Missy Cummings Mary( Missy) Cummings received her B.S. in Mathematics from the United States Naval Academy in 1988, her M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval postgraduate School in 1994, and her Ph. D in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2003. A naval officer and military pilot from
Overview Autonomous Formation Flight: NASA RevCo Program Boeing is currently engaged with NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a technically ambitious project, Autonomous Formation Flight(AFF). The projects primary goal is to investigate potential benefits of flying aircraft in the aerodynamic wake vortex emanating
Prior to 767 somewhat arbitrary break at 100 seats DC-9 (2 person crew-pilot, co-pilot u B-727 3 person crew-pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer) B-757/767 Designed for 2 person Crew u Use of automation and simplified systems so minimize systems management u Use of advanced Cockpit to Increase Sa and make primary flight tasks
Course objectives This is a graduate student class designed to examine the fundamental issues of human supervisory control, wherein humans interact with complex dynamic systems, mediated through various levels of automation this course will explore how humans interact with automated systems of varying complexities, what decision