1. Vladimir V. Gorbunov
2. Career
3. Aviation Ergonomics
4. Academia
5. Special Training
6. Research Contributions

Vladimir V. Gorbunov

Early Life and Education

Vladimir V. Gorbunov was born in Potsdam, Germany in 1948. His family later moved to Kiev, Ukraine, where he completed his secondary education. In 1966, he enrolled in the Biological Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, graduating in 1971 with a degree in Animal and Human Physiology.

Career

Scientific Research

Gorbunov's research primarily focuses on developing psychophysiological criteria for assessing the ergonomic effectiveness of flight crew performance, including safety, quality, and reliability. He completed his candidate of biological sciences dissertation in 1981 and his doctoral dissertation in 1995, both in the field of psychophysiology.

Aviation Ergonomics

Gorbunov's work at the Antonov Scientific and Technical Aviation Complex (ANATC) from 1977 to 2008 involved ergonomic analysis and design of aircraft workplaces and flight crew performance. He conducted ground and flight tests, as well as ergonomic certification for various Antonov aircraft models.

Academia

From 2008 to 2015, Gorbunov served as a professor at the Department of Aviation Psychology at the Kyiv National Aviation University (NAU), teaching courses in aviation ergonomics, engineering psychology, and human psychophysiology.

Special Training

Kyiv People's University of Technical Progress, Faculty of Air Transport, Department of Ergonomics (1979)

International Academy "Human in Aerospace Systems", Innovative Technologies for Enhancing Human Efficiency and Reliability in Aviation (1999)

NAU Institute of Postgraduate Education, Investigation and Prevention of Aviation Accidents (2002)

Research Contributions

Gorbunov's key research contributions include:

Psychophysiological quantitative criteria for flight safety and ergonomic efficiency of the "crew-aircraft" system

Method for objective expert evaluation of ergonomic characteristics of the "human-machine" system

Adaptation of computer technologies for quantitative assessment of ergonomic performance metrics

Method for noise-resistant registration of psychophysiological parameters of a human operator during control of a moving object

Method for automated processing of pilot psychophysiological parameters recorded in flight

Methods for evaluating flight crew professional risks, aircraft ergonomics, staffing and workload, and flight crew procedures in complex situations and with aircraft systems

Method for identifying potential ergonomic causes of flight accidents based on analysis of flight crew communications during attempted prevention

Ergonomic forecasting of flight hazard level for a specific flight task

Ergonomic algorithm for emergency aircraft evacuation during a test flight

Ergonomic concepts of "Professional Factor," "Expert-Measurer," and "Psychophysiological Flight Simulator"

Device for noise-resistant recording of brain biopotentials of a human operator during controlled motor activity

Biology