Volpe Technical Experts
Dr. Kim Cardosi,
Kim Cardosi is the national expert in aviation human factors at the Department of Transportation's Volpe Center. She received a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Brown University in 1985 and a private pilot certificate in 1990. From 1985 to present she has worked in both flight deck and air traffic control human factors at the Volpe Center. She has conducted extensive research in controller-pilot voice communications and has provided human factors support to many FAA and international aviation safety programs. Much of her recent work has focused on runway safety. The research is aimed at identifying factors that contribute to errors that pilots and controllers make that result in runway incursions and identifying strategies to mitigate those errors. Her many publications include:
- Human Factors in the Design and Evaluation of Air Traffic Control Systems
- An Analysis of Pilot and Controller Errors that Result in Runway Incursions
- Human Factors for Air Traffic Control Specialists: A User's Manual for Your Brain
- Runway Safety: It's Everybody's Business
Her publications have enjoyed world-wide distribution. Several of these publications have been translated into Spanish by air traffic service providers for use in their countries.
