Human Factors in Aviation and Aerospace

Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Occupational and Environmental MedicineThis third edition of Human Factors in Aviation and Aerospace is a fully updated and expanded version of the highly successful second edition. Written for the widespread aviation community including students, engineers, scientists, pilots, managers, government personnel, etc., this edition continues to offer a comprehensive overview, including pilot performance, human factors in aircraft design, and vehicles and systems. With new editors, this edition adds chapters on aviator attention and perception, accident investigations, automated systems in civil transport airplanes, and aerospace. Multicontributed by leading professionals in the field, this book is the ultimate resource for anyone in the aviation and aerospace industries.

4 stars "...offers a comprehensive treatment of pilot performance, human factors in aircraft design, and vehicles and systems. Both entirely new and updated chapters cover aviator attention and perception, accident investigation, and automated systems, among other important topics. [P]rovides new chapters, including those devoted to decision-making, aviation and weather, and spaceflight human factors…. primary assessment of this book revolves around its updates. …[A] welcome update, one whose writing is lively, absorbing, and timely." --©Doody’ s Review Service, 2023, John T. Pierce, MBBS(MD) PhD (Navy Environmental Health Center)

Joseph R. Keebler, Ph.D., is a human factors psychologist and data scientist with over 16 years of experience. His work is aimed at experimental and applied research, with an overarching goal of implementing human factors in complex, high-risk systems to increase safety and human performance. Elizabeth H. Lazzara, Ph.D., is an esteemed scientist whose research has contributed greatly to the understanding of human performance, teamwork, team training, simulation-based training, and performance measurement. Katherine A. Wilson, Ph.D., through her role at the National Transportation Safety Board, specializes in the areas of aviation safety, fatigue, human error, team training, team performance, simulation-based training, patient safety, and multicultural issues. Elizabeth L. Blickensderfer, Ph.D., has over 20 years of experience in human-machine systems research and development. This includes designing and validating numerous training programs for purposes such as teaching general aviation pilots to interpret and understand weather displays and fostering crew resource management skills in helicopter and fixed wing pilots.

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