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Faculty Profile - Andy Dattel

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Instructor

Phone: (334) 844-8165
Email: andy.dattel@auburn.edu
Office: 403 Lowder Business Bldg.

At Auburn since 2007

Education:
PhD, Texas Tech University, Expected 2008
MA, University of Connecticut
MBA, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1995

BA, University of Tennessee, 1986

Areas of Expertise:
Situation Awareness
Human Factors
Pilot Expertise
Training and Selection
Human Error
Air Traffic Control
Aviation Psychology
Fatigue

Professional Activities:
Mr. Dattel has published in Human Factors and the International Journal of Aviation Psychology. He has reviewed for the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society conferences. He has presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the International Ergonomics Association, AeroSpace Medical Association, and the International Symposium of Aviation Psychology meetings. His teaching experience includes Human Factors and Aviation Accident Causes and Investigation. Mr. Dattel’s research interests are situation awareness, training and selection of pilots and air traffic controllers, expertise in aviation, human error, and fatigue. Mr. Dattel is a commercial pilot and a certified flight instructor (instrument, multi-engine). Mr. Dattel, has worked as a research associate for the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration. Before entering academia, Mr. Dattel owned and operated a flight school for several years in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Mr. Dattel is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, AeroSpace Medical Association, American Psychological Association: Division 21, and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.