As an Associate Principal Investigator for the Robust Automation-Human Systems (RAHS) Element within the IIFD project, Sandy Lozito leads a group of researchers conducting the development and evaluation of flight deck automation technologies for the NextGen operational environment. Her research area emphasizes the importance of human-computer interaction principles and assessment as the basis for the safe and effective use of automation.

Prior to working on IIFD, Ms. Lozito served as a technical lead for many aeronautics research projects within NASA. She was the lead of the NASA/FAA Surface Management System (SMS) project under NASA’s Strategic Airspace Usage (SAU) Project and the Advanced Air Transport Technologies (AATT) Project. Ms. Lozito has also worked on several human factors research efforts associated with data link communications, flight deck automation, and human-computer interaction. Sandy is the co-lead of the FAA/Eurocontrol Surface Management and Collaborative Decision-Making Action Plan 21 Committee. She has a Master of Art’s degree in Experimental Psychology from San Jose State University.