Abridged CV
Education
- B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2014
- Minor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- M.Eng. in Engineering Management, Duke University, 2015
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Duke University, 2017
- Thesis: “Simulator of Human Operator Workload: Design, Validation & Analysis for Freight Rail Operations”
- Committee: Professors Nilay Argon, Missy Cummings, Daniel Egger, George Konidaris (Chair nominated Distinction Award)
- Ph.D. in Robotics, Duke University, 2019
- Dissertation: “A Workload Model for Designing & Staffing Future Transportation Network Operations”
- Committee: Drs. Missy Cummings, Alfredo Garcia, Jeff Glass, Michael Zavlanos
- Certificate in College Teaching
Teaching
Publications
Tell Me More: Designing HRI to Encourage More Trust, Disclosure, and Companionship
Martelaro, N., Nneji, V. C., Ju, W., & Hinds, P. (2016, March). Tell me more: Designing hri to encourage more trust, disclosure, and companionship. In The Eleventh ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (pp. 181-188). IEEE Press.
Exploring Concepts of Operations for On-Demand Passenger Air Transportation
Victoria C. Nneji, Alexander Stimpson, Mary (Missy) Cummings, and Kenneth H. Goodrich. "Exploring Concepts of Operations for On-Demand Passenger Air Transportation," 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2017-3085) https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2017-3085
Functional Requirements for Remotely Managing Fleets of On-Demand Passenger Aircraft
Victoria C. Nneji, Mary L. Cummings, Alexander J. Stimpson, and Kenneth H. Goodrich. "Functional Requirements for Remotely Managing Fleets of On-Demand Passenger Aircraft", 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2018-2007) https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-2007
Preliminary Analysis and Simulation of Railroad Dispatcher Workload
Huang, L., Cummings, M., & Nneji, V. "Preliminary Analysis and Simulation of Railroad Dispatcher Workload." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, vol. 62, 1: pp. 691-695. First Published September 27, 2018. *Best Paper Award in Human Performance Modeling*
How Airline Dispatchers Manage Flights: A Task Analysis in Distributed and Heterogeneous Network Operations
Huang, L., Nneji, V. C. & Cummings, M. (2019). How Airline Dispatchers Manage Flights: A Task Analysis in Distributed and Heterogeneous Network Operations. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 63(1), 1389-1393. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631182
Predicting Locomotive Crew Performance in Rail Operations with Human and Automation Assistance
Nneji, V. C., Cummings, M. L., & Stimpson, A. (2019). Predicting Locomotive Crew Performance in Rail Operations with Human and Automation Assistance. In IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems.
Service and leadership
- Advisory Board, Aurora Innovation, Safety since 2021
- Member, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) since 2019
- Member, Institute for Operations Research & Management Sciences (INFORMS) since 2018
- Member, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) since 2017
- Member, Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (HFES) since 2016
- Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since 2016
- Reviewer, Transportation Research Board (TRB) since 2016
- Advisory Board, Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), Self-Driving Safety & Responsibility, 2019-2021
- Board of Trustees, AIAA, 2018-2020
- Commissioner, City of Durham, Transportation, 2015-2018
- Advisory Board, Duke University Librarian for Education, Assessment & User Experience, 2014-2018