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Tamsyn E. Edwards
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Phone: 605-604-2165
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(2020)  NASA Group Achievement Award, Air Traffic Management-eXploration (ATM-X) Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Experiment 2 (X2) Team
(2017)  NASA Group Achievement Award, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) Team
(2017)  Privately Sponsored, Best Paper Award- "The Relationship Between Workload and Performance in Air Traffic Control: Exploring the Influence of Levels of Automation and Variation in Task Demand."
(2017)  Ames Honor Award, UTM Technical Capability Level 2 Demonstration
(2016)  NASA Group Achievement Award, Operational Integration Assessment (OIA) Team
(2016)  Privately Sponsored, American Best Paper Award- International Federation of Automatic Control, Human-Machine Systems
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PDF download  T. E. Edwards, R. . Seely, A. . Katz, & P. U. Lee (2021) Behavioral Indicators in Air Traffic Control: Detecting and Preventing Performance Decline, 2021 International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Virtual Event Click to read more
PDF download  C. N. Lee, J. J. Marquez, & T. E. Edwards (2021) Crew Autonomy Through Self-Scheduling: Scheduling Performance Pilot Study, Presented at the 2021 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition Click to read more
PDF download  J. J. Marquez, T. E. Edwards, J. A. Karasinski, C. . Lee, M. C. Shyr, C. . Miller, & S. L. Brandt (2021) Human Performance of Novice Schedulers for Complex Spaceflight Operations Timelines, Human Factors. December 2021. doi:10.1177/00187208211058913 Click to read more
PDF download  M. C. Shyr, T. E. Edwards, S. L. Brandt, & J. J. Marquez (2021) The Path to Crew Autonomy - Situational Awareness in Scheduling and Rescheduling Tasks for Novice Schedulers, 72nd International Astronautical Congress, Dubai, UAE. https://dl.iafastro.directory/event/IAC-2021/paper/66895/ Click to read more
PDF download  T. E. Edwards, C. A. Wolter, W. W. Bridges, M. . Evans, J. N. Keeler, & M. . Hayashi (2020) Bowtie Analysis of the Effects of Unmanned Aircraft on Air Traffic Control, AIAA Aviation Forum, Virtual Event, June 15-19, 2020. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2334 Click to read more
PDF download  S. . Verma, J. N. Keeler, T. E. Edwards, & V. . Dulchinos (2019) Exploration of Near term Potential Routes and Procedures for Urban Air Mobility, In AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum (p. 3624) Click to read more
PDF download  T. E. Edwards, S. . Verma, & J. N. Keeler (2019) Exploring Human Factors Issues for Urban Air Mobility Operations, In AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum (p. 3629) Click to read more
PDF download  J. N. Keeler, S. . Verma, & T. E. Edwards (2019) Investigation of Communications Involved in Near term UAM Operations, 2019 IEEE/AIAA 38th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) Click to read more
PDF download  T. E. Edwards, S. . Verma, & J. N. Keeler (2019) Workload Considerations in Urban Air Mobility, 3rd International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications (H-WORKLOAD 2019); November 14, 2019 - November 15, 2019; Rome; Italy. Click to read more
PDF download  T. E. Edwards, & P. U. Lee (2018) Designing graceful degradation into complex systems: The interaction between causes of degradation and the association with degradation prevention and recovery, 18th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Atlanta, GA Click to read more
PDF download  T. E. Edwards, L. H. Martin, N. . Bienert, & J. . Mercer (2017) The Relationship Between Workload and Performance in Air Traffic Control: Exploring the Influence of Levels of Automation and Variation in Task Demand, In International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications (pp. 120-139). Springer, Cham Click to read more
PDF download  T. E. Edwards, & P. U. Lee (2017) Towards Designing Graceful Degradation into Trajectory Based Operations: A Human-Machine System Integration Approach, In 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (p. 4487) Click to read more
A. A. Cain, T. E. Edwards, & D. . Schuster (2016) A Quantitative Measure for Shared and Complementary Situation Awareness, In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting(Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 1823-1827). SAGE Publications Click to read more
J. . Mercer, C. A. Wolter, A. N. Gomez, T. E. Edwards, N. . Bienert, L. . Claudatos, & J. R. Homola (2016) How Important Is Conflict Detection to the Conflict Resolution Task?, How Important Is Conflict Detection to the Conflict Resolution Task?. In Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation (pp. 103-115). Springer International Publishing Click to read more
J. . Mercer, A. N. Gomez, C. A. Wolter, N. . Bienert, T. E. Edwards, L. H. Martin, V. . Gujral, & J. R. Homola (2016) Impact of Automation Support on the Conflict Resolution Task in a Human-in-the-Loop Air Traffic Control Simulation, Proceedings of the 13th International Federation of Automatic Control, Human-Machine Systems, 30th August-2nd September, 2016, Kyoto: Japan Click to read more
PDF download  T. E. Edwards, J. R. Homola, J. . Mercer, & L. . Claudatos (2016) Multifactor interactions and the air traffic controller: The interaction of situation awareness and workload in association with automation, Proceedings of the 13th International Federation of Automatic Control, Human-Machine Systems, 30th August-2nd September, 2016, Kyoto: Japan Click to read more
PDF download  T. E. Edwards, C. A. Wolter, J. . Mercer, & N. . Bienert (2016) Task demand variation in air traffic control: Implications for workload, fatigue and performance, Proceedings of the 7th AHFE International Conference, 27th - 31st July, Orlando: USA Click to read more
T. E. Edwards, S. . Sharples, B. . Kirwan, J. R. Wilson, & N. . Balfe (2014) Identifying Markers of Performance Decline in Air Traffic Controllers, Proceedings of the 5th AHFE International Conference, 19th-23rd July, Krakow: Poland Click to read more
T. E. Edwards, & B. . Kirwan (2014) Working on the edge of performance: the implications of automation, Hindsight 20 (a EUROCONTROL Safety Improvement Sub-Group publication) Click to read more
T. E. Edwards, S. . Sharples, J. R. Wilson, & B. . Kirwan (2012) Factor interaction influences on human performance in air traffic control, Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 41(1), 159-166 Click to read more
S. . Sharples, T. E. Edwards, & N. . Balfe (2012) Inferring cognitive state from observed interaction, Proceedings of the 4th AHFE International Conference, 21-25th July, San Francisco: USA Click to read more
T. E. Edwards, S. . Sharples, J. R. Wilson, & B. . Kirwan (2012) The need for a multi-factorial approach to safe human performance in air traffic control, Proceedings of the 4th AHFE International Conference, 21-25th July, San Francisco: USA Click to read more
L. . Millen, T. E. Edwards, D. . Golightly, S. . Sharples, J. R. Wilson, & B. . Kirwan (2011) Systems change in transport control: applications of cognitive work analysis, The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 21(1), 62-84 Click to read more
T. E. Edwards, S. . Sharples, J. R. Wilson, B. . Kirwan, & S. T. Shorrock (2010) Towards a multifactorial human performance envelope model in air traffic control, Eurocontrol/FAA research and development conference, 19th-20th October, Bretigny-sur-Orge: France Click to read more
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