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Dr. James K. Kuchar - Biography
Dr. James K. Kuchar is Assistant Leader of the Surveillance Systems Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, focusing on high-tempo integrated sensing and decision-support systems for aviation safety. Recent program areas include the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), Runway Status Lights, radar fusion, advanced algorithms, and sense-and-avoid systems for unmanned aircraft.
Dr. Kuchar joined Lincoln Laboratory in 2003 after having been on the MIT faculty for eight years in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His work on campus included research and teaching in the areas of humans and automation, decision-aiding and alerting systems, and flight simulation. While at MIT, he received the 1995 RTCA William E. Jackson Award and the 1996 Council of University Transportation Centers Charley Wootan Award for his work on alerting systems, twice received the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department Graduate Teaching Award, and served on the National Academy of Science Committee on Space Launch Range Safety. More recently, he was a Laurels 2004 Honoree from Aviation Week and Space Technology and is an associate editor for the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. A private pilot, he has authored over 60 journal and refereed conference papers.
Dr. Kuchar received his SB (1990), SM (1991), and PhD (1995) degrees from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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