Publications

Richardson, G.L. & Carstens, D. (2025). Project Management Tools & Techniques, 3^rd Ed., CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group: New York.

Richardson, G.L. & Carstens, D. (2022). Guidelines for Achieving Project Management Success, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group: New York.

Carstens, D. & Richardson, G.L. (2020). Project Management Tools & Techniques, 2^nd Ed., CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group: New York.

Carstens, D., Richardson, G.L. & Smith, R.B. (2013). Project Management Tools & Techniques, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group: New York.

Carstens, D. S. & Giguere, V. (2011) Is Your Social Networking Privacy Reliant on Intuitive Interfaces? Proceedings of the Human Computer Interaction International 2011, Orlando, FL., 309-318 [invited paper].

Carstens, D. S. (2005, July) Human Factors in Medicine: Task and Error Analysis of Baker and Marchman Act Individuals, Proceedings of the Human Computer Interaction International 2005, Las Vegas, NV.  CD-ROM [invited paper]

Carstens, D.S., Li, T., Harwin, M.S., Pitts, B.J., Futrell, M., & Caldwell, B.S. (2025). Pilots’ Confidence Using a Speech Recognition System to Submit Pilot Reports,  Journal of Aerospace Information Systems (JAIS), 22(4), 310–313.  http//doi.org/10.2514/1.I011312   

Li, T., Carstens, D.S., & Wheeler, B. (2023). The Effectiveness of Improving Flight Passengers’ Safety Behaviors by Modifying Auditory Cues. Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors (2023), 13(1), 2–11. https://doi.org/10.1027/2192-0923/a000239

Carstens, D. S., Harwin, M. S., Li, T., Pitts, B. J., Futrell, M., & Caldwell, B. (2022). GA Pilot Perceptions of Speech Systems to Transcribe and Submit PIREPs. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 9(4). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/ijaaa/vol9/iss4/8

Carstens, D.S., Harwin, M., Li, T., Splitt, M., & Olabanji, R. (2022). Accuracy of Commercially-Available Speech Recognition Systems in Identifying PIREP Terminology. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 9(3), https://commons.erau.edu/ijaaa/vol9/iss3/8

Carstens, D.S., Harwin, M.S., & Li, T. (2021). Increasing General Aviation (GA) Pilot Reports (PIREPs) through Reducing Errors. Journal of Management & Engineering Integration, 14(1), 17-25. https://6179c4c4-3616-4341-bad4-06afeeb22e14.filesusr.com/ugd/f76c8e_6413c6f27d3a4ad3976ae805c283168a.pdf

Carstens, D. S., Miller, J. R., Mahlman, J. A., & Shaffer, M. J. (2021). Internet, Social Media, and Mobile Device Addiction Effects on a Workplace. International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities (IJSMOC), 13(1), 37-50. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSMOC.2021010103

Carstens, D., Pittorie, W., Carroll, M. & Sanchez, P. (2020). Review of Aviation Safety Databases to Identify Information Discrepancies Experienced on the Flight Deck: Implications for NextGen, Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, 10(2), 94-102. https://doi.org/10.1027/2192-0923/a000192

Li, T., Wheeler, B. E., & Carstens, D. S. (2020). Examining the Impact of Overhearing In-Flight Cell-Phone Calls on Passenger Safety. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 7(2). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/ijaaa/vol7/iss2/7

Carstens, D., Mahlman, J., Miller, J., & Shaffer, M. (2019). Mobile Device Espionage, The Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, 12(2), 86-94.

Pierre, S. M., Carstens, D. S., & Deaton, J. E. (2019). Laser Eye Protection and Color Recognition and Discrimination in Aviation. Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, 9(2), 86–94. doi: 10.1027/2192-0923/a000165  

Mehta, R., Rao, N.A., Labonte, E., Rice, S., Carstens, D. and Gaenicke, S. (2019) Consumers from India and the United States have differing views of flight attendants. International Journal of Aviation Management, 4(3), 147–162.

Lindsey, S., Carstens, D.S. & Carroll, M. (2017). Presence Level of Low-Cost Controllers for Mobile Based Virtual Reality Headsets, The Journal of Management & Engineering Integration, 10(1), 59-63.

Pierre, S., Carstens, D.S. (2017). The Effects of Laser Eye Protection on Color Recognition. The Journal of Management & Engineering Integration, 10(1), 42-47.

Carstens, D.S., Doss, S.K. & Kies, S.C. (2018). Social Media Impact on Attention Span, The Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, 11(1), 20-27.

Marcoux, A.D., Levin, K.B., & Carstens, D. S. (2016) Human Error Perspectives in Flight Monitoring Envelope Monitoring, The Journal of Management & Engineering Integration, 9(1), 59-63.

Doss, S.K., Carstens, D.S. & Kies, S. (2016). Episodic Social Media Impact on Users, International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments, 4(3), 273-286.

Mehta, R., Rice, S., Carstens, D., Cremer, I. & Oyman, K. (2015). A brief intermodal rail network (IRN) scale: Establishing validity and reliability, Journal of Sustainable Development, 8(6), 1-11.

Carstens, D.S. & VanLandingham, G. (2015). Through a Glass, Darkly:  The Promise and Reality of State Transparency Websites, Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 3(1), 37-50. 

Doss, S.K. & Carstens, D.S. (2014). Big Five Personality Traits and Brand Evangelism, International Journal of Marketing Studies, 6(3), 13-22.

Carstens, D.S., Rodriguez, W. & Wood, M.B. (2014) Task and Error Analysis Balancing Benefits over Business of Electronic Medical Records, International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 7(4), 331-348.

Fiore, W. Rodriguez & D. Carstens (2012) uCollaborator: Framework for STEM Project Collaboration among Geographically-Dispersed Student/Faculty Teams, Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 13(2), 84-92.

Lee, M., Carstens, D. S. & Malone, L. C. (2011) Discussion forum rubrics: using rubrics to enhance and increase project management students’ participation in online discussions, Journal of Project, Program & Portfolio Management, 2(2), 35-53.

Becker, S. A., Carstens, D. S. & Linton, T. M. (2010) Heuristic Evaluation of State Electronic Government to Promote Usability for Citizens of All Age, Journal of Management & Engineering Integration, 3(2), 24-31.

Rodriguez, W., Fiore, S., DeWelde, K., Carstens, D., Kepuska, V. Z. (2010) Ubiquitous Collaboration (uC) Learning: Connecting the Physical and Virtual Worlds, Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal, 2(2), 43-63.

Carstens, D. S., Feizi, S. & Malone, L. (2009) Traveling Abroad? A Usability Assessment of Travel Sales Websites, Journal of Management & Engineering Integration, 2(1), 17-24.

Carstens, D. S., Becker, S. A. (2009) A Heuristic Study on the Usability of State Government Performance Data Web Sites, Issues in Innovation, 3(2), 15-44.

Carstens, D. S., Patterson, P., Laird, R. & Preston, P. (2009) Task analysis of healthcare delivery system, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 6, 15-27.

Carstens, D. S., Giguere, V. & Quist, J. S. (2009) Elements of Effective Learning: Study of Face-To-Face Versus Podcast Lectures, Journal of Management & Engineering Integration, 2 (1), 9-16.

Këpuska, V. Z., Gurbuz, S., Rodriguez, W., Fiore, S., Carstens, D., Converse, P. and Metcalf, D. (2008) uC: Ubiquitous Collaboration Platform for Multimodal Team Interaction Support, Journal of International Technology and Information management, 17 (3/4), 263-284.

Carstens, D. S. (2006) Error analysis leading technology development, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 7(6), 525-549.

Carstens, D. S., Malone, L., & Bell, P. (2006) Applying Chunking Theory in Organizational Human Factors Password Guidelines, Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations, 1, 97-113.

Carstens, D. S. (2006) Patient safety technology gap: Minimizing errors in healthcare through technology innovation, Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 3(2).

Carstens, D. S. & Patterson, P. (2005) Usability Study of travel websites, Journal of Usability Studies, 1(1), 47-61.

Carstens, D. S., Bell, P., Malone, L., & DeMara, R. (2004) Evaluation of the human impact of password authentication practices on information security, Informing Science Journal, 7, 67-85. 

Malmquist, S., Carstens, D.S., Dahlstrom, N. (2023). Almost like the real thing - The hidden limits in flight simulation and training. In J. Ferraro (Ed.), Human Factors in Simulation and Training. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group: New York.

Carstens, D.S., Kies, S. & Stockman, R. (2015). E-Government Transparency and Citizen Engagement Increasing Accountability. In K. Bwalya (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Electronic Democracy and Government.

Carstens, D. S., Skies, S. & Stockman, R.  (2014). Achieving Useful Government Accountability and Transparency Websites. In D. Yannacopoulos, P. Manolitzas, N. Matsatsinis & E. Grigoroudis (Eds.), Evaluating Websites and Web Services: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on User Satisfaction. Niagara Falls, NY: IGI Publishing, 19-41.

Carstens, D. S. (2008). Human and Social Aspects of Password Authentication. In M. Gupta & R. Sharman (Eds.), Social and Human Elements of Information Security: Emerging Trends and Countermeasures. Niagara Falls, NY: IGI Publishing, 1-14.

Carstens, D. S. and Rockfield, S. (2009). E-Collaboration in Organizations. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. Niagara Falls, NY: IGI Publishing, 1227-1231.

Carstens, D. S., Barlow, J. and Bean, L. (2009). Knowledge Management in E-Government. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. Niagara Falls, NY: IGI Publishing, 2361-2367.

Bean, L., Carstens, D. and Barlow, J. (2008). E-Government Knowledge Management (KM) and Data Mining Challenges: Past, Present and Future. In H. Rahman (Ed.), Social and Political Implications of Data Mining: Knowledge Management in E-Government. Niagara Falls, NY: IGI Publishing, 28-41.

Carstens, D. S. (2005). Cultural barriers to human-computer interaction. In S. Marshall, W. Taylor, & X. Yu (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology. Niagara Falls, NY: Idea Group Inc.

Johnson, I., Johnson, M., Pitts, B.J., Blickensderfer, B., Brown, L., Carstens, D.S., Caldwell, B. & Splitt, M.  (2023). Improving General Aviation Safety Through Human Factors Research. International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (ISAP). Rochester, NY.

Agasam, N.N. & Carstens, D.S. (2023). Airport Personnel Perceptions of Airport Environmental Programs. International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (ISAP). Rochester, NY.

Tunc, O.A. & Carstens, D.S. (2022). The Usage of Smart Glass Technology in Airports to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Aviation Facilities, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2022, Clearwater Beach, FL., 22-28.

Blackford, M., Ramp, K., Jackobsen, S., & Carstens, D.S. (2022). Assessing the Usability of a Desktop Simulator for Training Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Procedures, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2020, Clearwater Beach, FL., 22-28.

Johnson, Johnson, M., Pitts, B.J., Blickensderfer, B., Brown, L., Ahlstrom, U. and Carstens, D. (2021). Human Factors Research in Weather Hazards Affecting General Aviation Safety. International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (ISAP).

Carstens, D., Howard, S., Barrie, M., Mahlman, J., Sudharsan, A., Chauhan, B., Bouran, A., Hunt, L., & Egoroff, E. (2020). Application of Tripod Incident Analysis in Aviation, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2020, Clearwater Beach, FL., 135-141.

Pittorie, W., Carstens, D., & Carroll, M. (2020). Understanding Pilot Decision-Making Based on Weather Source during Preflight. Proceedings of the 21^st International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2020, Clearwater Beach, FL., 155-161.

Carstens, D., Deaton, J., Moore, J., Dalli, D., Rebensky, S.L., & Tamilselvan, G. (2019). Unmanned Aerial Systems Transfer of Training. Proceedings of the 20^th International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2019, Clearwater, FL, 56-61.

Carroll, M., Wilt, D.F., Sanchez, P., & Carstens, D. (2019).  Examining pilot decision making in information-rich cockpits.  Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium of Aviation Psychology.  May 7-10, Dayton, OH, 73-78.

Lindsey S., Carroll M., Carstens D. (2019) Evaluation of the Impact of Mobile VR Interaction Methods on Performance, Preference, and Enjoyment. In: Stephanidis C. (eds) HCI International 2019 - Posters. HCII 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1033. Springer, Cham.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23528-4_55

Clark, J. & Carstens, D.S. (2017). The User Experience of Usernames: Username Trends and Preferences. Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2017, Cocoa Beach, FL, 27-34.

Carstens, D.S., Winter, S. & Deaton, J. (2015). Safety and Human Factors Perspectives in Flight Training. Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2015, Cocoa Beach, FL. 35-40.

Carstens, D.S. & Audu, A. (2014). Government Accountability and Transparency Mobile Readiness. Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2014, Cocoa Beach, FL. 1-8.

Carstens, D.S. & Stockman, R. (2013) Does Socializing Result in Community Passwords? Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2012, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Carstens, D.S. & Skies, S. (2012) How Helpful is Google+, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2012, Cocoa Beach, FL., 60-67.

Carstens, D. & Becker, S.A. (2011) A Usability Model for Government Web Sites, Proceedings of the Human Computer Interaction International 2011, Orlando, FL. CD-ROM, 108-112.

Becker, S.A. & Carstens, D.S. (2011) An Exploratory Study of State Government Use of Social Media, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2011, Cocoa Beach, FL. 24-31.

Rodriguez, W., Fiore, S. M., & Carstens, D. (2009). uCollaborator: 3-D Simulated Platform for Collaborating Visually with Geographically-Dispersed Design Teams. Proceedings of the ASEE-EDGD Mid-Year Conference, Berkeley, CA. (CD-ROM).

Carstens, D. S. and Rockfield, S. (2008) Changing the Human Dimension in Information Security, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2008, Cocoa Beach, FL., 54-58.

Carstens, D. S., Riley, L. & Giguere, V. (2007) Usability in Podcast Websites, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2007, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Carstens, D. S. & Patterson, P. (2007) Planes, Hotels and Automobiles: Website Usability, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2007, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Kepuska, V., Carstens, D. S., & Wallace, R. (2006) Leading and Trailing Silence in Wake-Up-Word Speech Recognition, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2006, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Carstens, D. S., Barlow, J., Patterson, P., Laird, R., & Preston, P. (2005) Human factors in medicine, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2005, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Retnasami, K., Carstens, D. S., Barlow, J., & Lawrence, W. (2004) Human factors in medical informatics, Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2004, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Carstens, D. S. (2003) Spaceport Safety & Optimization. Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2003, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Carstens, D. S. (2002) Balancing business & ergonomics. Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2002, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Carstens, D. S. & McCauley-Bell, P.  (2000) Importance of human error on logistics information security. Proceedings of the International Society of Logistics Engineer Congress, Orlando, FL.

Carstens, D. S., McCauley-Bell, P. R., & Malone, L. C. (2000) Development of a model for determining the impact of password authentication practices on information security, Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association 2000/Human Factors & Ergonomics Society 2000 Congress.  San Diego, CA.

McCauley-Bell, P. R., Carstens, D. S., Wilson, T. N., Grimsley, E. T., and Malone, L. C. (2000) Understanding human memory limitations and the impact of password authentication practices on information security.  Proceedings of the World Automation Congress, Maui, HI. 

Aubry, R., Carstens, D.S., Hight, M. (2024, March 3-5). Perceived Stress for Pilots. Proceedings of the 30^th International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems, Orlando, FL. 21-30,.f76c8e_e4610d9121224e6e91ddbb395a09b39a.pdf

Hight, M.P., Fussell, S.G., Carstens, D.S., & Kok, E. (2024) Airline Pilot Perceptions of Stress and Self-Reported Fatigue: A Cross-Sectional Study. Poster presented at National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS). February 27-28, Daytona Beach, FL.

Dailey, G., Perry, O., & Carstens, D.S. (2023). Airport Ice-Olator Task & Error Analysis. 2023 University Aviation Association (UAA) Collegiate Aviation Education Conference. September 27-29. St. Petersburg, FL.

Pittorie, W., Carroll, M., & Carstens, D. (2019).  Effects of Verbal vs Graphical Weather Information on a Pilot’s Decision Making during Preflight. Poster presented at the 20th International Symposium of Aviation Psychology (ISAO|P).  May 7-10, Dayton, OH, 349-354.

Savage, J.M., Carstens, D.S. & Zhao, Y. (2016, April). Being Human: A personalized approach to Veteran's Mental Health. Poster presented at the 9th annual Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference, Daytona Beach, FL.

Clark, J. & Carstens, D. (2016, April). Username Trends in single and Multiple User Namespaces. Poster presented at the 9th annual Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference, Daytona Beach, FL.

Johnson, K., Carstens, D. & Rice, S. (2015). Airline marketing preferences. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Human Factors and Applied Psychology Student Conference, Daytona Beach, FL.

Carstens, D. S., and Relvini, K. (2004) Process optimization to identify potential human error in flight hardware processing, Proceedings of the 7^th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference.  Orlando, Fl.

Carstens, D., Pitts, B., Johnson, M., Futrell, M., Harwin, M., Li, T., Deo, M. & Gupta, S. (2021). “Speech-based PIREP submittal tools: Assessing GA pilot trust and developing speech recognition PIREP generation capabilities.” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Carstens, D.S., Bean, L. & Barlow, J. (2008) The Impact of Knowledge Sharing in E-Government, Proceedings of the Knowledge Rights and Information Sharing in the 21st Century Conference.  Orlando, Fl.

Barlow, J., Hott, D., Bean, L., & Carstens, D. (2003) Automatic detection of leading indicators of plagiarism. Proceedings of the International Conference: Industry, Engineering & Management Systems 2003, Cocoa Beach, Fl.

Carstens, D.S. (2018, August) Human Factors and Safety, Lifelong Learner Presentation Series, Melbourne, FL., August 9, 2018.

Carstens, D. S. (2006, November) Benefits of Project Management, Space Coast Project Management Institute, Melbourne, FL., November 13, 2006.

Carstens, D. S. (2005, July) Human Factors in Medicine: Task and Error Analysis of Baker and Marchman Act Individuals, Human Computer Interaction International 2005, Las Vegas, NV, July 26, 2005. 

Carstens, D. S. (2005, June) Task and Error Analysis of the healthcare system for Mental-Illness and Substance Abuse Patients, Brevard County Police Chiefs Meeting, Merritt Island, FL, June 17, 2005.

Carstens, D. S. (2005, June) Task and Error Analysis of the healthcare system for Mental-Illness and Substance Abuse Patients, East Central Healthcare Forum Meeting, Rockledge, FL, June 24, 2005.

Carstens, D. S. (2005, August) Task and Error Analysis of the healthcare system for Mental-Illness and Substance Abuse Patients, Health First Quality Board Meeting, Viera, FL, August 11, 2005.

Carstens, D. S. (2005, September) Task and Error Analysis of the healthcare system for Mental-Illness and Substance Abuse Patients, Health First Safety Board Meeting, Viera, FL, September 1, 2005.

Carstens, D. S. (2005, September) Task and Error Analysis of the healthcare system for Mental-Illness and Substance Abuse Patients, Florida Hospital Association Meeting, Orlando, FL, September 20, 2005.

Carstens, D. S. (2005, October) Task and Error Analysis of the healthcare system for Mental-Illness and Substance Abuse Patients, Brevard Commission on Mental Health and Community Solutions Meeting, Viera, FL, October 21, 2005.

Carstens, D. S. (2005, November) Ergonomics Evaluation, DRS Optronics Environmental Health and Safety Roundtable, Melbourne, FL, November 10, 2005.

Baker/Marchman Act Error Analysis (2005). East Central Healthcare Forum, Carstens, D. S.

Department of Health & Human Services/Agency for Health Research and Quality (2005). Human Factors (Task & Error Analysis for Elder Adult Healthcare Delivery) funded under the Web-Based Referral System, Carstens, D. S.

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center. (2003/2004). Task Analysis Technologies Project (John F. Kennedy Space Center’s 2003/2004 Report of Research and Technology). Kennedy Space Center, FL: Groh-Hammond, M, Barth, T.S. and Carstens, D. S.

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center. (2003/2004). Spaceport Safety Modeling and Optimization (John F. Kennedy Space Center’s 2003/2004 Report of Research and Technology). Kennedy Space Center, FL: Barth, T.S., Brughelli, K. and Carstens, D. S.

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center. (2003/2004). Human Factors-Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Software Tool (John F. Kennedy Space Center’s 2003/2004 Report of Research and Technology). Kennedy Space Center, FL: Groh-Hammond, M., Baker, G.H., Philippart, M., Relvini, K., Valentino, W.D., Baska, D.F. and Carstens, D. S.

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center. (2000/2001).  Development of human factor guidelines for authentication with passwords (John F. Kennedy Space Center’s 2000/2001 Report of Research and Technology). Kennedy Space Center, FL: Carstens, D. S.

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center. (2002). Public Lessons Learned Entry: 1257 Metrics in New Program Plans, NASA Engineering Network.  Kennedy Space Center, Fl:  Carstens, D. and Baker, G. 

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center. (2001). Improved Quick Disconnect (QD) Interface through Fail Safe Parts Identification.  Kennedy Space Center, Fl:  Blanch-Payne, E., Carstens, D. and Stambolian, D. 

• Peter Zanetti (College of Aeronautics), Professional Competency in Airline Pilot Candidates, Doctoral Committee Chair, 2024-Present.
• Navya Nikhita Agasam (College of Aeronautics), Airport Professionals’ Attitudes on Sustainable Projects, Doctoral Committee Chair, 2024-Present.
• Arjun Nair (College of Aeronautics), Facilitating the Digital Transformation of Airports in the United States, Doctoral Committee Chair, 2023-Present.
• Amber Berlin (College of Aeronautics), The Relationship Between Sector Complexity and Miles-in-Trail Traffic Management Initiatives, Doctoral Committee Chair, 2021-Present.
• Victoria Thorpe (College of Aeronautics), Disaster Resilience in Air Traffic Control: Recovery of Airspace Activity at U.S. Primary Airports that Experience a Catastrophic Hurricane, Doctoral Committee Chair, 2022-2023.
• Alexandre Fiorini de Oliveira Padilha (College of Aeronautics), Fighter Pilot Personal and Career Factors Influencing Air-to-Air Combat Performance, Doctoral Committee Member, 2020-2023.
• Erin Johnston (College of Aeronautics), The effects of UV and cosmic radiation on crewmember health, Thesis Committee Chair, 2021-2022.
• Jack Westbury (College of Aeronautics), Socio-economic variables and their relationships with passenger to population ratio, Thesis Committee Chair, 2020-2021.
• Tianhua Li (College of Aeronautics), The Effect of Intensive Auditory Cues on Flight Passengers’Safe Behaviors, Doctoral Committee Chair, 2019-2020.
• Andrew DaCosta (College of Psychology and Liberal Arts), Normative Data and Clinical Validation of a Virtual-Reality and Eye Tracking Device in Measuring Post-Concussion Neuro-Vestibular Functioning, Doctoral Committee Member, 2020-2021.
• Russell Tokarski (College of Aeronautics), A Conceptual View of Safety Climate in A General Aviation MRO, Doctoral Committee Member, 2019-Present.
• Michael Harwin (College of Aeronautics), Doctoral Committee Member, 2020-Present.
• Shayan Shirshekar (College of Aeronautics), Exploring the Effects of Communication Delays and Individual Differences on Stress during Simulated Space Missions, Doctoral Committee Member, 2019-Present.
• Sarinthree Udchachone (College of Aeronautics), Airline Brand Experience: Passengers’ Experience of the Big Three Air Carriers in the US, Doctoral Committee Member, 2018-2020.
• Yuwen Sun (College of Aeronautics), Safety Climate in Commercial Airlines: Examining the Effect of Safety Climate on Cabin Crews’ Safety Performance, Doctoral Committee Member, 2018-Present.
• Jameen Hilliard (College of Business), The overall impact of Organizational Change Management on front line customer service associates in a call center environment, Doctoral Committee Member, 2019-Present.
• Kerry Prowell (College of Business), Study of Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Workforce: Ensuring the Long-Term Treatment for Those Employed by the Defense Industry of North Alabama., Doctoral Committee Member, 2019-Present.
• John Mahlman (College of Aeronautics), Runway Incursions: A Multimethod Approach to Understanding the Challenges in Mitigating Vehicle and Pedestrian Runway Incursions, Doctoral Committee Chair, 2018-2019.
• Summer Lindsey (College of Aeronautics), The Effect of Augmented Reality Glasses on sUAS Operations in Various Domains, Doctoral Committee Member, 2019-2020.
• Bhoomin Chauhan (College of Aeronautics), Unmanned Aerial system Integration into the National Airspace System and Airports: Risk Mitigation Technique Using Content Analysis Methodology, Thesis Committee Chair, 2018-2019.
• Ratchada Ruenruoy (College of Aeronautics), Electronic Word-of-Mouth: Examining the Relationship between Factors Influencing eWOM activities and Passengers’ Purchasing Involvement in the Context of Aviation, Doctoral Committee Member, 2018-2019.
• Hani Abdullah (College of Aeronautics), Travel and Tourism Competitiveness and Airline Traffic in the Countries of the World, Doctoral Committee Member, 2018-2019.
• Joan Savage (Human-Centered Design), Socialization of Veterans Using Virtual Reality, Doctoral Committee Member, 2018-2019.
• Goolnoosh Torkashvand (Human-Centered Design), Optimization of Cabin Design for Enhanced Passenger Experience, Doctoral Committee Member, 2017-2019.
• Jarrett Clark (Human-Centered Design), Dual-Task Contextual and Multimodal Interaction in Semi-Autonomous Vehicles, Doctoral Committee Member, 2016-2019.
• Nazif Nuhu (College of Aeronautics), Mitigating Risk Tolerance among General Aviation Pilots: Identifying Factors That Contribute to GA Pilots’ Risk Perception, Dissertation Committee Member, 2016-2019.
• Sébastien Boulnois (Human-Centered Design), Human-Centered Design of a 3D-Augmented Strategic Weather Management System for the Aviation Community, Doctoral Committee Member, 2017-2019.
• Anthony Lolchoki (College of Aeronautics), Impact of Computer Tablets on General Aviation Flight Training, Thesis Committee Member, 2018.
• May Chan (College of Engineering), Development of Adaptable Human Machine Interface (AHMI) for Teleoperation over Time Delay, Thesis Committee Member, 2018.
• Maria Chaparro (College of Aeronautics), Implementation of Music in a Simulated Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Monitoring Task to Alleviate the Vigilance Decrement, Thesis Committee Member, 2018.
• Saad Almesalm (Human-Centered Design), Helping College Students to Manage Stress: A Human Centered Smartphone Application for Stress Relief, Doctoral Committee Member, 2018.
• Jason Herkimer (College of Aeronautics), Perception of Pilot Psychological Health and its Effect on Willingness to Fly, Doctoral Committee Chair, 2016-2018.
• Warren Pittorie (College of Aeronautics), Effects of Verbal vs Graphical Weather Information on a Pilots Decision-making during Preflight, Thesis Committee Chair, 2017-2018.
• Adam Richard Goetz (College of Aeronautics), Demonstration of Head Mounted Displays and its Effects on Situational Awareness, Thesis Committee Member, 2017-2018.
• Tiziano Bernard (Human-Centered Design), Reducing Loss of Control in General Aviation: A Flight Test Analysis of the Pilot’s Attention During Flap Configuration Changes in Traffic Patterns, Doctoral Committee Member, 2017-2018.
• Rian Mehta (College of Aeronautics), Doctoral Committee Member, 2017.
• Summer Lindsey (College of Aeronautics), Evaluation of Low-Cost Controllers for Mobile Based Virtual Reality Headsets, Thesis Committee Chair, 2016-2017.
• Benjamin Remy (College of Aeronautics), Exploring Usability in Web-Based Aviation Weather: An Assessment of the Aviation Weather Center Website, Thesis Committee Chair, 2016-2017.
• Adam Hruszczyk (College of Aeronautics), How Symbol Salience Affects Change Detection Performance in General Aviation Weather Displays, Thesis Committee Chair, 2016-2017.
• Sherisse Pierre (College of Aeronautics), The Effects of Laser Eye Protection on Color Recognition and Discrimination, Thesis Committee Chair, 2016-2017.
• Salim Ait-ouyahia (College of Aeronautics), A Quantitative Study of Employees’ Perceptions of Safety Management System at Air Algerie Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Division, Thesis Committee Chair, 2015-2016.
• Rian Mehta (College of Aeronautics), A Predication Model of Airline Passenger Preference: Identifying factors that predict passenger preference between low cost and legacy carriers, Doctoral Committee Member, 2016-2017.
• Kole Osaretin Uhuegho (College of Aeronautics), Examining the Safety Climate of U.S. Based Aviation Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) Organizations, Doctoral Committee Member, 2016-2017.
• William Michael Park (Nathan M. Bisk College of Business – DBA), The Impact of a Millennial Business Leader’s Emotional Intelligence on Turnover in the Multigenerational Sales Occupational Field, AL, Doctoral Committee Member, 2016-2017.
• Stephanie Galbo (School of Engineering & Computing), A Survey of Impact Analysis Tools for Effective Code Evolution, Thesis Committee Member, 2016-2017.
• Karen L. Newsom (Nathan M. Bisk College of Business - DBA), Business Practices Which Have the Greatest Influence on Retention as it relates to Wired Boomers in the Aerospace Industry in Huntsville, Alabama, Doctoral Committee Member, 2016-2017.
• Sara Katarina Trané (School of Psychology), Give and Take: Validity, Personality Profiling, and Individual Success, Doctoral Committee Member, 2015-2017.
• Natasha Anjani Rao (College of Aeronautics), Trust and Fatigue in Flight Attendants, Thesis Committee Member, 2015-2016.
• Xinpei Lu (College of Aeronautics), Consumer Likelihood to Complain in the U.S. Commercial Airline Industry, Thesis Committee Member, 2015-2016.
• Marne Pomerance (College of Psychology), Investigating How Self-Schema Characteristics Influence the Motivational Orientation and Performance of Individuals within a Work Setting: A Within-Person Approach, Doctoral Committee Member, 2013-2014.
• Abdullah Sadid (College of Aeronautics), A Qualitative Analysis of Aviation Safety in Nigeria with Recommendations for the Future, Thesis Committee Member, 2012.
• Christian Sonnenberg (College of Engineering), Mobile Web Conversion: Dynamic, Autonomous Context-Based Site Generation, Doctoral Committee Member, 2010-2013.
• Jorge Arias (College of Engineering), Platform for Development and Evaluation of Trading Strategies, Thesis Committee Member, 2010-2015.
• Tauhida Parveen (College of Engineering), Migrating Software Testing to the Cloud, Doctoral Committee Member, 2009-2011.
• David Shrader (College of Aeronautics), Usability Test for a Swarm Operator Interface: Monitoring Autonomous Polyagents in a Collaborative Intruder Detection Scenario, Thesis Committee Member, 2009-2010.
• Jeremy Pinchak (College of Aeronautics), Naturalistic Decision-Making of helicopter Emergency Medical Service Pilots; Critical Decisions in Marginal Weather, Thesis Committee Member, 2009.
• Kelly Jacobs (School of Psychology), Emotional Intelligence: Work and Life Outcomes, Thesis Committee Member, 2007.
• David Dunkle (College of Aeronautics), Measuring the Effect of Realism Attributes on Necker Cube Reversal Rates, Thesis Committee Member, 2007-Present.
• Randolph Socin (School of Psychology), Measuring Openness to Experience in the Work Environment, Doctoral Committee Member, 2006-2008.
• Stacey Fehir (School of Psychology), The Repatriate Knowledge Transfer Scale for use in Organizations and the Moderating effects of Personality, Doctoral Committee Member, 2007-2010.
• Patrice Reid (School of Psychology), The role of emotional abilities in the development of cross-cultural competence and their impact on cross-cultural adjustment and job satisfaction, Doctoral Committee Member, 2009-2010.
• Michael McFadden (School of Psychology), issues and solutions for organizations with employees engaged in cross-cultural email communication, Doctoral Committee Member, 2010-Present.
• Raymond Sastraputera (College of Engineering), Discriminating Alerting and Referential Context from Prosodic Features, Thesis Committee Member, 2009.
• Rachael Singer (College of Engineering, Systems Engineering), Oral Comprehensive Exam Participant, 2007.
• Lauren Beaulieu (School of Psychology), The Effects of Response-Independent Delivery of Preferred Stimuli on High and Low Frequency Behaviors in a Clinical Setting, Thesis Committee Member, 2007.
• Lauren Bresnahan (School of Psychology), Applicant Attitudes Towards Paper vs. Internet Recruitment Methods, Thesis Committee Member, 2006.
• Randolph Socin (School of Psychology), The Impact of Faking on the Prediction of Performance: Using Non-Cognitive Measures: A Bootstrapping Analysis, Thesis Committee Member, 2005-2006.
• Tony Nguyen (College of Engineering), Development of a Shared Patient Web-based System for Mentally-Ill Patients, 2004-2005, Thesis Advisor.
• Abdullah Al-Namlah (College of Engineering, Systems Engineering), Process Stability & Capability for HVAAC at the ACM & Semiconductor Plant, Thesis Committee Member, 2004.
• Matthew Monnot (School of Psychology), Frame of Reference and a Sixth Factor on the NEO-FFI, Thesis Committee Member, 2004.
• Multiple Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exams, Masters Final Program Examination Committees, etc.

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability (PEGASAS) Center of Excellence, Jimenez Faculty/Researcher 2023 Award.
• Women Inspiring Success and Excellence (WISE) 2023 Faculty Excellence Award for demonstrating the characteristics that embody the spirit of advancing, mentoring, and leading the development of women in the community and workplace.
• First Place in 2022 for the Airport Environmental Interactions category with its design titled, Implementing Alternative, Renewable Energy Sources for Ground-based Airport Operations, for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Transportation Research Board as faculty adviser for student team project conducted during Dr. Carstens’ Human Performance 1 course, http://www.trb.org/ACRP/ACRPDesignCompetition.aspx.
• Honorable Mention in 2022 for the Airport Management and Planning category with its design titled, Ethereal, for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Transportation Research Board as faculty adviser for student team project conducted during Dr. Carstens’ Human Performance 1 course, http://www.trb.org/ACRP/ACRPDesignCompetition.aspx.
• First Place in 2021 for the Airport Environmental Interactions Challenge category with its design titled, FlyKey, for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Transportation Research Board as faculty adviser for student team project conducted during Dr. Carstens’ Human Performance 1 course, http://www.trb.org/ACRP/ACRPDesignCompetition.aspx.
• Honorable Mention in 2021 for the Airport Environmental Interactions category with its design titled, UAS Solutions to Deicing/Anti-icing Waste Management, for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Transportation Research Board as faculty adviser for student team project conducted during Dr. Carstens’ Human Performance 1 course, http://www.trb.org/ACRP/ACRPDesignCompetition.aspx.
• First Place in 2018 for the Runway Safety/Runway Incursions/Runway Excursions category with its design titled, Airport Runway Incursion Preventative System, for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Transportation Research Board as faculty adviser for student team project conducted during Dr. Carstens’ Human Performance 1 course, http://www.trb.org/ACRP/ACRPDesignCompetition.aspx.
• Online MBA/PM Program developed ranked sixth by TheBestSchools.org in their article, “The 20 Best Online Master of Project Management and MBA in Project Management Degree Programs.” TheBestSchools.org is a leading resource for prospective students seeking an online education to find the best schools, degree programs, and careers.
• Top Five Nominee for Faculty of the Year at Florida Institute of Technology by Lambda Chi Alpha (2013)
• Supervisor over Student workers of the Year Award for Florida Institute of Technology (2012)
• Volunteer of the Year Award for 2011 by the Space Coast Project Management Institute Chapter for efforts on the Project Management Development Day (Training/Conference).
• Joan Bixby Award 2011 for mentoring women on campus.
• Invited and served as a National Science Foundation (NSF) human-centered review panel member (2007)
• Invited and attended a National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop to brainstorm human-centered computing research funding topic areas (2006)
• AcademicKeys Who's Who in Business Higher Education (WWBHE) (2005)
• Awarded Best Paper & Presenter by the International Institute of Informatics and Systematic at the 8th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (2004)
• Awarded a NASA KSC Graduate Fellowship (1999 – 2000).
• Presented a Superior Accomplishment Award by NASA KSC (2000).
• Presented with several monetary performance awards, time-off awards & on-the-spot monetary awards and certificates & letters of appreciation by NASA KSC (1994 – 2002).
• Awarded the Logistics Specialty Award for exceptional achievement in Logistics Management Information Systems by the Society of Logistics Engineers (1999).