WorkshopsDr. Luxhøj served as one of the leaders for a national workshop on Risk Analysis and Safety Performance Measurement in Commercial Air Transportation held at Rutgers University during July 20-22, 1999. The leads on the workshop were Rutgers, the FAA, and Sandia National Laboratories. Approximately 100 aviation safety professionals from North America and Europe attended the workshop.
The second Risk Analysis and Safety Performance Measurement in Aviation Workshop was held during August 22-24, 2000 at William J. Hughes FAA Technical Center in Atlantic City, NJ. The co-hosts were the Federal Aviation Administration and Rutgers University. Dr. Luxhøj served as a co-organizer. Approximately 180 aviation safety professionals from 13 different countries attended the workshop.
The third Workshop on Risk Analysis and Safety Performance Measurement in Aviation was held in Hampton, VA from August 20-24, 2001. Approximately 140 attendees from as far away as Australia and New Zealand attended the workshop. The co-hosts were FAA’s Airport and Aircraft Safety R and D Division/Risk Analysis Section (AAR-424), Office of System Safety (ASY) and NASA Langley.
The CARDA has participated in all subsequent annual FAA/NASA Risk Analysis workshops. For details, please click here.
International Aviation Safety and Risk Analysis Working Groups
Dr. Luxhøj is serving as the Chair of a Federal Aviation Administration Working Group on Organizational Factors in Aviation. Meetings have been held at the FAA Headquarters in Washington , DC on December 1, 2000 , February 20, 2001 , and May 23, 2001 . He attended the 15 th Symposium on Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance and participated in the Interactive Session on Organizational Factors held during March 27-29, 2001 at The Brewery Conference Center, in London , United Kingdom . This Symposium was co-sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Civil Aviation Authority, and Transport Canada .
GAINDr. Luxhøj served as the Co-Chair on the Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) Working Group B: Analytical Methods and Tools from March 1999 to June 2000. The first meeting of the workshop was held at the Lockheed-Martin Energy Systems office in Washington , DC on March 23-34, 1999. This group will identify and increase awareness of existing analytical methods and tools by collecting, cataloging, and distributing resource materials. The group will also solicit requirements for additional analytical methods and tools from the aviation community and promote development and validation of these methods and tools. Meetings have been hosted by TWA ( St. Louis ), Transport Canada ( Ottawa ), Air Line Pilots Association ( Herndon , VA ), and Air France /Airbus and the BEA/DGCA ( Paris ). Dr. Luxhøj made a co-presentation on behalf of Working Group B at the Fourth Gain World Conference in Paris during June 14-15, 2000 .
Dr. Luxhøj participated with members from the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA) on a working group to investigate “Computer Aided Risk Assessment”. Working group members were from Germany , The Netherlands, France , Italy , Portugal , and Norway . Dr. Luxhøj contributed to the discussion involving investigation into risk assessment methods for the aviation industry.
