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Areas of expertise
- Air Transport Safety & Investigation
- Ergonomics, Human Factors, Driver Safety
- Human Factors
- Safety, Resilience, Risk & Reliability
Background
Wesley Chan is a PhD candidate at the Cranfield University School of Aerospace, Transport, and Manufacturing. He is a current Boeing 747/777 pilot and is a Multi-Crew Cooperation and Crew Resource Management trainer for an international airline based in Hong Kong. He also lectured Human Factors and Aviation Research for the University of South Australia and RMIT University, Australia. Wesley holds an MSc in Aviation Human Factors from Coventry University, England, graduating with faculty awards of Best MSc Research Project and Best MSc Student.
Research opportunities
Wesley's interests are on the effects of culture on aviation safety, examined from instructional systems design and accident investigation perspectives, and applied to human-computer interaction concepts. His present research focuses on using culturally-nomadic, non-binary methods in the categorisation of cultural behaviours, and an exploration of culture's consequences in safety and training management. He has published over a dozen papers related to safety, occupational, and organisational cultures, crew resource management, flight crew training, and accident investigation methodologies.
Currently, Wesley is interested to collaborate with fellow researchers and share his industrial expertise on the following topics:
- Culture
- Accident investigation
- Safety management
- Instructional systems design
- Training development
- Crew resource management
- Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS)
Current activities
Wesley is a member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI), AsiaSASI Human Factors Working Group, and previously served on the Hong Kong Air Line Pilots' Association Technical and Safety Committee. Recently, he was the session chair on the topic of 'Safety Cultures in Socio-Technical Systems' in the Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics Conference (HCII 2022), and his research on the adaptation of training needs on the basis of cultural and training backgrounds won the Best Paper Award at the 7th International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS 2023). Wesley is actively involved in developing Multi-Crew Cooperation training courses for airline cadet pilots, and is currently conducting research on the optimisation of safety and training management approaches in airline and flight crew training by integrating safety management techniques from other high reliability industries.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Chan WT-K & Li W-C. (2023). Development of effective human factors interventions for aviation safety management. Frontiers in Public Health, 11
- Chan WT-K & Li W-C. (2022). Investigating professional values among pilots, cabin crew, ground staff, and managers to develop aviation safety management systems. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 92(November)
- Tsz-Kin Chan W & Harris D. (2019). Third-Culture Kid Pilots and Multi-Cultural Identity Effects on Pilots’ Attitudes. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 90(12)
Conference Papers
- Chan W & Li W-C. (2023). Perception of Causal Factors in Flight Operations Between Ab-Initio and Expatriate Pilots
- Chan WT-K & Li W-C. (2023). A Comparative Evaluation of Human Factors Intervention Approaches in Aviation Safety Management
- Chan WTK & Li WC. (2022). Challenges and solutions from accident investigators’ different professional backgrounds related to data collection and interpretation
- Chan WT-K & Li W-C. (2022). Cultural Effects on the Selection of Aviation Safety Management Strategies
- Chan WT-K & Li W-C. (2021). Culture’s Consequences on the Categorisation of Causal Factors in Aviation Accident Reports
- Chan WT-K & Li W-C. Consideration of Cultural Differences in Future Workplace Design for Single Pilot Operations
- Chan WTK & Li WC. Training for future investigators: understanding cultural effects on standardization and international cooperation
Books
- Wang Y, Li W-C, Nichanian A, Korek WT & Chan WT-K. (2024). Future Flight Safety Monitoring: Comparison of Different Computational Methods for Predicting Pilot Performance Under Time Series During Descent by Flight Data and Eye-Tracking Data In Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (14693 LNAI). Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Nichanian A, Li W-C, Korek WT, Wang Y & Chan WT-K. (2024). Self-organising Maps for Comparing Flying Performance Using Different Inceptors In Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (14693 LNAI). Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Chan WT-K, Li W-C, Nichanian A & Manikath E. (2024). Evaluating Cause-Effect Relationships in Accident Investigation Using HFACS-DEMATEL In Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (14692 LNAI). Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Harris D, Chan WT-K, Chatzi A, Griebel H, Li W-C, .... (2024). Report of the Working Group to Identify Future Challenges Faced by the Implementation of Resource Management in Remote and Distributed Teams In Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (14692 LNAI). Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Chan WT-K & Li W-C. (2020). Assessing Professional Cultural Differences Between Airline Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers In Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. Cognition and Design (12187 LNAI). Springer International Publishing.
