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Amy Pritchett

Department Head of Aerospace Engineering
Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • Aerospace Engineering
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308G ECoRE Building

arp78@psu.edu

814-865-3648

Research Areas:

Autonomous Flight and UAVs; Vehicle Dynamics and Controls; Vehicle Systems Engineering

Interest Areas:

The intersection of technology, humans and safety in dynamic, time-critical and safety-critical environments, including human-robot interaction in space exploration, human-autonomy teaming in aviation, novel flight deck designs, and manual control.

 
 

 

Education

  • SB, Joint program in Avionics with EECS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
  • SM, Instrumentation, Control and Estimation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
  • Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997

Publications

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

  • Fellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2016
  • Institute Teaching Award for Innovation, Georgia Tech, 2014
  • AIAA Dr. Amy Pritchett Digital Avionics Scholarship, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2009
  • 2008 Robert J. Collier Trophy to the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST), National Aeronautics Association, 2009
  • Lawrence Sperry Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2007
  • Excellence Faculty Award, Georgia Tech, 2003
  • Top Young Alumni, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001
  • William E. Jackson Award, RTCA Inc., 1999
  • Laya Y Weisner Award for Contribution to Public Life, MIT, 1992
  • Unified Engineering Teaching Award, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1992
  • Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, May 2020

Service

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