Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2019-2020)

This applied research project builds on a recent collaboration between Camosun and Conair Group Inc. on ax000D
CARIC (Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada) funded project, OPR 706 entitledx000D
"Measuring Pilot Fatigue to Manage Pilot Performance". A proposal made to CARIC for the second phase byx000D
Conair, Camosun College, the University of British Columbia, Okanagan (UBC) and a local aircraft telemetryx000D
company Latitude Technologies has already been approved (PLE-P-1652). The NSERC proposal is to supportx000D
Adapting Wearable Technology to monitor Pilot Fatigue by Camosun, its faculty and students in this upcomingx000D
high-profile venture.x000D
Conair Group Inc., a Canadian company based in Abbotsford BC, is the world's largest privately ownedx000D
business dedicated to the wildfire aviation sector. Conair employs a team of 270 people and has been inx000D
business for over 45 years. Conair has a "Target Zero" safety approach and has taken a proactive approach inx000D
researching ways to monitor pilot fatigue and is planning on utilizing the outcome of this project to update theirx000D
Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS).x000D
In the earlier work carried out by Camosun, a link between Heart Rate Variability (HRV) - the variation in thex000D
time interval between heartbeats - and physiological stress of the pilots, during various flight activities, wasx000D
discovered. The goals of this proposed research work are to i) identify the most appropriate wearable device tox000D
monitor pilots in-flight, ii) develop a testing protocol, iii) train the pilots on the use of wearable device andx000D
other supporting hardware/software, iv) monitor the pilots during firefighting season, v) analyze the datax000D
gathered in post-firefighting season and vi) develop and validate an app-based pilot fatigue indicator.x000D
The outcome of this proposed project is anticipated to add significantly to the limited body of knowledgex000D
around non-typical aircraft operations, while at the same time, providing an excellent and unique appliedx000D
learning opportunity for Camosun students, faculty and staff.