Projects
NASA STTR I: Cognitive Systems Engineering to Support Anomaly Response in Space
Sept. 2024 – present
Contributors: Martijn IJtsma (OSU), Sal Hargis (OSU), Laura Militello (Applied Decision Science.com), Michelle Wang Whitlock (Applied Decision Science.com), Rachel Morris (Applied Decision Science.com)
- Modeling and simulating micrometeorite showers on Smart Habitats to discover and gather more information for designers.
- Case study of an envisioned Smart Habitat based on documentation from NASA.
- Modeling the heat and energy dynamics in VenSim for determining equilibrium.
- Computationally model and simulate the case study using models of physics for heat and other life support systems.
NASA USRC: Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Contingency Diagnosis Toolkit
May. 2023 – Sept. 2024
Contributors: Connor Kannally (OSU), Isabel Furl (OSU), Luke McSherry (OSU)
- Created a BlueSky simulation environment for a Columbus, Ohio UAM airspace.
- Participated in developing visualizations in JavaScript and the display design containing automated agents.
- Communicated with stakeholders and led efforts for stakeholder engagement.
- Designed human-in-the-loop testing scenarios and experiments to test the designed visual displays.
- C. Kannally, I. Furl, L. McSherry, & Abhinay Paladugu, (2024). Towards informing joint contingency diagnosis for autonomous low-altitude flight. . [PDF]
NASA SBIR I and II: Alternate Architectures for Air Mobility Contingency Management
Sept. 2022 – June 2025
Contributors: Martijn IJtsma (OSU), Alicia Fernandes (Mosaic ATM), Karym Zabara (Mosaic ATM), Kristi Epps (Mosaic ATM), Stuart Wilson (Mosaic ATM), Sean Calhoun (CAL Analytics), Tom Davis (Aerial Vantage), Jarrod Lichty (Aerial Vantage)
- Modeled alternate architectures or alternate distributions of authority and responsibility.
- Case study of an envisioned Dallas Forth Worth airspace to evaluate the alternate architectures.
- Computationally modeled and simulated the case studies for alternate architectures and analyzed the output for emergent properties like coordination and overall workload.
- Evaluated alternate architectures and created visualizations (graphs and networks) to show tradeoffs, like high information exchange vs. faster contingency detection.
- Abhinay Paladugu, Alicia Fernandes, & Martijn IJtsma, (2025). Computational simulation of distributed work as a discovery tool for envisioning future operations. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making. [PDF]
- Alicia Fernandes, Kevin Zabara, K. Epps, Martijn IJtsma, Abhinay Paladugu, & S. Calhoun, (2025). Use of model-based systems engineering to drive UAM contingency management procedure design. . [PDF]
- Abhinay Paladugu, Alicia Fernandes, & Martijn IJtsma, (2024). The use of computational modeling and simulation to design and evaluate a distributed work system. . [PDF]
- Alicia Fernandes, S. Wilson, Martijn IJtsma, Abhinay Paladugu, T. Davis, & J. Lichty, (2023). Contingency planning toolkit for emerging air mobility ecosystems. . [PDF]
- Abhinay Paladugu, Alicia Fernandes, S. Wilson, T. J. Davis, J. Lichty, & Martijn IJtsma, (2023). Evaluating envisioned air mobility architectures using computational simulations of work. . [PDF]
Strategies Analysis
Jan. 2022 – Aug. 2022
Contributors: Connor Kannally (OSU), Renske Nijveldt (OSU), Kenneth Cassidy (OSU), Luke McSherry (OSU), Martijn IJtsma (OSU)
- Designed a HITL study to observe and analyze how human teams adapt to changes in external factors like time pressure.
- Used Contextual control model to capture the individual and team adaptations using quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Abhinay Paladugu, R. Nijveldt, K. Cassidy, & Martijn IJtsma, (2022). Strategy selection in teams: Exploring how teams coordinate responses to time pressure. . [PDF]
- C. Kannally, Abhinay Paladugu, R. Nijveldt, L. McSherry, & Martijn IJtsma, (2024). An exploratory study of contextual control modes in teamwork. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]
Computational Modeling of Coordination Strategies
Aug. 2021 – Jan. 2022
Contributors: Emily Barrett, Martijn IJtsma
- Computational modeling of different human-machine coordination strategies spread over a spectrum between fully explicit and implicit coordination.
- Simulated the computational models to evaluate the strategies in an envisioned unmanned aircraft systems contingency scenario.
- E. Barrett, Abhinay Paladugu, & Martijn IJtsma, (2024). Multi-agent simulation to envision communication strategies in future air mobility operations. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems. [PDF]