PUBLICATIONS
Surveillance and Navigation Publications
Runway Status Lights
Kuffner, M. P., Survey Results for SAN RWSL Tests of Runway Entrance Lights (RELs), WWW.FAA.GOV., February 8, 2007.
[Presentation]
Kuffner, M. P., Hwoschinsky. P., Runway Status Lights (RWSL) DFW THLs and SAN RELs Human Factors Results, ALPA Annual Safety Forum, August 8, 2007, and SAE-G10 Aeronautical Behavior Engineering Technology Meeting, August 14, 2007.
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Kuffner, M. P., Hwoschinsky. P., Pilot Training for Operational Evaluation of Runway Status Lights (RWSL) at DFW and SAN, WWW.FAA.GOV., December 18, 2007.
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Hwoschinsky. P., Kuffner, M. P., Runway Status Lights (RWSL) Human Factors Update, SAE-G10 Aeronautical Behavior Engineering Technology Meeting, August 8, 2006.
Eggert, J., Howes, B., Kuffner, M., Wilhelmsen, H., Bernays, J., Operational Evaluation of Runway Status Lights, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 16, Number 1, 2006.
[Journal Article]
Kuffner, M. P., Hwoschinsky. P., Runway Status Lights (RWSL) DFW RELs and THLs Operational Evaluation Results, ALPA Annual Safety Forum, July 25, 2006.
Kuffner, M. P., Human Factors Considerations in Operational Evaluation of Runway Status Lights (RWSL), SAE-G10 Aeronautical Behavior Engineering Technology Meeting, August 9, 2005.
[Presentation]
Hwoshcninsky. P., Kuffner, M. P., Runway Status Lights (RWSL); Training for Pilots: THL Operational Evaluation of at DFW, WWW.FAA.GOV., October 20, 2005.
[Presentation]
Kuffner, M. P., RWSL Background Information, WWW.FAA.GOV., February 17, 2005.
[Paper]
Kuffner, M. P., Trip Report MITRE CAASD: 1/6/2003 and 1/15/2003 Human Factors Simulations of Runway Entrance Lights (RELs), January 15, 2003. [Report]
Kuffner, M. P., Trip Report Atlantic City Airport (ACY): 19-20 November 2002, Initial Viewing of Runway Entrance Lights (RELs), November 19, 2002.
[Report]
Kuffner, M. P., Runway Status Light System Operational Concept, Division 4 Seminar, February 20, 2002.
[Presentation]
Traffic Alert/Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)
Kuchar, J., and Drumm, A., The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 16, Number 2, 2007.
[Journal Article]
Kuchar, J., Evaluation of Proposed Changes to the ACAS Modified Tau Calculation, ICAO SCRSP WG A/WP A10-03, 2006.
RTCA, The TCAS Modified Tau Calculation: Safety Issues and Evaluation of Proposed Changes, RTCA Paper Number 083-06/SC147-719, 2006.
Zeitlin, A., Arino, T., Kuchar, J., Improving the Resolution Advisory Reversal Logic of the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, 25th IEEE/AIAA 4e (DASC), Portland, OR, 2006.
RTCA, TCAS II Version 7 Resolution Advisory Sense Reversal Logic Evaluation Criteria, Performance Metrics, and Decision Rationale, Special Committee SC-147 Doc 05-RWG-01, 2005
RTCA, Safety Analysis of Proposed Changes to TCAS RA Reversal Logic, RTCA DO-298, 2005.
Unmanned Air Vehicle Airspace Access
Wiken, R., Espindle, L., Harris, G., Kuchar, J., Thompson, S., Williams, R., Analysis of Ground Surveillance Assets to Support Global Hawk Airspace Access at Beale Air Force Base, Project Report ATC-335, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2007. Released to sponsor only
Billingsley, T., Safety Analysis of TCAS on Global Hawk Using Airspace Encounter Models, MIT Master of Science Thesis, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2006.
Kuchar, J., Update on the Analysis of ACAS Performance on Global Hawk, ICAO SCRSP WG A/WP A10-04, 2006.
Kuchar, J., Safety Analysis Methodology for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Collision Avoidance Systems, 6th USA / Europe Seminar on Air Traffic Management Research and Development, Baltimore, MD, 2005.
Kuchar, J., Modifications to ACAS Safety Study Methods for Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs), ICAO SCRSP WG A IP/A/7-281, 2004.
Drumm, A., Andrews, J., Hall, T., Heinz, V., Kuchar, J., Thompson, S., Welch, J., Remotely Piloted Vehicles in Civil Airspace: Requirements and Analysis Methods for the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and See-and-Avoid Systems, 23rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.
Kuchar, J., Andrews, J., Drumm, A., Hall, T., Heinz, V., Thompson, S., and Welch, J., A Safety Analysis Process for the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and See-and-Avoid Systems on Remotely Piloted Vehicles, AIAA 3rd Unmanned Unlimited Technical Conference, Chicago, IL, 2004.
Homeland Protection Support/ERSA
Davis, C., Flavin, J., Boisvert, R., Cochran, K., Cohen, K., Hall, T., Hebert, L., and Lind, A-M., Enhanced Regional Situation Awareness, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 16, Number 2, 2007.
[Journal Article]
Terminal Avian Hazard Detection
Troxel, S. W., Progress Report on Development of a Terminal Area Bird Detection and Monitoring System Using the ASR-9, 4th Joint Annual Meeting of Bird Strike Committee USA/Canada, Sacramento, CA, 2002.
[Paper]
Troxel, S. W., Karl, B. A., Weber, M. E., Levy, A., Designing a Terminal Area Bird Detection and Monitoring System Based on ASR-9 Data, Bird Strike 2001 - Presented Papers, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, pp. 101-111, 2001.
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