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Vicki Ahlstrom

Vicki Ahlstrom is an engineering research psychologist and technical lead for the Human Factors Branch. Vicki came to the Federal Aviation Administration in 1998 directly from graduate school at Vanderbilt University where she was studying experimental psychology. At Vanderbilt, her research focused on visual perception, including topics such as the perception of motion, biological motion, and binocular rivalry. Since joining the FAA in 1998, her research has included areas such as auditory alarms, communication and coordination, visual symbols, and errors. She also produced the Human Factors Design Standard, which is a set of human factors design criteria.

Contact Information

Vicki Ahlstrom
Federal Aviation Administration
William J. Hughes Technical Center, Building 28
Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405
Phone: 609-485-5643
Fax: (609) 485-6218
vicki.ahlstrom@faa.gov

Publications

Ahlstrom, V. (2016). Human Factors Design Standard (DOT/FAA/HF-STD-001B). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V. (2016). Human Factors Engineering Requirements (HF-STD-004a). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Fincannon, T. & Ahlstrom, V. (2014). Scale Size of the Air Traffic Workload Input Technique (ATWIT): A Review of Research (DOT/FAA/TC-14/45). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Hilburn, B., & Ahlstrom, V. (2012). Information Requirements Analysis for Remote Maintenance Monitoring Interfaces (DOT/FAA/TC-12/38). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., Sollenberger, R., Koros, A., & Dorsey, H. (2009). Workstation and workplace ergonomics at Federal Aviation Administration Operations Control Centers: Phase 1- Evaluation of ergonomic issues (DOT/FAA/TC-09/02). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., Muldoon, R., & Dorsey, H. (2009). Factors affecting communication of status information between technical operations and air traffic personnel (DOT/FAA/TC-09/01). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., & Kudrick, B. (2007). Human factors criteria for displays: A Human Factors Design Standard update of chapter 5 (DOT/FAA/TC-07/11). 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.

Ahlstrom, V., & Kudrick, B. (2006). Optimal design of event lists (ODELs) phase 2: Does list length impact performance? (DOT/FAA/TC-06/13). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., & Kudrick, B. (2006). Optimal design of event lists (ODELs) Phase 1: Does list format facilitate visual search for information? (DOT/FAA/TC-06/12). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Zingale, C., Ahlstrom, V., & Kudrick, B. (2005). Human factors guidance for the use of handheld, portable, and wearable computing devices (DOT/FAA/CT-05/15). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Hah, S., Ahlstrom, V. (2005) Comparison of speech with keyboard and mouse as the text entry method. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 49, 619-622.

Ahlstrom, V. (2005). A comparison of subject-based classification strategies for enhanced usability. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 49, 1439-1443.

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. (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., & Muldoon, R. (2004). Visual coding of status for technical operations systems (DOT/FAA/CT-TN04/20). 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.

Ahlstrom, V. & Muldoon, R. (2003). Menus and mnemonics in airway facilities (COT/FAA/CT-TN03/12). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., & Longo, K. (2003). Human Factors Design Standard (HF-STD-001). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V. & Muldoon, R. (2003). Function key and shortcut key use in airway facilities (DOT/FAA/CT-TN03/07). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom V., & Muldoon, R. (2003). Core commands across airway facilities systems (DOT/FAA/CT-TN03/15). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom V., & Panjwani, G. (2003). Auditory alarms in the airway facilities environment (DOT/FAA/CT-TN04/04). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V. (2003). An initial survey of National Airspace System auditory alarm issues in terminal air traffic control (DOT/FAA/CT-TN03/10). Atlantic City International Airport, NJ: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., Longo, K., & Truitt, T. (2002). Human factors design guide update: A revision to chapter 5 - automation guidelines (DOT/FAA/CT-02/11). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center. This document has been superseded by the Human Factors Design Standard.

Ahlstrom, V., & Muldoon, R. (2002). A catalog of graphic symbols used at maintenance control centers: Toward a symbol standardization process (DOT/FAA/CT-TN02/12). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., Koros, A., & Newman, R. (2001). NAS Infrastructure Management System Build 1.5 computer-human interface final report (DOT/FAA/CT-TN01/01). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., & Hartman, D. G. (2001). Human error in airway facilities (DOT/FAA/CT-TN01/02). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V. & Longo, K. (2001). Human Factors Design Guide update (Report Number DOT/FAA/CT-96/01): A revision to chapter 8-Computer human interface guidelines (DOT/FAA/CT-01/08). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center. This document has been superseded by the Human Factors Design Standard.

Truit, T., Ahlstrom, V., (2001) Development of a generic GMCC simulator interim report (DOT/FAA/CT-TN02/04) Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Truitt, T. R., & Ahlstrom, V. (2000). Situation awareness in airway facilities: Replacement of maintenance control centers with operations control centers (DOT/FAA/CT-TN00/09). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., MacMillan, J., Tenney, Y. J., Pew, R. W., Cranston, R. L., & Mogford, R. (1999). Human error mitigation in future operations control centers (DOT/FAA/CT-TN99/14). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Ahlstrom, V., Cranston, R., Mogford, R., Ramakrishnan, A., & Birt, J. (1998). Symbol standardization in airway facilities (DOT/FAA/CT-TN98/20). Atlantic City International Airport: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center.