Nelson Iwai
Software Engineer
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Affiliation– NASA Ames Research Center
Division– Human Systems Integration Division (TH)
Phone– 650-604-4230
Email– nelson.iwai@nasa.gov
Mail Stop– 262-4
Awards
(2024) Best Paper Award, Best Paper of UAM Special Topics Session (DASC 2024), “An Examination of Powered-Lift Aircraft Operations in Urban Areas”
(2022) NASA Group Achievement Award, Automation Enabled Pilot Team
(2020) NASA Group Achievement Award, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Simulation Development
(2020) Ames Group Achievement Award, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Simulation Development
(2017) Ames Technology Award, Patent Award- Reconfigurable Image Generator
(2015) Ames Technology Award, Tech Brief Award for NASA-Ames Developed Image Generator and Display System for Simulators
(2015) Ames Technology Award, Patent Application Award for Reconfigurable Image Generator
(2013) NASA Group Achievement Award, OBVA Simulator Development Team
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.
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
J. L. Archdeacon, N. H. Iwai, & M. S. Feary (2020) Aerospace Cognitive Engineering Laboratory (ACELAB) Simulator for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Research and Development, AIAA Aviation Forum, June 15-19, 2020, Virtual Event