
Amber Villa
Research Associate, Aviation Cognitive Engineering (ACE) Laboratory
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Affiliation– NASA Ames Research Center
Division– Human Systems Integration Division (TH)
Phone– 650-604-1146
Email– amber.n.villa@nasa.gov
Awards
(2024) Best Paper Award, Best Paper of UAM Special Topics Session (DASC 2024), “An Examination of Powered-Lift Aircraft Operations in Urban Areas”
Publications
T. Lombaerts, K. Shish, J. Kaneshige, A. Villa, M. Feary, K.J. Monk, L. Haworth, M. Steglinsky, E. Kurklu, N. Iwai, & J. Archdeacon (2025) Simulator Evaluations of Assistive Hover Automation Concepts for a Lift Plus Cruise eVTOL Vehicle, 2025 AIAA DATC/IEEE 44th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Montreal, QC, Canada, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.1109/DASC66011.2025.11257285.
K. J. Monk, M. S. Feary, A. VIlla, J. Kaneshige, K. Shish, T. J. Lombaerts, L. A. Haworth, N. H. Iwai, J. L. Archdeacon, & M. Steglinski (2025) Characterizing the Pilot Experience during Motion-Simulated eVTOL Approaches, NASA Technical Publication, NASA/TP–20250006571
M. S. Feary, J. Kaneshige, K. Shish, A. VIlla, L. Haworth, T. J. Lombaerts, K. J. Monk, N. H. Iwai, J. L. Archdeacon, & M. Steglinski (2024) An Examination of Powered-Lift Aircraft Operations in Urban Areas, Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) October 2024, San Diego, CA
L. Haworth, M. S. Feary, J. Kaneshige, K. Shish, T. J. Lombaerts, K. J. Monk, A. VIlla, M. Steglinski, N. H. Iwai, & J. L. Archdeacon (2024) Training the Powered-Lift Evaluation Pilot, 43rd AIAA/Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Diego, CA


