Kieran Smith
- Graduate Student
- INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE, AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Kieran Smith is a fourth year Ph.D. Student working with Professor Torin Clark. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in May 2020. While there, his work studied the mechanical properties of chordae tendinae in human heart valves, investigated user experience aboard the Boeing 777X aircraft, and performed thermal analysis for the International Space Station.
Kieran’s Ph.D. work focuses on understanding situation awareness in human operators from a physiological and cognitive perspective. In his free time, he likes to run trails, bike roads, ski uphill, and walk long distances with heavy backpacks. He also enjoys taking photos, slow coffee, and reading books. last updated September 2023
Funding: College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean’s Graduate Assistanceship, DARPA SBIR on Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation as a Novel Display Modality (2020-2021), Charles Stark Draper Labs Scholarship (2021-Present), and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2021-Present)