Publications

1. Majumdar, N., and Marais, K. (2025). A Deeper Dive into General Aviation Loss of Control: Interviews with Pilots. Journal of Air Transportation (submitted). Manuscript available online

2. Jin, L., and Majumdar, N. (2025). Impact of Daylight-Saving Time (DST) on US Civil Aviation Accidents (1978–2024). Collegiate Aviation Review International (submitted).

3. Kemp, A., Gernot, K., Majumdar, N., and Feyereisen, T. (2025). Development of a competency-based short course syllabus for flight deck human factors practitioners. Transportation Research Procedia, 88, 176-184. doi: 10.1016/j.trpro.2025.05.022

4. Majumdar, N., and Marais, K. (2025). Human Factors in General Aviation Loss of Control: Survey of Pilot Experiences. Journal of Air Transportation, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 57-68 doi: 10.2514/1.D0432

5. Majumdar, N., Marais, K., and Rao, A. (2021). Analysis of General Aviation Fixed-wing Aircraft Accidents Involving Inflight Loss of Control Using a State-based Approach. Aviation, 25(4), 283-294. doi: 10.3846/aviation.2021.15837

* peer-reviewed, student advised

1. Olatunji, T., Majumdar, N., Davis, R., Kondur, N. (2025). Assessing Pilot Proficiency in Aircraft Energy Management Using Flight Simulation. In AIAA SciTech 2026. (submitted)

2. Hasan, M., Westfall, L., and Majumdar, N. (2025). Analysis of Stall and Spin Accidents Involving General Aviation Fixed-Wing Aircraft. In AIAA AVIATION 2025, Jul 2025. doi: 10.2514/6.2025-3322

3. *Davis, R. and Majumdar, N. (2025). A Review of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle Safety Reporting and Analysis of Incidents. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2025. Sweden. (in press).

4. Majumdar, N., and Marais, K. (2025). Lessons Learned to Prevent Loss of Control: A Review of Incidents from Pilot Archives. 23rd International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. May 2025. doi: 10.5399/osu/1188

5. *Majumdar, N., Bhargava, D., El Khoury, T., Marais, K., & Duffy, V. G. (2023). An Analysis and Review of Maintenance-Related Commercial Aviation Accidents and Incidents. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2023 (pp. 531-547). Jun 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14029. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-35748-0_36

6. Majumdar, N., and Marais, K. (2023). Interview of Pilots’ Inflight Loss of Control Experiences. 22nd International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 63. June 2023, Available online

7. Majumdar, N., and Marais, K. (2022). A Survey of Pilots’ Experiences of Inflight Loss of Control Incidents and Training. In AIAA AVIATION 2022 (p. 3778), Jul 2022. doi: 10.2514/6.2022-3778

1. Majumdar, N., Marais, K., Dillman, B., Cutter, J., and Kemp, A. (2022). FAA PEGASAS Project 5: Safety Analysis of General Aviation, Phase 2 Final Report. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration. DOT/FAA/TC-xx/xx

2. Majumdar, N., Marais, K., Dillman, B., Cutter, J., Fala, N., Troyer, C., and Harvey, A. (2020). FAA PEGASAS Project 5: Safety Analysis of General Aviation, Phase 1 Final Report. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration. DOT/FAA/TC-xx/xx

Student advised

1. Hasan, M. (2025). Analysis and Predictive Modeling of Stall and Spin Accidents in General Aviation Fixed-Wing Aircraft. Graduate MS Thesis. Available online

2. Haws, K. (2025). Analyzing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Incidents from NASA ASRS Data Using Unsupervised Machine Learning.  Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Available online

3.  Westfall, L. (2025). Causes and Contributing Factors in General Aviation Fixed-wing Stall and Spin Accidents. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Available online

4. Sommers, S. (2024). A Review and Analysis of General Aviation Instructional Accidents. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Available online

5. Majumdar, N. (2023). State-based Analysis of General Aviation Loss of Control Accidents Using Historical Data and Pilots’ Perspectives (Order No. 30499136). ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2806444500). doi: 10.25394/PGS.22677526.v2

Advisor: Dr. Karen Marais; Committee: Dr. Dengfeng Sun, Dr. Brian Dillman, Dr. Brandon Pitts, Dr. Vincent Duffy

6. Majumdar, N. (2018). A State-based Approach for Modeling General Aviation Fixed-wing Accidents. M.S. Thesis, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Available online.

Advisor: Dr. Karen Marais; Committee: Dr. Dengfeng Sun, Dr. William Crossley