{"424501":{"#nid":"424501","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AE\u0027s Dr. Karen Feigh recruited to serve on NRC\u0027s Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022rteright\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe National Research Council recently announced it has selected\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\/community\/staff\/bio\/feigh-k\u0022\u003EDr. Karen Feigh\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eto serve on its prestigious Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB). A former Marshall Scholar who earned her undergraduate and doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech, Feigh will be the youngest member ever to serve on this influential board.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFeigh learned of her appointment in early January and will be officially inducted onto the board at the ASEB April meeting in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe most exciting thing about this appointment is the opportunity to work with engineers and industry leaders to advance the impact of aeronautics and aerospace on our world,\u201d said Feigh, an assistant professor whose research has focused on two broad areas: decision support system design and computational cognitive modeling for engineering design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am looking forward to being part of the process to define research agendas in areas like autonomy in civil aviation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1967, the ASEB provides an independent, authoritative forum for space engineering and aeronautics research within the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/nrc\/\u0022\u003ENational Research Council\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;the operating arm of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/\u0022\u003EThe National Academies\u003C\/a\u003E. The organization oversees ad hoc committees that recommend priorities and procedures for achieving aerospace engineering objectives, and offers a way to bring engineering and other related expertise to bear on aerospace issues of national importance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI can\u2019t imagine a better choice for this important position,\u201d said GT-AE Chair Dr. Vigor Yang. \u201cDr. Feigh has consistently proven herself to be an assiduous researcher, a thought leader within the field. I have no doubt she will bring that same rigor and creativity to her role with ASEB.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the past, ASEB has dug into some very meaty issues, including the research and development aspects of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen); the direction of NASA\u2019s aeronautics research program; national aeronautics R\u0026amp;D policy and its implementation; space policy and programs, with a focus on human spaceflight and space operations; commercial space activities; and other aerospace engineering topics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFeigh previously worked on fast-time air traffic simulation, conducted ethnographic studies of airline and fractional ownership operation control centers, and designed expert systems for air traffic control towers and NextGen concepts. She is also experienced in conducting human-in-the-loop experiments for concept validation. Her research at Georgia Tech has included work on airline operations, air transportation systems, UAV and MAV ground control stations, mission control centers, and command and control centers adaptive automation design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFeigh is also the recipient of AIAA\u2019s Wilbur and Orville Wright Graduate Award, Zonta International\u2019s Amelia Earhart Fellowship and a five-year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The National Research Council recently announced it has selected Dr. Karen Feigh to serve on its prestigious Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB)."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-14 14:06:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:04","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"134501","name":"ASEB"},{"id":"11039","name":"Karen Feigh"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}