Dr. Everett A. Palmer
Everett A. Palmer

Everett Palmer has BS, MS & Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in Electrical and Industrial Engineering. At NASA's Ames Research Center, he has worked on: symbology requirements for independent landing monitors, visual cues during the approach to landing, symbology for head-up displays, and pilot performance with cockpit displays of traffic information. His current interests are in the understanding and designing error-tolerant aviation systems and in improving methodology for conducting and analyzing data from line oriented simulation.

Current Projects

Online Reports

Everett Palmer, Barry Crane, Nancy Johnson, Nancy Smith, Michael Feary, Patricia Cashion, Tsuyoshi Goka, Steve Green and Beverly Sanford. (1997) Field Evaluation of Flight Deck Procedures for Flying CTAS Descents, Presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio.

Crane, B., Palmer, E. & Smith, N. (1997) Evaluation of a New Descent Procedure for Airline Pilots. Presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio.

Smith, N. & Palmer, E., (1997) Analysis of Procedure Support Documents and Task Performance, Presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio.

Prevot, T., Palmer, E. & Crane, B., Flight Crew Support for Automated Negotiation of Descent and Arrival Clearances, Presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio.

Callantine, T. J., Mitchell, C. M., and Palmer, E. A. (1997). Tracking operator activities in complex systems: An experimental evaluation using Boeing 757 pilots. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH.

Online Reports

Michael Feary, Daniel McCrobie, Martin Alkin, Everett Palmer, Lance Sherry, Peter Polson, (1997) Aiding Vertical Guidance Understanding Honeywell Technical Report.

Sherry, L., Kelley, J., McCrobie, D., Polson, P., Feary, M., Hynes, C., Palmer, E. & Alkin, M. (1997). A Framework for the Design of Intentional Systems in Support of Cooperative Human-Machine Systems. in Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Columbus OH: Ohio State University.

Daniel McCrobie, Martin Alkin, Lance Sherry, Michael Feary, Peter Polson, & Everett Palmer (1997) Enhansing Vertical Navigation Performance in Glass-Cockpit Aircraft, Presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio.

Michael Feary, Martin Alkin, Everett Palmer, Lance Sherry, Daniel McCrobie, Peter Polson, (1997) Behavior-Based vs. System-Based Training and Displays for Automated Vertical Guidance, Presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio.

Palmer, E. (1995). "Oops, it didn't arm." - A Case Study of Two Automation Surprises . 8th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. (8 pages, 72K)

Cashion, P., Feary, M., Goka, T., Graham, H., Palmer, E., & Smith, N.. (1995). Development and Initial Field Evaluation of FLIGHT DECK Procedures for Flying CTAS Descent Clearances . 8th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. (8 pages, 32K)

Palmer, E., Hutchins, E., Ritter, R.,and vanCleemput, I.(1993) Altitude Deviations: Breakdowns of an Error-Tolerant System . NATA TM 108788. (36 pages, 300K)

Interests

Human Factors of Cockpit Automation, Traning for Automation, Air-Ground Coordination, Human-Computer Interaction, Analysis of Cognitive Systems, Evaluation of Real-World Human-Machine Systems.

Education

Employer


National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
Aviation Human Factors Research

Contact Information

Everett A. Palmer, Ph.D.
NASA Ames Research Center
Mail Stop 262-4
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000

epalmer@mail.arc.nasa.gov
(650) 604-6073 (NASA Office)
(650) 604-3729 (NASA FAX)

epalmer@mail.arc.nasa.gov


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