Kenneth Allendoerfer, Ph.D.

Dr. Kenneth Allendoerfer has more than 25 years’ experience leading human factors (HF) and human-systems integration (HSI) research, development, testing, and evaluation activities for the Federal Aviation Administration. He currently serves as the manager of the Human-Systems Integration Branch at the William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Dr. Allendoerfer’s work focuses on air traffic control, also known as ATC. He has been involved in HF/HSI activities related to the development and testing of nearly every ATC system currently in use today in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). In particular, he served as the principal engineering research psychologist for the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS), which is used today at hundreds of FAA terminal radar approach controls (TRACONs) and airport traffic control towers (ATCTs). His research emphases are developing effective human-machine interfaces, helping users manage data-intensive environments, and improving the interactions between humans and highly automated systems.

In 2000, Dr. Allendoerfer received the Distinguished Employee of the Year Award for his contributions to many FAA projects and programs at the Center.

Dr. Allendoerfer holds a B.A. in psychology from Carleton College, an M.A. in psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a Ph.D. in information science and technology from Drexel University. He is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) and past president of the HFES South Jersey Chapter.

Contact Information

Kenneth Allendoerfer, Ph.D.
Federal Aviation Administration
William J. Hughes Technical Center, Building 28
Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405
Kenneth.Allendoerfer@faa.gov

Publications

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Deshmukh, A. (2010). Moving Toward an Air Traffic Control Display Standard: Creating a Standardized Target Symbology for Terminal Situation Displays (DOT/FAA/TC-TN-10/04). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Deshmukh, A. (2009). Voice Over Internet Protocol: Speech intelligibility assessment (DOT/FAA/TC-TN-09/04). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Pai, S. (2008). Expertise and website usability: Aviation-related expertise and website usability: Implications for eGovernment web design. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 5(1), 64-79.

Allendoerfer, K., Friedman-Berg, F., & Pai, S. (2007). Human factors analysis of safety alerts in air traffic control (DOT/FAA/TC-07/22). Green, D.M., & Swets J.A. (1988). Signal Detection Theory and Psychophysics. Los Altos, CA: Peninsula. Parasuraman, R., & Riley, V. (1997). Humans and automation: Use, misuse, disuse, and abuse. Human Factors, 39, 230-253. Sorkin, R. D., & Woods, D. D. (1985). Systems with human monitors: A signal detection analysis. Human-Computer Interaction, 1, 49-75. Wickens, C. D. (1992). Engineering psychology and human performance. New York: HarperCollins.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., Pai, S. (2008). Moving toward an air traffic control display standard: Creating a standardized color palette for terminal situation displays (DOT/FAA/TC-08/15). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Pai, S., &. (2008). Nuisance alerts in operational ATC environments: Classification and frequencies. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 52, 104-108.

Friedman-Berg, F., Allendoerfer, K., & Pai, S. (2007). Usability assessment of the fly.faa.gov website (DOT/FAA/TC-07/11). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Allendoerfer, K., Friedman-Berg, F., & Pai, S. (2007). Human factors analysis of safety alerts in air traffic control (DOT/FAA/TC-07/22). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., & Allendoerfer, K. (2006). The password survival guide: A user-friendly resource for technical operations (DOT/FAA/TC-TN06/26). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Allendoerfer, K. R., Willems, B., Zingale, C., & Pai, S. (2006). Methods for examining possible effects of En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) on controller performance (DOT/FAA/TC-TN06/14). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Allendoerfer, K., & Pai, S. (2006). Human factors considerations for passwords and other user identification techniques part 2: Field study, results and analysis (DOT/FAA/TC-06/09). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Allendoerfer, K. R., Zingale, C., Pai, S., & Willems, B. (2006). En route air traffic controller commands: Frequency of use during routine operations (DOT/FAA/TC-TN06/04). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Allendoerfer, K. R., Pai, S., & Zingale, C. (2006). An analysis of en route air traffic control system usage during special situations (DOT/FAA/TC-TN06/11). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Pai, S., & Allendoerfer, K. (2006). Reducing the "symmetry of ignorance" between human factors engineers and users. Ergonomics in Design, 14(3), 24-29.

Allendoerfer, K., Pai., S., & Ahlstrom, V. (2005, July). Human factors considerations for user identification on air traffic control systems. Poster session presented at the 2005 Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), Pittsburgh, PA. Available on the World Wide Web here

Ahlstrom, V. & Allendoerfer, K. (2005, May). Human factors usability study on prototype portal. Paper presented at the Mini-Conference on Human Factors in Complex Sociotechnical Systems, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ.

Yuditsky, T., & Allendoerfer, K. (2005, May). Design of a weather display for traffic flow management. Paper presented at the Mini-Conference on Human Factors in Complex Sociotechnical Systems, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ.

Allendoerfer, K. R. (2005, May). An analysis of different methods for writing human factors requirements. Paper presented at the Mini-Conference on Human Factors in Complex Sociotechnical Systems, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ.

Allendoerfer, K.R., Yuditsky, T., Mogford, R. H., & Galushka, J. J. (2005). The development of effective STARS user interfaces. In Barry Kirwan, Mark Rodgers & Dirk Schäfer (Eds.) Human Factors Impacts in Air Traffic Management. (pp. 421-454). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.

Allendoerfer, K. & Pai. S. (2005). Human factors considerations for passwords and other user identification techniques: Part 1: Literature review & analysis (DOT/FAA/CT-05/20). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Pai, S., & Allendoerfer, K. Conference Control System computer-human interface prototype description and design rationale (DOT/FAA/CT-05/06). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., & Allendoerfer, K. (2004). Web-based portal computer-human interface guidelines(DOT/FAA/CT-TN04/23). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., & Allendoerfer, K. (2004). Information organization for a portal using a card-sorting technique (DOT/FAA/CT-TN04/31). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Allendoerfer, K. R., & Weber, R. (2004). PlayMaker: An application of case-based reasoning to air traffic control plays. Advances in Case-Based Reasoning: 7th European Conference (ECCBR 2004), 1, 476-488.

Allendoerfer, K. R., Bacon, E., Bohne, A., Freitag, S. (2001, November). Advanced weather products on terminal automation systems. Paper presented at the 46th Annual meeting of the Air Traffic Control Association, Washington, DC.

Allendoerfer, K. R., & Yuditsky, T. (2001, October). Further lessons learned in the design of computer human interfaces for terminal air traffic control systems. Poster session presented at the 45th annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Houston, TX.

Allendoerfer, K. R., Galushka, J., & Mogford, R. H. (2000). Display System Replacement baseline research report (DOT/FAA/CT-TN00/31). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Newman, R. A., & Allendoerfer, K. (2000).Assessment of current and proposed audio alarms in terminal air traffic control (DOT/FAA/CT-TN00/21). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Mogford, R. H., Krois, P. A., & Allendoerfer, K. R. (1999, August). Human factors lessons learned in terminal air traffic control system procurement. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1, 1022-1026.

Allendoerfer, K. R. (1999, April). Resolving STARS human factors issues through iterative rapid prototyping. Paper presented at the 1st FAA-EuroControl Human-Machine Interface Conference, Toulouse, France.

Allendoerfer, K. R., & Galushka, J. (1999). Air traffic control system baseline methodology guide (DOT/FAA/CT-TN99/15). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Mogford, R. H., Allendoerfer, K. R., & Galushka, J. (1999). ARTS IIIA terminal baseline research report (DOT/FAA/CT-TN99/7). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Mogford, R. H., Rosiles, A., Wagner, D., Allendoerfer, K. R., Airway Facilities Human Factors Group (1997). Voice technology study report (DOT/FAA/CT-TN97/2). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center

Endsley, M. R., Mogford, R. H., Allendoerfer, K. R., Snyder, M. D., & Stein, E. S. (1997). Effect of free flight conditions on controller performance, workload, and situation awareness (DOT/FAA/CT-TN97/12). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Mogford, R. H., Allendoerfer, K. R., Snyder, M. D., Hutton, R. J. B., & Rodgers, M. D. (1997). Application of the recognition-primed decision model to the study of air traffic controller decision making. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 1, 739-744.

Galushka, J., Mogford, R., Allendoerfer, K. (1996, September). Establishing baseline measures for air traffic control systems. Poster session presented at the 40th annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Philadelphia, PA.