Aviation Human Factors

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COA Human Factors

Here you will find what makes our program one of the best in the nation. Our graduates apply themselves within the aviation industry in areas such as the airlines, government agencies (FAA & the NTSB), airport and airline operations, airport design and consulting, aviation security and many others. Our program offers students an opportunity to learn from highly educated professors in their field of study backed by years of experience. Our facilities provide students with the opportunity to conduct research required for classes, thesis or dissertation work.


Human factors refers to the field of study that attempts to identify the principals of human-machine interaction and applies these principals to the design and operation of engineered systems. The College of Aeronautics Human Factors program is both a rigorous research domain rooted in cognitive psychology, physiology and engineering theory, and an applied science with an intimate and direct connection to the operational world. Human factors is now recognized as an indispensable component of system design and evaluation, accident investigation and prevention, simulation, training, procedures development and system performance testing.