Dr. Miwa Hayashi

Center: NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)

Division: Aviation Systems Division

Branch: Aerospace High Density Operations Branch

Professional Biography

Dr. Miwa Hayashi is an Aerospace Engineer in the Aviation Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center, where she has worked since 2008. Currently, she serves as the Deputy Subproject Manager for the Digital Information Platform (DIP) under the Air Traffic Management – Exploration (ATM-X) project.

Dr. Hayashi’s academic expertise lies in human factors engineering, with a focus on user interface design, usability evaluation, biofeedback, aviation safety, statistical analysis, and machine learning. In 2022, she led the concept formulation team for the ATM-X Pathfinding for Airspace with Autonomous Vehicles (PAAV) subproject. At NASA Ames, she has conducted over 20 large-scale human-in-the-loop (HITL) simulation evaluation studies for various future air traffic management technologies and operational concepts. These include PAAV, Dynamic Routes for Arrivals in Weather (DRAW), Multi-Flight Common Routes (MFCR), Spot and Runway Departure Advisor (SARDA), and Efficient Descent Advisor (EDA).

Before joining the Aviation Systems Division, Dr. Hayashi was a post-doctoral researcher at the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames. She earned her Ph.D. in Humans and Automation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in 2004. She also holds an M.S. degree in Guidance, Navigation, Control, and Estimation from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.Eng. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology. Additionally, she holds a Private Pilot License with an Instrument Rating.