College of Aviation Student Research Ryan Furtado College

College of Aviation Student Research Ryan Furtado College of Aviation Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott, AZ NASA Space Grant 19 April 2008 1

Who I am • • Senior, graduation May 2008 Multi- and Single-Commercial Certificate Instrument Rating Working on Flight Instructor certificate • After graduation – Flight Instructor at ERAU – Fly for an airline

Alaska Airlines Internship • Summer 2007 • Human Resources – Pilot Hiring • Crew Planning – Crew Trip Trades – Late flights research • Jump seat – Denver – Southeast Alaska • Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangall

Research • Development with Professor Ray Bédard – Proficiency with Microsoft Flight Simulator X • NASA research grant

Missions designer • Prescott to Kingman • Valle to St. George

Courseware designer • Re-engineered AS 435 – Electronic Flight Management Systems – Convert course from Elite Jet MD-80 to Microsoft Flight Simulator (FSX) using B-767 – San Francisco to Seattle

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FANCON • International Flight Simulation conference Seattle 9 -11 Nov 07 • In charge of the competition • ERAU awarded scholarships $20, 500 • 400+ visitors to the booth • Using patent pending technology

Carrier tutorial designer • Developed scorable mission to be used with mission scoring system for Seattle competition

• Tested motion platform – Used during competition

Microsoft • Personal invitation from ACES studio manager Shawn Firminger to visit studios on 11 Nov 07 • Possible future partnership with Microsoft

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