INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATORS (ISASI) |
The Scholarship was designed to encourage and assist college-level students interested in the field of aviation safety and aircraft occurrence investigation. A fund was established through donations and provides an annual allocation to attend the Annual ISASI Seminar.
The Scholarship Committee will administer the funds, check that the education program is at a recognized school and applicable to the aims of the Society, assess the applications and determine the most suitable candidate. This committee administers the funds. Donors and recipients will be advised if donations are made in honor of a particular individual.
A monetary award will be made to each successful candidate. The award will be used to cover costs for the seminar registration fees, travel, and lodging/meals expenses. Any expenses above and beyond the amount of the award will be borne by the recipient. ISASI will assist with coordination and control the expenditure of funds. If you wish to make a donation to support the awarding of this scholarship please do so here.
In addition, the following are offered to the winner(s) of the scholarship.
Application Process:
Applicants must be enrolled as full time students in an ISASI recognized education program, which includes courses in aircraft engineering and/or operations, aviation psychology, aviation safety and/or aircraft occurrence investigation, etc. and has been enrolled for a duration of one year. Applicants must have major or minor subjects that focus on aviation safety/investigation. A student who has received the annual ISASI Rudolf Kapustin Memorial Scholarship will not be eligible to apply for it again.
The student must complete the application form and submit it to ISASI with their paper by April 30th of the current year.
- The student is to submit a 1500 (+/- 10%) word paper in English addressing "the challenges for air safety investigators"
- The paper is to be the students own work and must be countersigned by the student's tutor/academic supervisor as authentic, original work
The papers will be judged on their content, original thinking, logic and clarity of expression. The Judges decision will be final.
List of Winners
2024
Improving Eye Witness Testimony (EWT) in Air Accident Investigation Through the use of AI Generative Pre-Trained Transformers
Ben Wright, Cranfield University
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Investigating Aviation Accidents
Gustave Cortes, Purdue University
2023
The Growing Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Aviation Safety and the Necessity to Create Strong Protocols in the Context of Current Global Conditions and with the Advent of Autonomous Flight
Sebastian Torres, University of Southern California
Employing Artificial Intelligence to Mitigate Professional Bias in Air Safety Investigation
Niall Paul Miranda, Cranfield University
2022
Jun Kwan Chan, Cranfield University
2021
Marcin Makowski, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Ao Sun, Cranfield University
Yifan Wang, Cranfield University
2019
Nur Amalina Jumary, University of New South Wales
Stacey Jackson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Elisa Marie Vondra, University of Southern California
Alexander Hall, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2018
Katharina Ertman, Delft University of Technology
Avery Katz, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Ian Low, University of New South Wales
Nicolette Meyer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2017
Maria Gregson, The University of Nottingham
Dylan Grymonpre, Carleton University
Mahmood Masood, University of Central Missouri
Ross Rozanski, University of Southern California
2016
Jiaqi Cao, Cranfield University
Taylor Beall, TU Delft
Carly Shoemake, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Andre Woenardi and Yasmeen Syed, University of Southern California
2015
Kiki Faber, TU Delft
Nicolaus Dmoch, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Amy LaRue, University of South California
Mario Pierobon, Cranfield University
2014
Karen Zhao, Purdue University
Jingru Yan, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Stephanie Chow and Stephen Yortsos, University of Southern California
Maria E. Kelly, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Paul McCarthy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daan Gorter, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
2013
Mackenzie Dickson, ERAU
Jason Goodman, ERAU
Camille Burban, Cranfield University
Lauren Sperlak, Purdue
2012
Frederik Mohrmann, Delft
Heidi E. Moats, ERAU
Robert C. Geske, Purdue
Harding D. “Chip” Williams III, ERAU
2011
Ainsely Robson, ERAU
Daniel Scalese, USC
2010
Leight Dunn, Cranfield
Logan Jones, Institute of Aeronautics and Space, Toulouse, FR
Maggie Wong, ERAU
2009
Brian Dyer
Murtaza Telya
Dujuan B. Sevillian
2008
Jennifer Gritton
Catherine Ricafort
Michael Ryan
2007
Marissa LaCoursiere
Ruth Martin
Philip Gregory
2006
Leonardo Ferrero
Sheena D. McCune
2005
Carly D. McQueen
2004
Shannon Harris
2003
Michiel Schuurman
Noelle Brunelle