Rick Evans

Rick is an exacting researcher with major government contractors bringing precision, operational relevance, and aerospace physiology context to protocol development, data collection and results application. He was a key researcher for USAF Air Force Research Laboratory/Joint Cockpit Office in assessing and developing cockpit instrumentation layout/primary and standby flight symbology for head-up, head-down and head/helmet-mounted displays. He boasts eleven years applied experience in human factors research, design & evaluation of cockpit instrumentation symbology and layout, spatial disorientation (SD) countermeasures, and aerospace physiology/human performance enhancement. He is a recognized expert in the development of test scenarios for flight simulator utilization, and participant preparation for research studies on optimum SD countermeasures training equipment and effects of sleep deprivation on SD manifestation. Rick is a military and commercial pilot with vast experience and perspectives on avionics, flight controls, missions and flight environments and was key in assessing and recommending improvements to or waivers for primary flight displays of B-1, C-5B, C12, C-40B, C-130, C-135 Speckled Trout, F-35, F-15E, T-38C, and U-2 aircraft, as well as Global Hawk and Predator uninhabited aerospace vehicles. He was the primary advisor to USAF Joint Cockpit Office for display approval. He has served as Director/developer/instructor, Human Performance and Mishap Investigation Courses; taught situational awareness, spatial disorientation countermeasures and human factors management at USAF School of Aerospace Medicine.