Aviation Human Factors Consultancy

AVIA 310
Closed
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Associate Professor
1
Timeline
  • September 3, 2018
    Experience start
  • October 12, 2018
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 24, 2018
    Student Proposal
  • November 7, 2018
    Pamphlet Due
  • November 21, 2018
    Training Materials Due
  • December 3, 2018
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Leadership Organizational structure
Skills
collaborative problem solving research creative tinking learning science analysis
Learner goals and capabilities

A full class of student-consultants will research a human factors issue that affects your aviation organization and provide educational material and a training plan for your personnel.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
30 learners
Project
15 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverables will include:

  • A 2 to 3-page pamphlet that applies scientific research to a human factors issue that is important to your organization.
  • Materials for a 15-minute lesson, which teaches your crews about the human factors issue.
Project timeline
  • September 3, 2018
    Experience start
  • October 12, 2018
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 24, 2018
    Student Proposal
  • November 7, 2018
    Pamphlet Due
  • November 21, 2018
    Training Materials Due
  • December 3, 2018
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Starting this September, a class of student-consultants working in teams of four will spend 450 collective hours researching and developing solutions to your human factors challenge.

Based on your needs and scientific research, the groups will develop an educational document and training that will help your organization improve well-being, safety, and/or efficiency through a human factors approach.

Project topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Workload and/or automation management.
  • Communication, leadership, teamwork.
  • Decision making.
  • Situation awareness.
  • Managing distractions.
  • Authority gradients (experienced captains paired with inexperienced FOs).

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
  • question

    Provide final feedback on pamphlet and training materials (esimated 2 hour time commitment). Optional - attend the final student presentations on campus occurring on November 28th from 11:30-2:20pm.

  • question

    Designate a point of contact for student group 'Project Lead'.

  • question

    Be avaialble for a 20-30 minute phone/teleconference call with students when beginning project, to share ideas for your human factors topic area. A 30 minute meeting to provide feedback to project lead as ideas are forming. Potentially a few other touch-points with student groups. Estimated 5 hour time commitment throughout the project.