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Dr. Barbara Burian
Project Scientist
As the IIFD Project Scientist, Dr. Barbara Burian, works closely with
the Project PI, PM and APIs to ensure that research conducted under IIFD
is technically rigorous and of the highest caliber. She also serves as
IIFD’s lead liaison with other Aviation Safety Projects and ARMD
Programs, as well as other groups and committees within the aviation
industry. As a researcher under the RAHS element of IIFD, she studies
the cognitive and workload demands of two crew and single pilot
operations aboard commercial aircraft and in very light jets and other
technically advanced general aviation aircraft during normal
and emergency conditions. She also conducts research related to the use
of automated and electronic procedures on the flight deck and pilot
weather training, knowledge and decision making.
Previously, Dr. Burian led NASA’s Emergency and Abnormal Situations
Study and conducted research related to flight crew response to
emergencies, and the design and development of emergency and abnormal
checklists and procedures, including those for response to potentially
catastrophic emergencies such as in-flight smoke and fire. In
recognition of her contributions to the advancement of aviation safety
she was elected Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 2006, and
serves as a consultant to the Royal Aeronautical Society Flight
Operations Group.
Dr. Burian is a private pilot and has a bachelor’s degree in Education
from The Ohio State University and master’s and doctoral degrees in
Psychology from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. She
completed a pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral residency at the
University of Florida and the University of Miami Medical Center,
respectively. She was awarded Stanford/San Jose State
University/NASA/ASEE Faculty Fellowships in 1999 and 2000. She left
academia and 10 years of clinical practice, with a specialty in Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder, to work at the NASA Ames Research Center
full-time in August 2000.
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