The ASEB provides an independent, authoritative forum for space engineering and aeronautics research within the National Research Council the operating arm of The National Academies. The ASEB was established in 1967 “to focus talents and energies of the engineering community on significant aerospace policies and programs." In undertaking its responsibility, the ASEB oversees ad hoc committees that recommend priorities and procedures for achieving aerospace engineering objectives, and offers a way to bring engineering and other related expertise to bear on aerospace issues of national importance. Among these issues are: research and development aspects of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen); NASA’s aeronautics research program; national aeronautics R&D policy and its implementation; space policy and programs, with a focus on human spaceflight and space operations; commercial space activities; and other aerospace engineering topics.

Dr. Feigh is an assistant professor at Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Aerospace Engineering. She has previously worked on fast-time air traffic simulation, conducted ethnographic studies of airline and fractional ownership operation control centers, and designed expert systems for air traffic control towers and NextGen concepts. She is also experienced in conducting human-in-the-loop experiments for concept validation. Her research interests fall into two broad categories: Decision Support System Design and Computational Cognitive Modeling for Engineering Design.

Dr. Feigh's research interests include the domains of dynamic socio-technical settings, including airline operations, air transportation systems, UAV and MAV ground control stations, mission control centers, and command and control centers. More generally her research interests include adaptive automation design, the measurement of, and design for different cognitive states. Among her honors and distinctions are: AIAA, Wilbur and Orville Wright Graduate Award 2006; Zonta International, Amelia Earhart Fellowship, 2005; National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow 2001-2006; and Marshall Scholar 2001-2003. She holds a B.S. in aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, an MPhil in aeronautics from Cranfield University, UK, and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. She has no prior NRC committee experience.