Mission: to Improve the safety, efficiency and capacity of domestic and international air transportation and its infrastructure, utilizing information technology and human centered systems analysis.

Research Areas

• Air Traffic Management
• Air Transportation Infrastructure and Economics
• Aviation Safety and Weather
• Airline Management and Operations
• Human Factors
• Flight Instrumentation
• Environmental Impact of Aviation

Recent Papers:

• Assuring Safety through Operational Approval: Challenges in Assessing and Approving the Safety of Systems-Level Changes in Air Transportation
  Roland Weibel, R. John Hansman
• Experimental Studies of Cognitively Based Air Traffic Control Complexity Metrics for Future Operational Concepts
  Lishuai Li, R. John Hansman
• Analysis of the Interaction Between Air Transportation And Economic Activity: A Worldwide Perspective
  Mariya A. Ishutkina and R. John Hansman
• Encouraging Technology Transition through Value Creation, Capture and Delivery Strategies: The Case of Data Link in the North Atlantic Airspace
  Norma Campos
• Mitigating Complexity in Air Traffic Control: The Role of Structure-Based Abstractions
  Jonathon Histon, R. John Hansman
• Technology Transition in the National Air Transportation System: Market Failure and Game Theoretic Analysis with Application to ADS-B
  (Jenny) Xiaojie Hu
• Analysis of Interaction between Air Transportation and Economic Activity
  Masha Ishutkina, R. John Hansman
• System Dynamics Analysis of Incentives for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (Ads-B) Equipage
  Makato Eguchi
• Scalability of the Air Transportation System and Development of Multi-Airport Systems: A Worldwide Perspective
  Philippe Bonnefoy, R. John Hansman   
• System Transition: Dynamics of Change in the US Air Transportation System
  Aleksandra Mozdzanowska, R. John Hansman
  
• Overview of Recent Forces & Trends in the Airline Industry
  R. John Hansman, With the help of the Faculty and Students of the MIT Global Industry Study
  
• The Impact of Information Technologies on Air Transportation,
  (presented as the AIAA 2005 Dryden Lecture)
  R. John Hansman