The following faculty have created the course content and will be available throughout the course via email, during live lectures, and interacting regularly in discussion forums.

Lead Faculty: Dr. Katherine "Kat" Moran
Associate Professor, College of Aeronautics

Kat is a tenured full-time faculty and has been with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University since 1995. Katherine served in the United States Air Force and Air National Guard for 20 years, in the fields of F-15 Avionics, Aviation Safety, Occupational Safety and Health, and Aircraft Accident Investigation. She served for six years as a Trauma Epidemiologist working on a congressionally funded Alaska Interagency Aviation Safety Initiative with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). As part of her role in CDC/NIOSH, Kat investigated occupational fatalities in the state of Alaska, to include aircraft crash, commercial fishing, construction, and heli-logging. Katherine’s research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, to include the American Journal of Epidemiology, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, and Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Journal. She has also co-authored a numbered NIOSH publication. Kat is also the Lead Subject Matter Expert and co-developer of the Virtual Crash Lab.

Dr. Dennis Vincenzi
Assistant Professor, College of Aeronautics

Education

BS in Psychology, University of Central Florida, 1993
Ph.D. in Human Factors Psychology, University of Central Florida, 1998

Professional Experience

Dr. Vincenzi has held positions as an Assistant Professor of Human Factors Psychology at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Campus, Senior Human Factors Engineer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, FL, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the College of Aeronautics at ERAU Worldwide. Dr. Vincenzi has more than 16 years of combined Human Factors experience in the areas of training, training systems development, advanced simulation interface design, augmented reality and helmet mounted display design and assessment, human performance assessment, and unmanned aerial systems design, development and analysis.

Research interests include:

Identification of Cross Platform and Platform Specific Operator Requirements for Unmanned Aircraft System Operators and Crew Members for Navy and Marine Corps UAS Platforms.
The Effect of Latency on Simulator Sickness in a See-Through Helmet-Mounted Display: Reducing Apparent Latency With Predictive Compensation.
The Need for NextGen and UAS Integration in the NAS: A case for CRM Training in UASs.

Gloria Wilson
Assistant Professor, College of Aeronautics

Education

AAS Career Pilot, Central Texas College, 1982
BAS Aviation Management, American Technological University, 1984
MAS Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1994

Professional Experience

Gloria Wilson is a contract faculty member of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s College of Aeronautics. Prior to assuming this position she was the Director of Academics for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Sheppard campus where she was directly responsible for the recruitment, selection and hiring of adjunct instructors. She has been employed by the University since 2007 and previously held the position of Adjunct Instructor. She specializes in teaching all aspects of aviation, safety and human factors. Prior to beginning her work at the University, she was employed by the Wichita Falls Independent School District at Hirschi High School. It was during her time at Hirschi High School that she was chosen to launch a high school pilot training program for the district. This successful program laid the ground work for many of her students who have gone on to pursue careers in aviation and the United States Air Force. She was a certified flight instructor and has amassed over 4,000 flight hours in aircraft ranging from single engine Cessna’s to a Boeing 737. Her time as an operator led her to work as a corporate pilot and commercial pilot - as well as a pilot with Tempelhof Airways in Germany.

Jeffrey Jennings
Assistant Professor, College of Aeronautics

Education

He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Aeronautics with a minor in Aviation Safety; his Master of Aeronautical Science degree with specializations in Human Factors and Safety Systems—both of which were from ERAU. Currently, Mr. Jennings is a candidate for a Doctor of Education degree in Applied Aviation and Space Studies at Oklahoma State University. His current dissertation research centers on applications of visual/haptic learning tendencies of present day aviation students as derived from Lowenfeld’s 1945 research of Army Air Corps student pilots.

Professional Experience

Mr. Jeff Jennings is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Aeronautics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU)-Worldwide, Oklahoma City Campus. In day-to-day safety professional work, Mr. Jennings is currently employed as a Supervisory Aviation Safety Inspector-Operations with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Oklahoma City Flight Standards District Office (FSDO). Prior to his current position with the FAA, he was an Aviation Safety Inspector/Principal Operations Inspector in the Louisville, Kentucky (FSDO) and taught accident investigation courses as an Air Safety Investigator-Instructor with the US-Department of Transportation (DOT)-Transportation Safety Institute.

While in these positions, Mr. Jennings’ work involved leading investigations of aircraft accidents, incidents, and regulation enforcement. However, much of the inspector oversight duties include proactive measures in the form of safety inspections, certification on various air operators, air agencies, designees, airmen, and other users of the National Airspace System. Nevertheless, every investigation, inspection, or test given involves a human factor analysis to some degree.

Before Mr. Jennings began his tenure with the FAA and ERAU, he served 6 years as an airline pilot for a regional airline and 7 years as an Army Aviator flying OH-6 and OH-58 helicopters. Mr. Jennings has worked several years in General Aviation as a commercial/corporate pilot, flight instructor, production test pilot, and aircraft mechanic. He has amassed over 8,000 hours as an Airline Transport Pilot of which about 2,500 hours as a flight instructor in various categories and classes of aircraft (Airplane Land and Sea, Rotorcraft [both helicopter and gyroplane], Glider, and Lighter-than-air balloon). Mr. Jennings also holds an FAA Mechanic certificate with Airframe and Powerplant ratings and an Inspection Authorization.

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