Kevin Monk

Affiliation– NASA Ames Research Center

Division– Human Systems Integration Division (TH)

Email– kevin.j.monk@nasa.gov

Awards

(2025)  NASA Honor Award, Assisted Hover Automation Study Team

(2024)  NASA Headquarters Honor Award, Excellence in Collaboration Award – Human Factors Task Force Team

(2024)  Best Paper Award, Best Paper of UAM Special Topics Session (DASC 2024), “An Examination of Powered-Lift Aircraft Operations in Urban Areas”

(2023)  NASA Honor Award, Advanced Air Mobility IAS-1 Research Flight Team

(2020)  Best Paper Award, Best Paper of Session, 39th Digital Avionics Systems Conference. “UAS Pilot Performance Comparisons with Different Low Size, Weight and Power Sensor Ranges”

(2020)  Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Associate Administrator (AA) Award, Technology and Innovation- Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System

(2019)  Ames Group Achievement Award, NASA Ames UAS-NAS ACAS Xu Team

(2018)  NASA Honor Award, Early Career Achievement Award

(2018)  NASA Group Achievement Award, UAS Detect and Avoid Team

(2014)  NASA Group Achievement Award, Single Pilot Operations (SPO) Experiment Team

(2014)  NASA Group Achievement Award, UAS Integration in the NAS Full-Mission Sim Team

Publications

K.J. Monk, M. Feary, A. Villa, J. Kaneshige, K. Shish, T. Lombaerts, L. Haworth, N. Iwai, J. 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 

N. Baccheschi,, D. Eng, A. Guion, S. Ramia, J. Scofield, E. Williams, T. D. Fettrow, & K. J. Monk (2024) Integration of Automated Systems Test Campaign, NC-IAS, NASA Technical Memorandum, NASA/TM−20240002679 

K. J. Monk, T. D. Fettrow, R. C. Galvan-Garza, & A. E. Kraft (2024) Physiological and Subjective Responses of Pilots during Advanced Air Mobility Flight Testing with Automated Systems, NASA Technical Publication, NASA/TP–20240007669 

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 

M. J. Vincent, K. J. Monk, M. A. Rivas, & C. St. John (2022) Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Test Approach Supporting the Development of Regulatory Recommendations for Integration with the National Airspace System, In Systems Concepts and Integration (SCI-328) Panel Symposium on Flight Testing of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Segovia, Spain 

C. L. Smith, G. G. Sadler, T. L. Tyson, S. L. Brandt, C. Rorie, J. N. Keeler, K. J. Monk, J. Viramontes, & I. Dolgov (2021) A Cognitive Walkthrough of Multiple Drone Delivery Operations, In AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM (p. 2330). doi: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2330

W. Wang, M. G. Wu, & K. J. Monk (2021) Detect-and-Avoid Maneuver Planning: Benefits of Including Route Recapture, In AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum (p. 0451) 

M. J. Vincent, C. Rorie, J. N. Keeler, K. J. Monk, C. L. Smith, & G. G. Sadler (2021) UAS Integration in the NAS Flight Test 6: Full Mission Results, NASA/TM – 20205009771 

C. Rorie, C. L. Smith, G. G. Sadler, K. J. Monk, T. L. Tyson, & J. N. Keeler (2020) A Human-in-the-Loop Evaluation of ACAS Xu, In 2020 AIAA/IEEE 39th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) (pp. 1-10)

J. N. Keeler, C. Rorie, K. J. Monk, G. G. Sadler, & C. L. Smith (2020) An evaluation of UAS pilot workload and acceptability ratings with four simulated radar declaration ranges, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 64th International Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL 

K. J. Monk, C. Rorie, J. N. Keeler, & G. G. Sadler (2020) An Examination of Two Non-Cooperative Detect and Avoid Well Clear Definitions, In AIAA Aviation 2020 Forum, Reno, NV 

G. G. Sadler, C. Rorie, C. L. Smith, J. N. Keeler, & K. J. Monk (2020) Display and Automation Considerations for the Airborne Collision Avoidance System Xu, In AIAA Aviation 2020 Forum, Reno, NV

K. L. Vu, J. VanLuven, T. Diep, V. Battiste, S. L. Brandt, K. J. Monk, R. J. Shively, C. . Rorie, & T. Z. Strybel (2020) Impact of UAS with low size, weight, and power sensors on air traffic controllers’ performance and acceptability ratings, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 64th International Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL 

C. L. Smith, C. Rorie, K. J. Monk, J. N. Keeler, & G. G. Sadler (2020) UAS Pilot Assessments of Display and Alerting for the Airborne Collision Avoidance System XU, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 64th International Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL 

K. J. Monk, J. N. Keeler, C. Rorie, G. G. Sadler, & C. L. Smith (2020) UAS Pilot Performance Comparisons with Different Low Size, Weight and Power Sensor Ranges, 39th Digital Avionics Systems Conference Proceedings, San Antonio, TX 

C. Rorie, K. J. Monk, S. L. Brandt, Z. S. Roberts, & L. C. Fern (2019) A Comparison of Two Terminal Area Detect and Avoid Well Clear Definitions, In AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum (p. 3182) 

K. J. Monk, C. Rorie, G. G. Sadler, S. L. Brandt, & Z. S. Roberts (2019) A Detect and Avoid System in the Context of Multiple-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations, In AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum (p. 3315)

L. C. Fern, C. Rorie, Z. S. Roberts, & K. J. Monk (2018) An Exploratory Evaluation of UAS Detect and Avoid Operations in the Terminal Environment, 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (p. 2874). Atlanta, GA. 

K. J. Monk, L. C. Fern, C. Rorie, & Z. S. Roberts (2018) Utility of Visual and Auditory Warning Alerting for Traffic Avoidance during UAS Operations, In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 1515-1519), Philadelphia, PA, SAGE Publications 

K. J. Monk, & Z. S. Roberts (2017) Maintain and Regain Well Clear: An Examination of Maneuver Guidance Designs for Pilots Performing the Detect-and-Avoid Task, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Los Angeles, CA 

L. C. Fern, C. Rorie, K. J. Monk, & Z. S. Roberts (2017) Validation of Minimum Display Requirements for a UAS Detect and Avoid System, Proceedings of 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Denver, CO 

L. C. Fern, K. J. Monk, & C. Rorie (2016) SC-228 Inclusion of DAA Warning Alert for TCAS Interoperability, SC-228 Whitepaper, Washington, D.C. 

K. J. Monk, & Z. S. Roberts (2016) UAS pilot evaluations of suggestive guidance on detect-and-avoid displays, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 81-85). SAGE Publications. Washington, D.C. 

K. J. Monk, L. C. Fern, C. Rorie, & R. J. Shively (2015) Effects of display location and information level on UAS pilot assessments of a detect and avoid system, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 50-54). SAGE Publications. Los Angeles, CA 

K. J. Monk, T. Z. Strybel, K. L. Vu, P. Marayong, & V. Battiste (2015) Effects of force feedback and distractor location on a CDTI target selection task, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Las Vegas, NV 

K. J. Monk (2014) Effects of distractors and force feedback on an aimed movement task in a CDTI environment, California State University, Long Beach 

M. Herron, S. Billinghurst, T. Higham, V. Ho, K. J. Monk, R. O’Connor, T. Z. Strybel, & K. L. Vu (2012) Student impressions of different air traffic control training methods to introduce NextGen tools, Proceedings of the Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Meeting, pp. 192-201. San Francisco, CA: USA Publishing. Reprinted in S. Landry (Ed.) Advances in Human Aspects of Aviation. (pp. 321-330). Boca Raton: CRC Press. 

C. Rorie, A. Kiken, C. Morgan, S. Billinghurst, G. Morales, K. J. Monk, K. L. Vu, T. Z. Strybel, & V. Battiste (2011) A Preliminary Investigation of Training Order for Introducing NextGen Tools, Human Interface and the Management of Information. Interacting with Information, 526-533 

K. J. Monk, K. Nguyen, E. Johnson, T. Z. Strybel, K. L. Vu, & D. Chiappe (2011) Pilot workload and situation awareness under three concepts of operation for future air-traffic separation assurance, Western Psychological Association 91st Annual Convention. Los Angeles, CA