Aviation Systems Division Publications
Simulation Capabilities
2026
Effects of Motion Fidelity on Pilot Performance Using Mixed-Reality Visuals
Peter Zaal, Matthew Blanken, Samuel Orth, Supreethi Penmetcha, Paul Slade
AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2026
Development of Traffic Visualization Tool for Visualizing and Analyzing Traffic in National Airspace System
Chok Fung Lai
NASA Technical Memorandum, January 2026
2025
Evaluation of a Mixed-Reality Headset Using the SIMulated Day Useable Cue Environment Paradigm
Peter Zaal, Samuel Orth, Matt Blanken, Supreethi Penmetcha, David Zahn, Haroon Khan, Vikrant Sharma, Lorenzo Comelli
The Society of Experimental Test Pilots Symposium, September 2025
2024
Overview of the National Airspace System (NAS) Digital Twin Simulation Environment
Todd Lauderdale, Robert Windhorst, Richard Coppenbarger, David Thipphavong, Heinz Erzberger
AIAA Aviation Forum, July 2024
2023
Air Traffic Management TestBed: Non-Java Programming Language Support
Chok Fung Lai, Jimmy Nguyen, Phu V. Huynh, Huu V. Huynh
NASA Technical Memorandum, June 2023
2022
Air Traffic Management TestBed: Weather Visualization using Map Tiles
Chok Fung Lai
NASA Technical Memorandum, June 2022
Air Traffic Management TestBed: Messaging Performance
Chok Fung Lai, Phu Huynh
NASA Technical Memorandum, April 2022
2021
Go-Around Criteria Refinement for Transport Category Aircraft
Angela Campbell, Petrus Zaal, Somil Shah, Jeffery Schroeder
AIAA Journal of Air Transportation, August 2021
Between-Simulator Comparison of Motion Filter Order and Break Frequency Interaction Effects on Pilot Control Behavior
Daan Pool, Peter Zaal, Marc Pieters, Olaf Stroosma, Max Mulder
AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, July 2021
Characterization Study of TestBed Infrastructure Performance in a Distributed Simulation Environment: Baseline Analysis
Srba Jovic, Walter Harper
NASA Technical Memorandum, January 2021
Linear Mixed-Effects Models for Human-in-the-Loop Tracking Experiment Data
Peter Zaal, Daan Pool, Max Mulder
AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2021
2020
Air Traffic Management TestBed Data Exchange Model
Chok Fung Lai
NASA Technical Memorandum, May 2020
Air Traffic Management TestBed Traffic Viewer: Developer’s Guide
Chok Fung Lai
NASA Technical Memorandum, March 2020
U.S. Coast Guard Boat Recovery Simulation at NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator
Nicholas Roccobono, William Chung, Stephen Norris, Khoa Nguyen
AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2020
Control Force Compensation in Ground-Based Flight Simulators
William Chung, Petrus Zaal, Lorenzo Terenzi, Emily Lewis, Matthew Blanken
AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2020
2019
Air Traffic Management TestBed Simulation Architect: User’s Guide
Chok Fung Lai
NASA Technical Memorandum, April 2019
Cluster Node Computing for Target Generation Systems in Aircraft Simulations
Spencer Monheim, Michael Feher, James Murphy, Bonnie Andro-Avila
AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2019
Automated Scenario Generation for Meeting Human-In-The-Loop Simulation Requirements
Gano Chatterji, Yun Zheng
AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2019
Piloted Full-Motion Simulation with Simulink®
Emily Lewis
AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2019
2018
Modelling and Simulating Airport Surface Operations with Gate Conflicts
Shannon Zelinski, Robert Windhorst
The Aeronautical Journal, Royal Aeronautical Society, November 2018
Automated Scenario Generation for Human-in-the-Loop Simulations
Gano Chatterji, Kee Palopo, Yun Zheng, Jimmy Nguyen
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2018
Fe(3): An Evaluation Tool for Low-Altitude Air Traffic Operations
Min Xue, Joseph Rios, Joseph Silva, Abraham Ishihara, Zhifan Zhu
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2018