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Michael S. Feary
Research Psychologist
Phone: 650-604-0203
E-Mail: Michael Feary
Curriculum Vitae  (click to expand/minimize)
Untitled Document Michael Feary- Aerospace Technologist
Human Systems Integration Division (TH)
Ames Research Center (ARC)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
email: michael.s.feary@nasa.gov
fax: 650.604.3729

Background:

- Ph.D. Human Factors Engineering, Cranfield University, UK, 2006
- M.S. Human Factors Engineering, San Jose State University, 1997
- B.S. Engineering Psychology, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, 1992
- Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor - Airplane, Single and Multi-engine Land, Instrument Airplane

Current and Ongoing Work:

- Lead of the Automation Interaction Design Group: The Automation Interaction Design Tools (AIDT) group is focused on developing methods to
improve the design of complex systems. The work centers on a formal approach to the design
and representation of the information for interaction with automated systems. The team is
currently working on tools for the representation of automation, task and human behavior.
- Associate Principal Investigator for the System Design and Analysis element of the Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck Project.
- Principal Investigator for the Automation Interaction Design Tools task of the Space Human Factors Engineering Project.
- NASA representative to the Human Computer Interaction and Information Management subcommittee of the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology (NITRD).

Publications: 


Journal Articles

- Feary, M., McCrobie, D., Alkin, M., Sherry, L., Polson, P., Palmer, E. (1999). Aiding Vertical Guidance Understanding. Aeronautique-Astronautique. Elsevier. Paris, France.Magazine Articles

- Sherry, L. and Feary, M. (2001) : Using Improving the Aircraft Cockpit User-Interface Rule-based Expert System Models. PC AI Magazine

Technical Reports

- Sherry, Lance, Feary, Michael, Polson, Peter, Mumaw, Randall, and Palmer, Everett. (2001). A Cognitive Engineering Analysis of the Vertical Navigation (VNAV) Function.  Technical Memorandum No. NASA/TM-2001-210915. NASA Ames Research Center.

- Feary, M., McCrobie, D., Alkin, M., Sherry, L., Polson, P., Palmer, E., and McQuinn, N. (1998). Aiding Vertical Guidance Understanding. Technical Memorandum No. NASA/TM-1998-112217. NASA Ames Research Center. Lance Sherry, Steve Quarry, Stephan Romahn, Thomas Prevôt, Barry Crane, Michael Feary, Rosa Oseguera-Lohr, Dave Williams, Everett Palmer. (1999)Closing the Controller/Pilot Loop in the CNS/ATM TRACON: FMS Features toSupport CTAS in the TRACON. Honeywell Publication C69-5370-011. Sherry, Lance, Polson, Peter, Feary, Michael, and Palmer, Everett. (1997). Analysis of the Behavior of a Modern Autopilot. Honeywell Publication C69-5370-009.Proceedings Papers

- Sherry, L., Polson, P. and Feary, M. (2002) Designing User-Interfaces for the Cockpit: Five Common Design Errors, and How to Avoid Them. Paper to be presented at the 2002 SAE World Aviation Congress, Phoenix, AZ (November 5 – 7).
Sherry, L., Polson, P., Feary, M. and Palmer, E. (2002) When Does the MCDU Interface Work Well? Paper presented at the the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics, Cambridge, MA (October 22-24).

- Feary, M., Sherry, L., Polson, P., and Palmer, E.(2001). A Formal Method for Integrated System Design. 8th European Conference on Cognitive Science Approaches to Process Control (CSAPC ’01), Munich, Germany (September 24-26).

- Feary, M., Sherry, L., Polson, P., and Palmer, E.(2000). Formal Method for Developing Part-Task Training for a Modern Autopilot. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, Edinburgh, Scotland (October  25-27).

- Feary, M., Sherry, L., Polson, P., and Palmer, E.(2000). Evaluation Of A Formal Methodology For Developing Aircraft Vertical Flight Guidance Training Material . Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics, Toulouse, France (September  27-29).

- Feary, M., Barshi, I., Sherry, L., and Alkin, M. (1999) “Why is it Doing That?” Perspectives of the FMS. Paper presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH (May 3 -May 7).

- Feary, M. and Sherry, L. (1998) Evaluating Flight Crew Operator Manual Documentation. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, San Diego, CA (October 11-14).

- Feary, M. and Sherry, L. (1998) Evaluation of a Formal Methodology for Developing Aircraft Vertical Flight Guidance Training Material. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Chicago, IL (October 5-9).

- Feary, M., McCrobie, D., Alkin, M., Sherry, L., Polson, P., Palmer, E., and McQuinn, N. (1998). Aiding Vertical Guidance Understanding. Paper presented at the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (May 27-29).

- Feary, M., Palmer, E., Sherry, L., Polson, P., Alkin, M.,  and McCrobie, D.(1997) Behavior-Based vs. System-Based Training and Displays for Automated Vertical Guidance. Paper presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH (April 27-May 1).

- Palmer, E., Cashion, P., Crane, B., Green, S., Feary, M., Goka, T., Johnson, N., Sanford, B., and Smith, N.(1995). Field Evaluation of Flight Deck Procedures for Flying CTAS Descents. Paper presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH (April 27-May 1).

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R. J. Mumaw, M. S. Feary, L. . Fucke, M. . Stewart, R. . Ritprasert, A. . Popovici, & R. V. Deshmukh (2018) Managing Complex Airplane System Failures through a Structured Assessment of Airplane Capabilities, NASA Technical Report, NASA/TM-2018-219775, March 2018 Click to read more
R. J. Mumaw, & M. S. Feary (2017) Aircraft capability management, SAE NASA Autonomy and the Next Generation Flight Deck Symposium. NASA Ames Research Center. Moffett Field, CA Click to read more
PDF download  M. . Stewart, S. P. Laraway, K. . Jordan, & M. S. Feary (2016) Simplified Approach Charts Improve Data Retrieval Performance, Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Click to read more
PDF download  D. . Billman, M. S. Feary, D. . Schreckenghost, & L. . Sherry (2015) Needs Analysis and Technology Alignment Method: A Case Study of Planning Work in an International Space Station Controller Group, Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Click to read more
PDF download  D. . Billman, L. . Arsintescu, M. S. Feary, J. C. Lee, & R. . Tiwary (2015) Needs Analysis and Technology Evaluation: Evaluation Case Study of Alternative Software for Controller Planning Work, Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Click to read more
D. . Billman, L. . Arsintescu, M. S. Feary, J. C. Lee, & R. . Tiwary (2015) Needs Analysis and Technology Evaluation: Evaluation Case Study of Alternative Software for Controller Planning Work, Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 9(2), 186-207 Click to read more
PDF download  M. S. Feary, D. . Billman, X. . Chen, A. . Howes, R. L. Lewis, L. . Sherry, & S. . Singh (2013) Linking Context to Evaluation in the Design of Safety Critical Interfaces, HCI 1, V (2004) Lecture Notes in Computer Science. pp. 193-202. Springer: Berlin Click to read more
E. E. Flynn-Evans, M. S. Feary, I. C. Statler, J. L. Nowinski, & L. . Arsintescu (2013) Managing fatigue in aviation operations, Oral Presentation. Human Factors and Engineering Society Meeting; 2013 October, San Diego, CA, USA Click to read more
D. . Billman, & M. S. Feary (2012) Human-Automation Integration: Principle and Method for Design and Evaluation, Paper presented at NASA Human Research Program Investigators Workshop, Feb 14-16, Houston, TX Click to read more
PDF download  D. . Billman, L. . Arsintescu, M. S. Feary, J. C. Lee, A. . Smith, & R. . Tiwary (2011) Benefits of Matching Domain Structure for Planning Software: The Right Stuff, Proceedings of the 29th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2010); May, 2011 Vancouver, BC. P. 2521-2530 Click to read more
D. . Billman, & M. S. Feary (2010) Collective Intelligence and Three Temporal Aspects of Planning in Organizations: A NASA Example, Poster presented at the CSCW workshop, Collective Intelligence In Organizations: Toward a Research Agenda. Savannah, GA. February 6, 2010 Click to read more
PDF download  D. . Billman, M. S. Feary, D. . Schreckenghost, & L. . Sherry (2010) Needs Analysis: The Case of Flexible Constraints and Mutable Boundaries, Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2010); April, 2010 Atlanta, GA, p 4597-4612 Click to read more
M. S. Feary, & L. . Sherry (2004) Dynamic Storyboards: Faster, Cheaper Software Prototypes for Usability Evaluation.. Click to read more
PDF download  L. . Sherry, P. . Polson, & M. S. Feary (2002) Designing User-Interface for the Cockpit: Five Common Design Errors and How to Avoid Them, Sherry, L., Polson, P. and Feary, M. (2002) Designing User-Interfaces for the Cockpit: Five Common Design Errors, and How to Avoid Them. Paper to be presented at the 2002 SAE World Aviation Congress, Phoenix, AZ (November 5 - 7). Click to read more
L. . Sherry, P. . Polson, & M. S. Feary (2002) Designing User-Interfaces for the Cockpit: Five Common Design Errors, and How to Avoid Them, Paper to be presented at the 2002 SAE World Aviation Congress, Phoenix, AZ (November 5 - 7) Click to read more
PDF download  S. . Lance, P. . Polson, M. S. Feary, & E. A. Palmer (2002) When Does the MCDU Interface Work Well?, Sherry, L., Polson, P., Feary, M. and Palmer, E. (2002) When Does the MCDU Interface Work Well? Paper presented at the the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics, Cambridge, MA (October 22-24). Click to read more
PDF download  S. . Lance, M. S. Feary, P. . Polson, & E. A. Palmer (2001) Cognitive Engineering Analysis of the Vertical Navigation (VNAV) Function., Sherry, L., Feary, M., Polson, P., Mumaw, R., and Palmer, E. (2001). Cognitive Engineering Analysis of the Vertical Navigation (VNAV) Function. NASA/TM-2001-210915. Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA. Click to read more
L. . Sherry, & M. S. Feary (2001) Using Improving the Aircraft Cockpit User-Interface Rule-based Expert System Models, PC AI Magazine Click to read more
M. S. Feary, & I. . Barshi (2000) "Why is it doing that?" Two perspectives on an autoflight system, Proceedings of the Tenth Symposium of Aviation Psychology (pp. 1304-1307). Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University. Click to read more
M. S. Feary, L. . Sherry, P. . Polson, & E. A. Palmer (2000) Evaluation Of A Formal Methodology For Developing Aircraft Vertical Flight Guidance Training Materia, Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics, Toulouse, France (September 27-29) Click to read more
M. S. Feary, L. . Sherry, P. . Polson, & E. A. Palmer (2000) Formal Method for Developing Part-Task Training for a Modern Autopilot, Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, Edinburgh, Scotland (October 25-27) Click to read more
M. S. Feary, D. . McCrobie, M. L. Atkins, L. . Sherry, P. . Polson, & E. A. Palmer (1999) Aiding Vertical Guidance Understanding, Aeronautique-Astronautique. Elsevier. Paris, France Click to read more
PDF download  M. S. Feary, I. . Barshi, L. . Sherry, & M. L. Atkins (1999) Why is it Doing That? Perspectives of the FMS., Feary, M., and Barshi, I. (1999) "Why is it Doing That?" Perspectives of the FMS. Paper presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH (May 3 -May 7). Click to read more
M. S. Feary, D. . McCrobie, M. L. Atkins, L. . Sherry, P. . Polson, E. A. Palmer, & N. . McQuinn (1998) Aiding Vertical Guidance Understanding, Paper presented at the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (May 27-29) Click to read more
PDF download  M. S. Feary, D. . McCrobie, M. L. Atkins, L. . Sherry, P. . Polson, E. A. Palmer, & N. . McQuinn (1998) Aiding Vertical Guidance Understanding., Feary, M., McCrobie, D., Alkin, M., Sherry, L., Polson, P., Palmer, E. (1998). Aiding Vertical Guidance Understanding. NASA/TM-1998-112217. Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA. Click to read more
M. S. Feary, & L. . Sherry (1998) Evaluating Flight Crew Operator Manual Documentation, Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, San Diego, CA (October 11-14) Click to read more
M. S. Feary, & L. . Sherry (1998) Evaluation of a Formal Methodology for Developing Aircraft Vertical Flight Guidance Training Material, Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Chicago, IL (October 5-9) Click to read more
M. S. Feary, E. A. Palmer, L. . Sherry, P. . Polson, M. L. Atkins, & D. . McCrobie (1997) Behavior-Based vs. System-Based Training and Displays for Automated Vertical Guidance, Paper presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH (April 27-May 1) Click to read more
E. A. Palmer, P. . Cashion, B. . Crane, S. . Green, M. S. Feary, T. . Goka, N. H. Johnson, B. . Sanford, & N. M. Smith (1995) Field Evaluation of Flight Deck Procedures for Flying CTAS Descents, Paper presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus, OH (April 27-May 1) Click to read more
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