Aviation · Human factors · Ergonomics
I’m Thomas Schieffer, an FAA A&P mechanic connecting hands-on aviation experience with psychology and graduate study in human factors engineering. My focus is making technical information, procedures, and systems easier for people to use.
Selected projects
Independent project · Prototype in development
Hangar Copilot
A maintenance-support prototype exploring how task context, technical references, and human review can work together. In development—not an operational or validated maintenance tool.
Information access · Interface design
Applied modeling project
Manufacturing Simulation
A production model connecting stations, queues, transport, testing, and rework. Thirty replications illustrate why average output and consistently meeting daily targets are different questions.
Process analysis · Simulation modeling
02 / Experience
A practical foundation.
Explore how each role connects to human factors and engineering.
03 / Background & direction
About Thomas
My career brings together aircraft maintenance, automotive diagnostics, prototype support, and teaching. Studying psychology and industrial and systems engineering gives me a way to examine that experience through a human factors lens.
I’m interested in maintenance human factors, reliability and maintainability, procedure design, aviation operations, and training and human-performance programs.
My path to human factors.
Education
M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering
Mississippi State University
Human Factors Engineering focus · In progress
Expected graduation December 2027
B.S. Psychology
Oregon State University
Foundation in behavior and research
A.A.S. Aviation Maintenance
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
FAA Airframe and Powerplant Certificate