KATHERINE ANDREA LEMOS - ITA

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Curriculum Vitae
KATHERINE ANDREA LEMOS
2816 North Glade Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016
202.341.6456
katherine@lemoscorp.com
EDUCATION, AVIATION CREDENTIALS, AND LANGUAGES
Ph.D. Social Psychology, 2002, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
M.S. Psychology - Behavioral Counseling, 1992, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
B.B.A. Business Management, 1988, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Certified Flight Instructor - Instrument, Single and Multi-Engine
Commercial Pilot: Airplane, Single and Multi-Engine Land and Sea
Captain and Flight Instructor – Civil Air Patrol Congressional Squadron (2006 – Present)
Flight Test Pilot Short Course at National Test Pilot School (NTPS; Certificate 2009)
AFF Skydiving Program, 2008
Archie Trammel Course in On-Board Weather Radar Technology 2003
English (natural language)
Spanish (fluent in written and spoken)
Italian (conversational)
EMPLOYMENT AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (October 2008 – Present)
• Statistician in Aviation Safety Analysis, Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention
(September 2010 – Present): Responsibilities span a variety of system safety domains, to
include: overseeing data analytic processes for coordinated collection and use of industrywide
data (Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing; ASIAS), leading team efforts in
developing advanced risk assessment and vulnerability discovery techniques, assisting with
metric development for organization and safety culture, leading efforts for conducting system
safety assessments for both pre-implementation and continued operational safety phases of
the aviation lifecycle, and coordinating with the Accident Investigation and Safety
Recommendation divisions in responding effectively to internal and external safety
recommendations. Lead of the System Safety Assessment group for Technical Community
Representative Groups (TCRG) research, and Lead of ASIAS Outcome 10, research and
activities conducted to further ASIAS efforts.
• Aircraft Certification Human Factors (October 2008 – September 2010): Specialized in advanced
technologies for the flight deck: Advanced Vision Systems, Data Link (DataComm) Systems,
and Flight Deck Weather Technologies. Responsibilities involved a leadership role in joint
FAA/Industry committees in developing minimum performance requirements and standards;
evaluating, coordinating, monitoring and developing on-going FAA research requirements for
product development and verification; supporting nationwide aircraft certification offices and
directorates through development and interpretation of human factors regulation and
guidance materials; and training FAA designee flight test pilots and engineers in conducting
human factors evaluations. Subject Matter Expert on system safety risk assessment
methodologies involving human performance.

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Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil (2009 – Present)
• Visiting Professor – Aviation Safety and Continued Airworthiness Professional Master &
Specialization Courses: Student Advisor; course development and delivery of the following
short courses: Human Factors in Aviation Safety and Aviation Safety Management Systems.
National Institute of Aerospace – Consultant (2007 – Present)
• NASA’s Langley Research Center, Aviation Safety and Aviation Airspace Systems Programs:
Provides expertise as a consultant. Responsibilities include experiment design and analysis,
survey design, database creation, reviewing and editing reports, and providing input on the
role of human factors across a range of issues within the air transportation system.
NASA’s NextGen Airportal Project: Research and analysis of today’s issues and constraints
associated with operations from the gate to overhead flow integration, and identification of
concepts and requirements addressing these issues and constraints. The outcome is a series
of White Papers, technical research roadmaps, and research investment analysis framework.
NASA’s support to the NextGen Joint Planning Development Office (JPDO) Safety Working
Group: NASA’s support involves participation in the Safety Technical Analysis Team; safety
issues collection, analysis and database creation; National Aviation Safety Strategic Plan
Analysis and Documentation, and interacting with other JPDO working groups in their product
development. Significant contributor to the National Aviation Safety Strategic Plan.
National Transportation Safety Board (February 2005 – October 2008)
• Senior Human Performance Investigator – Aviation Safety Division: Investigated the contributing
role of human performance factors in aviation accidents for the purpose of providing safety
recommendations to the aviation industry. Worked with Safety Analysis team in developing
understanding of prevalence of accidents or incidents in development of recommendations.
Presented findings and recommendations to the board for product approval with other
members of the investigative team (Short list of accident investigations on following page).
• Special Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Board: Served 8-month detail as advisor to Vice
Chairman Robert Sumwalt (2007 – 2008). Responsibilities included speech writing, notation
review, preparation for briefings and board meetings across all transportation modes: rail,
pipeline and hazardous materials, highway, marine and aviation. Special presentation topics
included Runway Safety, Safety Management Systems and Pilot Professionalism.
NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (2003 – 2005)
Aviation Safety and Security Program (2003 – 2005)
Visiting Assistant Professor - University of Maryland, Aerospace Engineering
NASA Faculty Fellow - University of Iowa, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering
• Principal and Co-Investigator: Managed interdisciplinary research teams in developing,
conducting, analyzing and presenting human factors research for the design and
development of next-generation weather displays for general aviation cockpits.
NEXRAD Image Looping, Pilot Workload and Weather Situation Awareness
Human performance assessment: Optimal radar looping characteristics
Cooperative Research Agreement with Bendix/King – Honeywell Intl
Correlation of Radar Reflectivity and Lightning (CoRRaL) Project
Data acquisition and assessment: Ground-based versus on-board data
Flight tests conducted at Kennedy Space Center, FL

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University of Iowa, Dept of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (2002 – 2004)
• Co-Investigator, Project Development and Project Management: Managed interdisciplinary
research teams in developing, conducting, analyzing and presenting human factors research
for the design and development of next-generation synthetic vision displays for commercial
aviation cockpits. (Received a NASA Group Achievement Award for the Aviation Safety SVS
Project in both 2003 and 2004).
Synthetic Vision Systems – Optimal Display Characteristics
Human performance assessment: Optimal display resolution and field-of-view
NASA LaRC Research Grant
Synthetic Vision Systems – Terrain Density and Texture
Human performance assessment: Optimal terrain density and texture
Rockwell Collins Research Grant
Scale development: Effectiveness of Crew Resource Management Training
Constant Descent Approach Procedures: Workload and Performance
Partnership with a major airline
The University of Iowa, Dept of Psychology (1996 – 2002)
• Dissertation: Statistics in context: Developed, conducted, analyzed and presented experiments to
determine the influence of comparative statistical information on risk attitudes and behavior.
• Lab Coordinator and Research Assistant: Trained and managed interdisciplinary research teams
in developing, conducting, analyzing and presenting research for a variety of behavioral and
social psychological topics, including risk perceptions and risk attitudes, social control and
interaction, goal conflict and communication in dyads.
• Teaching Assistant: Assisted in teaching both Introduction to Social Psychology and Experiment
Design II for Cognitive Psychology courses.
HUMAN PERFORMANCE GROUP CHAIRMAN FOR THE FOLLOWING ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS (NTSB) 1
July 7, 2008, Kalitta Air, B-747-200, Bogota, Colombia (Multiple engine failure and impact with terrain)
February 18, 2007, Shuttle America, ERJ-170, Cleveland, OH (Runway overrun/winter conditions)
December 8, 2005, SWA, B-737-700, Chicago, IL (Runway overrun/winter conditions)
September 6, 2005, Houston Helicopters, Sikorsky S-76A, Gulf of Mexico (Dual engine failure/ditching)
August 19, 2005, NWA, 747-200 Guam (Gear-up landing)
August 10, 2005, Copterline, Sikorsky S-76C++, Tallin, Estonia (Spatial disorientation/impact with water)
May 10, 2005, NWA, DC-9/A-319, Minneapolis, MN (Runway incursion/hydraulic failure)
March 23, 2004, ERA Helicopters, Sikorsky S-76A++, Gulf of Mexico (Controlled flight into water)
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Involvement in Major or International accidents resulting in board products, as a full and active team member. Does not include
participation in regional investigations or limited assistance in other major or international accidents. Public release of group
chairman analytical reports is prohibited.

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PUBLICATIONS
Sumwalt, R., Lemos, K (2010). Accident Investigator’s Perspective. Crew Resource Management,
Second Edition. Helmreich, R.L., Kanki, B.G, Anca, J. (Eds), Academic Press.
Darr, S., Morello, S., Shay, R., Lemos, K. & Jacobson, R. (2009), A consideration of constraints on airport
departure operations. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center,
June 2009. Report No: NASA/CR-2009-215763. NASA LaRC: Hampton, VA.
Darr, S. Ricks, D. & Lemos, K. (2008). Safer Systems: A NextGen Aviation Safety Strategic Goal.
Proceedings of the 27 th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Martin, R., Johnsen, E. L., Bunde, J., Bellman, S. B., Rothrock, N. E., Weinrib, A., & Lemos, K. (2005).
Gender differences in patients' attributions for myocardial infarction: Implications for adaptive health
behaviors. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 12(1), 39-45.
Lemos, K. & Chamberlain, J. (2004). In-flight weather trending information: Optimal looping
characteristics for animated NEXRAD images. Proceedings of the 23 rd Digital Avionics Systems
Conference, Salt Lake City, NV.
Chamberlain, J. & Lemos, K. (2004). Design considerations for presenting data-linked animated radar
imagery on in-flight displays. Proceedings of the 23 rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Salt Lake
City, NV.
Martin, R., Lemos, K., Rothrock, N., Bellman, B., Russell, D., Tripp-Reimer, T., Lounsbury, P. & Gordon,
E. (2004). Gender disparities in common sense models of illness among myocardial infarction
victims. Health Psychology, 23(4), 345-353.
Keller, M., Lemos, K., Schnell, T, Parrish, R. & Glaab, L. (2003). Pilot performance as a function of
display resolution and field of view in simulated flight using synthetic vision systems. Proceedings of
the 22 nd Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Lemos, K., Schnell, T., Etherington, T., Vogl, T. & Postikov, A. (2003). Synthetic Vision Systems: Human
performance assessment of the influence of terrain density and texture. Proceedings of the 22 nd
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Yang, S., Schnell, T. & Lemos, K. (2003). Spatial image content bandwidth requirements for synthetic
vision displays. Proceedings of the 22 nd Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Schnell, T., Lemos, K., Keller, M., Yang, S. & Gutierrez, F. (2003). Synthetic Vision Systems: Optimal
Display Characteristics. Technical report for NASA LaRC dated October 27, 2003, Operator
Performance Laboratory, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Jenson, M., Suls, J. & Lemos, K. (2003). A comparison of physical activity in men and women following
hospitalization for CHD. Women and Health, 37(1), 31-48.
Lemos, K., Suls, J., Jenson, M., Lounsbury, P. & Gordon, E.E.I. (2003). How do female and male cardiac
patients and their spouses share responsibilities after discharge from the hospital Annals of
Behavioral Medicine, 25(1), 8-15.
Schnell, T. & Lemos, K. (2003). Synthetic Vision Systems: Terrain Density, Texture and Shading
characteristics. Technical report (Deliverable 4.4.1.1) dated January 2003, Rockwell Collins, Cedar
Rapids, IA.

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Lemos, K., Schnell, T., Gordon, D. & Etherington, T. (2002). Bye-bye steam gages, welcome glass: A
review of new display technology for general aviation aircraft. Proceedings of the 21 st Digital Avionics
Systems Conference, Irvine, CA.
Schnell, T. & Lemos, K. (2002). Synthetic Vision Systems: Terrain Density, Texture and Shading
Characteristics. Technical report (Deliverable 4.2.2.1) dated September 2002, Rockwell Collins,
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Lemos, K. (2002). Statistics in context: The Influence of Comparison Information on Naïve Risk
Perceptions. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences & Engineering. Vol 63(4-
B), Oct 2002, 2108, US: University Microfilms International.
Suls, J., Lemos, K. & Stewart, L. (2002). Self-esteem, construal and comparisons of self versus friends
and others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(2), 252-261.
Martin, R. & Lemos, K. (2002). From heart attacks to melanoma: Do common sense models of
somatization influence symptom interpretation for female victims Health Psychology, 21(1), 25-32.
Martin, R., Lemos, K., & Leventhal, H. (2001). The psychology of physical symptoms and illness
behavior. In G. J. G. Asmundson, S. Taylor, & B. J. Cox (Eds.), Health anxiety: Clinical and research
perspectives on hypochondriasis and related conditions, (pp. 22-45). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
INVITED TALKS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Lemos, K. Human Factors in Aircraft Certification, Federal Aviation Administration Recurrent Training for
Designated Engineering Representatives; August, 2010. New York.
Lemos, K. Human Factors in Aircraft Certification, Federal Aviation Administration Recurrent Training for
Designated Engineering Representatives; March through August, 2009. Wichita, KS; Dallas, TX;
Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA, Chicago, Ill.
Darr, S. Ricks, D. & Lemos, K. Safer Systems: A NextGen Aviation Safety Strategic Goal. Proceedings of
the 27 th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, October 2008, Minneapolis, MN.
Lemos, K. & Chamberlain, J. In-flight weather trending information: Optimal looping characteristics for
animated NEXRAD images. 23 rd Digital Avionics Systems Conf., October 2004, Salt Lake City, NV.
Chamberlain, J. & Lemos, K. Design considerations for presenting data-linked animated radar imagery on
in-flight displays. 23 rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference, October 2004, Salt Lake City, NV.
Lemos, K. Statistics in Context: The Influence of Comparison Information on Naïve Risk Perceptions –
Applications in the Aviation Domain. NASA Ames, October 23, 2003, San Jose, CA.
Keller, M., Lemos, K., Schnell, T, Parrish, R. & Glaab, L. Pilot performance as a function of display
resolution and field of view in simulated flight using synthetic vision systems. 22 nd Digital Avionics
Systems Conference, October 2003, Indianapolis, IN.
Lemos, K., Schnell, T., Etherington, T., Vogl, T. & Postikov, A. Synthetic Vision Systems: Human
performance assessment of the influence of terrain density and texture. 22 nd Digital Avionics
Systems Conference, October 15, 2003, Indianapolis, IN.
Yang, S., Schnell, T. & Lemos, K. Spatial image content bandwidth requirements for synthetic vision
displays. Monica Hughs (Chair), Synthetic Vision Systems Track, 22 nd Digital Avionics Systems
Conference, October 15, 2003, Indianapolis, IN.

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Schnell, T., Lemos, K., Keller, M., Yang, S. & Gutierrez, F. Synthetic Vision Systems: Optimal Display
Characteristics. NASA LaRC, July 24, 2003, Hampton, VA.
Lemos, K., Schnell, T., Gordon, D. & Etherington, T. Bye-bye steam gages, welcome glass: A review of
new display technology for general aviation aircraft. Chamberlain, J. (Chair), General Aviation
Technologies Track, 21 st Digital Avionics Systems Conference, October 29, 2002, Irvine, CA.
Lemos, K., Effect sizes: Methods of calculating and reporting effect sizes in the social sciences.
University of Iowa, Department of Psychology, March 16, 2001.
Martin, R. & Lemos, K. Effects of stereotypes on symptom perception and illness behavior. Alex Rothman
(Chair), Understanding the impact of stereotypes, discrimination, and prejudice on mental and
physical health. Midwestern Psychological Association, May 4, 2000, Chicago, IL.
Martin, R., & Lemos, K. Somatization stereotypes: Does information about sex and stress influence
symptom interpretation University of Iowa, Department of Psychology. April 28,2000.
Lemos, K., Jenson, M.E., Suls, J., Lounsbury, P. & Gordon, E.E.I. Adapting to cardiac disease: Male
patients receive greater assistance from spouses than do female patients. Society of Behavioral
Medicine, April 6, 2000, Nashville, TN.
Lemos, K., Jenson, M.E., Suls, J., Lounsbury, P. & Gordon, E.E.I. Significance of attending cardiac
rehabilitation: Symptom reporting in high risk patients. American Association of Cardiovascular
Rehabilitation, September 18, 1999, Phoenix, AZ.