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Ing. Sarah Van Den Bergh

Ing. Lenka Hanáková, Ph.D.; Ing. Michaela Kalivodová; Ing. Stanislav Kušmírek, Ph.D.; doc. Ing. Andrej Lališ, Ph.D.; Ing. Tomáš Malich; doc. Ing. Bc. Vladimír Socha, Ph.D.; doc. Ing. Peter Vittek, Ph.D.

The use of augmented reality in aviation is a result of a constant effort of increasing aviation safety. The idea of augmented reality is commonly used in form of a Head-Up Display or is in testing as a Head-Worn Display (HWD) technology. HWD is a display unit attached directly to the user which implies that its most commonly in form of a helmet or glasses, specifically smart glasses. The projection of augmented reality into a visual field of a user in aviation department is undoubtedly a step forward, but the limitation of these imaging systems is the absence of an analysis of ergonomics of the display of selected data in the field of view. Presented project is focused on removing the above mentioned limitations and designing a concept layout of flight and navigation data from the primary flight display, in terms of both graphical and spatial, respecting the perceptual possibilities of the visible field of the user. The aim is to develop augmented reality software design and to verify HWD application. The software will be implemented in open-source smart glasses, and the way the flight and navigation data will be displayed will be designed with a view to maximize the usability of the presented data.

2019 - 2020

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS19/133/OHK2/2T/16

Ing. Michal Freigang; Ing. Lenka Hanáková, Ph.D.; doc. Ing. Jakub Kraus, Ph.D.; Ing. Stanislav Kušmírek, Ph.D.; Ing. Roman Matyáš, Ph.D.; Bc. Jakub Ptáček; doc. Ing. Bc. Vladimír Socha, Ph.D.; Ing. Sarah Van Den Bergh; Ing. Lukáš Zibner

The presented project deals with real-time assessment of psychophysiological status of pilots. This could help to quickly identification of the workload impact on pilot during the flight. Due to the fact, that pilots are influenced by various stimuli (ambient, G-Forces, mental state etc.) during flight that can negatively affect the safety of the flight. There are already many scientific studies that deal with the psychophysiological assessment of pilots, but the measured physiological parameters are evaluated mostly after the measurement of the entire flight section. There are also studies in which the signal is evaluated in real time, but outside of the aviation field. In these studies, the most frequently used parameter for evaluating of psychophysiological status of respective subjects is heart rate or heart rate variability respectively, due to its distinctive ability to portray the effect of stimuli on the mental and physical state of the subject. Based on the above mentioned, the essence of the project is to assess the suitability and applicability of existing real-time biological signal processing methods. The aim of the project is, among other things, to use existing knowledge on which base the software solution to process measured physiological parameters (primarily heart rate) in real time will be designed. The measurement will be carried out on an air simulator at the Department of Air Transport of the Czech Technical University in Prague.

2019 - 2020

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS19/131/OHK2/2T/16

Ing. Michaela Kalivodová; Bc. Vojtěch Kráčmar; Ing. Stanislav Kušmírek, Ph.D.; Ing. Tomáš Malich; doc. Ing. Bc. Vladimír Socha, Ph.D.; doc. Ing. Stanislav Szabo, Ph.D., MBA, dr. h. c.; Ing. Sarah Van Den Bergh

The proposed project concept focuses on studying the effect of fatigue on pilots' performance. The current state of fatigue tracking in aviation is based in particular on the collection of subjective data right after finishing the flight, i.e. in particular through questionnaire surveys. There are experimental attempts to quantify fatigue through physiological measurements, i.e. monitoring the psychophysiological condition of pilot. However, regarding these attempts, everything is still in the experimental point of view and the measurements are focused only on shorter experiments. For this reason, the present project introduces the concept of 24-hour measurements to create a variable fatigue level with respect to the subject's alertness and day time. During the experiment, there are simulated flights in which biosignals are measured with a primary focus on the brain and heart activity of the subject, and flight data are collected. In the time span between particular flights, battery performance and psychological tests are performed. The project therefore has the ambition to unify the standard methods used and to extend it to those experimentally used, either in the level of data collection or their evaluation, thus creating a complex experiment to study the influence of fatigue on pilots' performance. Such a study could contribute to efforts to objectify and determine the critical level of fatigue. This study could serve as a foundation for efforts to improve air transport safety.

2019 - 2020

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS19/124/OHK2/2T/16

Ing. Lenka Hanáková, Ph.D.; Ing. Michaela Kalivodová; prof. Ing. Milan Lánský, DrSc.; Ing. Slobodan Stojić, Ph.D.; Ing. Sarah Van Den Bergh; Ing. Oldřich Štumbauer, Ph.D.

Airports affect economic and social environment of their neighborhood. Their operation is linked to the activities of many other business companies. The airport itself is a business company and so generating profit is one of its goals. In today's highly competitive environment of air transport across Europe, it is important to continually analyze airport revenue and expenditures. An important factor influencing the overall balance is efficiency of individual processes. To allow the required quality of service (especially in terms of waiting times), it is important to ensure consistency between the intensity of input requirements to the system and the intensity of service provided. Among the most important parts of the handling process, which influence all departing passengers and number of other factors and parameters, there are passenger and cabin baggage security checkpoints. Consistency between the intensity of the input requirements (passenger arrival) and the intensity of the service (expressed by the number of operating security check lines) can be explicitly controlled at the checkpoints using analytical methods and simulation tools. Maintaining high level of operational efficiency whilst keeping high level of passenger satisfaction and adhering to strict security requirements is a difficult target. The proposed project, according the dissertation thesis of the proposer, aims to create analytical tools for prediction of the workload of centralized security checkpoints, by the means of mathematical models to create models refining long-term forecasts and based on current operational conditions to create tools for evaluating operational efficiency.

2018 - 2018

Studentská grantová soutěž ČVUT - SGS18/095/OHK2/1T/16