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Dr. Yoon Jung, NASA Ames Research Center

Dr. Yoon Jung

Center: NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)

Division: Aviation Systems Division

Branch: Aerospace High Density Operations Branch

Professional Biography

Dr. Yoon Jung is an Aerospace Engineer in the High-Density Aerospace Operations Branch within the Aviation Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center. He joined NASA in 1998 and has since been involved in various terminal airspace air traffic management research projects. In his early career, Dr. Jung contributed to the research in developing the concept and algorithm for sequencing and scheduling of flights in the terminal airspace.

Dr. Jung also spearheaded the integration of the Surface Management System (SMS) with the Traffic Management Advisor (TMA) to improve the prediction accuracy of arrival flights at the airport. He has been at the forefront of developing surface automation technologies and decision support tools for NextGen trajectory-based operations, employing various optimization algorithms and trajectory models.

One of Dr. Jung’s significant contributions was  as the Principal Investigator for the Spot and Runway Departure Advisor (SARDA) research project. This project aimed to enhance operational efficiency, improve predictability, and reduce environmental impacts. SARDA provided active advisories to Air Traffic Control Tower Controllers for aircraft spot release and departure sequencing at the runway. The performance and effectiveness of SARDA were rigorously evaluated through multiple high fidelity human-in-the-loop simulations at NASA’s FutureFlight Central (FFC) simulation facility.

Dr. Jung served as the Chief Scientist for the Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) project, focusing on the early implementation of the FAA’s Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) program and extensive operational evaluation at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Since late 2020, Dr. Jung currently has been serving as the Partnership Development Lead of the Digital Information Platform (DIP) Sub-project under the Air Traffic Management Exploration (ATM-X) Project.

Before joining NASA, Dr. Jung worked as a senior engineer at Advanced Rotorcraft Technology in Mountain View, California. He holds a B.S. and M.S. degrees from Seoul National University and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from University of California, Davis.