Dr. Carla Hackworth

Dr. Carla Hackworth has been with the Federal Aviation Administration for over 20 years. She serves as the FAA Aerospace Human Factors Research Division Manager (AAM-500). She is responsible for a program of applied human factors research of field and laboratory investigations within aviation work environments. The Aerospace Human Factors Research Division of the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute is known as a leader in aviation human factors research. It is a full-spectrum research facility that performs research related to every phase of flight from take-off to landing for both air traffic and flight operations. Research outcomes empower science-based, data-driven decision-making for National Aerospace System expansion, efficiency, and safety.

Research includes, but is not limited to, assessments of human performance under various conditions of impairment, human error analysis and remediation, agency workforce optimization, assessing the impact of advanced automated systems on personnel requirements and performance, human factors evaluations of performance changes associated with advanced multifunction displays and controls in general aviation and air traffic control, and the psychophysiological effects of workload and shift work on job proficiency and safety in aviation-related human-machine systems.

The areas of research excellence managed by Dr. Hackworth include:

• Information Processing and Displays
• Biophysiological Delimiters
• System Design and Automation
• Aviation Workforce Optimization
• Organizational Program Assessment

This research is accomplished within two research laboratories, the Safe Operations in Aerospace Research (SOAR) Labs and the NAS National Airspace System) Human Factors Safety Research Laboratory (NAS-HFSR).

Dr. Hackworth has led assessments of organizational effectiveness, stakeholder satisfaction, general aviation testing issues, weather-related general aviation incidents, human factors in aviation maintenance, risk-based decision making. To date, she has authored and co-authored over 30 publications examining aviation human factors. In 2020, Dr. Hackworth received the Aerospace Human Factors Association Henry L. Taylor Award in recognition for her in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of Aerospace Human Factors. Recently, Dr. Hackworth is serving on various workgroups considering human factors in commercial space flight operations.

Contact Information

Carla A Hackworth, Ph.D.
Aviation Safety
Division Manager Human Factors Research AAM-500
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) Bldg. 13
6500 S, MacArthur BLVD
Oklahoma City, OK 73169

Email
405-954-4082 (office)