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Jun 13, 2026
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2026-2027 University Catalog
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AAE 57300 - Aerospace Human Factors
Credit Hours: 3.00. The history of flight and space travel over the past 250 years (!) are highly coupled to understanding and support for human survival, health, and effective task performance. Aerospace engineering designs must crucially address these human factors considerations with appropriate understanding and respect for the relevant systems design constraints and capabilities. Human subsystems at physiological, cognitive, and functional levels are addressed, as well as human capabilities as components in, and users of, aerospace systems. This course provides an introduction to, and references for, critical elements of human factors and human-systems integration across multiple eras of human aerospace systems evolution. Historical views of human experience associated with sentinel aerospace vehicles are combined with views of relevant human systems, environmental conditions, human factors risks, and important countermeasures.
Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to apply the following topics when designing aircraft, spacecraft, aerospace automation, or aerospace control network engineering systems: Human performance; Systems thinking; Human-Systems Integration; Human Performance in Extreme Environments; Situation Awareness; Human-in-the-Loop Control Dynamics; Engineering System Robustness and Resilience; Distributed Expertise and Team Coordination; Dynamic Autonomy; Human Aspects of Event Response.
Credit Hours: 3.00
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