviation through graduate research, 1999.
• Voted a Top Young Alumni of MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001.
• Excellence Faculty Award, Elected by undergraduate engineering students as professor having most significant impact on their lives, April 2003.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Society for Computer Simulation
• American Society of Engineering Educators
• Sigma Chi
• Tau Beta Pi
• Sigma Gamma Tau (MIT Chapter President, 1991-1992, Treasurer 1990-1991)

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

· Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 2004-Present.

· Area editor, SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, responsible for the area of ‘Air Traffic Simulation’, 2002-Present.

· Co-editor (with F. Wieland) of Two Special Issues of SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 2003-2004.

· Associate Editor, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computation, Information and Communication, 2003-Present.

· International Program Committee, 3^rd Annual Workshop on Human Error and System Safety Engineering, Liège, Belgium, June 1999.

· International Program Committee, 21^st European Annual Conference on Human Decision Making and Process Control, Glasgow, July 2002.

· International Program Committee, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics (HCI-Aero), Boston, MA, September 2002.

· Technical Program Chair, AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference, (established conference theme ‘Air Traffic Management for Civil and Military Applications’, Irvine, CA, October 2002.

· International Program Committee, 22^nd European Annual Conference on Human Decision Making and Process Control, Linköping, Sweden, June 2003.

· Technical Program Chair, Aerospace Systems Technical Group, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2003-2004.

· Conference Co-Chair (with Alistair Jackson, Eurocontrol Experimental Centre, Bretigny, France) International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics (HCI-Aero), Toulouse, 2004.

· Proceedings Editor, Technical Program Chair and International Program Committee, IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symposium on Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of Human-Machine Systems, Atlanta, 2004.

· International Program Committee, FAA/Eurocontrol Air Traffic Management Research and Development Symposium, Baltimore, MD, 2005.

· International Program Committee, 22^nd European Annual Conference on Human Decision Making and Process Control, Athens, Greece, October 2005.

· Member, National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, 2004-2007.

· Member, National Research Council Technical Steering Committee for the NASA/FAA Joint Program and Development Office (JPDO) for the Next Generation Air Transportation System, 2004-2005.

· Member, National Research Council Committee on Aeronautics Research and Development for Vision 2050, Lead on Task Group for Increasing Capacity of the National Airspace System, 2002-2003.

PERSONAL ACTIVITIES

• Pilot, Private Airplane License With Instrument Flight Rating, Commercial Sailplane Pilot. 450 Flight Hours. Aerobatics Training. Altitude and Duration Flights for FAI Sailplane Silver and Gold Awards.
• Operations Director, 1994 US National Sailplane Competition (Standard Class) Sugarbush, Vermont
• 1984-1988 Member of 781 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets (Final Rank: Warrant Officer). Winner Top Pilot at R.C.A.C. Glider Pilot Training, CFB Gimli, 1987, With Visit to Schweizer Factory and Soaring School. Winner Rusty Bragg Trophy for Top Air Cadet in Alberta, 1987.
• Other Activities Include: Long-Distance Hiking, Motorcycle Riding & Maintenance, Road Bicycle Riding & Maintenance