Eye Tracking for Pilot Workload and Vigilance in Urban Air Mobility Seminar

  • Date & Time:
    • November 10, 2026
    • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
  • Venue:
    • Auditorium, Australian University
Seminar / Workshop

Eye Tracking for Pilot Workload and Vigilance in Urban Air Mobility

About this Topic

Urban Air Mobility will involve repeated short flights, raising questions about how workload and fatigue affect pilot vigilance. This seminar presents ongoing research combining headset-based eye tracking with flight-simulator recordings in the School of Aviation to examine visual scanning and responses to air traffic control commands across successive missions. Preliminary results explore how increasing task familiarity may improve aircraft-control responses while visual attention decreases. The seminar will discuss the potential of these measures to support pilot monitoring and safer human-autonomy operations.

Speakers

Dr. Jean Al Am

Assistant Professor - Aircraft Maintenance Engineering
PhD in Fluid Dynamics, École Centrale de Lyon · Master's Degree, CentraleSupélec

Dr. Jean Al Am is an Assistant Professor in the School of Aviation at Australian University, Kuwait. He holds a PhD in Fluid Dynamics from École Centrale de Lyon, completed with Safran, France, advancing high-fidelity simulations of next-generation aircraft engines. He earned his master's degree from CentraleSupélec, Paris. He worked at Safran Aircraft Engines on the development of novel aeroengine concepts, including open-fan engines. His research interests include aeroacoustics, computational fluid dynamics, and AI-based aeroengine health monitoring.

Dr. Shadan Altouq

Assistant Professor - Aircraft Maintenance Engineering
PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Dr. Shadan Altouq is an Assistant Professor in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering at Australian University, Kuwait. She holds a PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with Rolls Royce UTC at the University of Strathclyde. She worked at Vertical Aerospace in the UK, designing novel high voltage power distribution systems. Her research interests include aircraft electrical systems, aerospace safety and certification, and biomedical sensing for human performance assessment.