Lab/Research Group Affiliations: Man Vehicle Laboratory, Humans and Automation Laboratory
Charles M. Oman
Senior Lecturer, Senior Research Engineer
Contact
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
37-219 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
coman [at] mit.edu
Administrative Assistant
Frances Marrone
franm [at] mit.edu
Financial Officer
Kim Ngan Le
ngan_le [at] mit.edu
Academic Degrees
B.S.E. 1966 Princeton University, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences
S.M. 1968 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ph.D. 1972 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Honors and Awards
International Academy of Astronautics (full member)
NASA Advisory Committee Space Station Utilization Advisory Committee (1999-2004, Chair 2005)
Society Memberships
Aerospace Medical Association, Aerospace Human Factors Association, Space Medicine Association, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Barany Society (vestibular research), Society for Neuroscience, IEEE
Positions Held at MIT
Director, Man Vehicle Laboratory (1992-2013)
National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Sensorimotor Adaptation Research Team Leader, 1996-2013
Senior Research Engineer and Senior Lecturer, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Helmholtz Associate Professor, Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (1977-79)
Positions Held outside MIT
National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Sensorimotor Adaptation Research Team Leader, 1996-present
National Research Council Committee on Railroad Operational Safety
Specialization and Research Interests
Aerospace human factors and physiology, human-machine interfaces, manual and supervisory control, aircraft systems and automation, space telerobotics, spatial memory, mathematical models for spatial disorientation and motion sickness.
Teaching Interests
16.767 Introduction to Airline Transport Aircraft Systems and Automation
16.459 Bioastronautics Journal Article Seminar
16.430J Sensory-Neural Systems
Lab/Research Group Affiliation