Jim Hartman

Title
Adjunct Faculty, College of Aviation
Email
Department
Department of Aeronautics
College
College of Aviation

Office Hours

8:00 am to 3:00 pm (M-F)

Areas of Expertise

Aviation, Management, Human Factors, Project Management, Safety Management, Risk Management, Weather, Psychology, Programming, Military Flight Simulator Training, Quality Control

James Hartman is an adjunct faculty member of the world-wide College of Aviation Department of Aeronautics. He is also a faculty associate with the aviation program in the Polytechnic School, one of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (A.S.U.). He joined the faculty at A.S.U. in 2007. He is a pilot and received his flight training in Rotor craft from Quantum Helicopters at the Chandler Municipal Airport in Chandler Arizona and fixed-wing training through the Arizona Flight Training Center (a Lufthansa Company) and Mesa Pilot Development at the Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa Arizona. 

Dr. Hartman is also a federal employee having worked for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington, D.C. and Phoenix Arizona starting federal service in 2004 to the present. He has also worked for the United States Air Force Research Laboratory/Lockheed Martin Technology Services on the F-16/AWACS Flight Simulator Training program also in Mesa Arizona, and the City of Phoenix Aviation Department (Air-side and Land-side Operations) in Phoenix Arizona.

Education

  • PhD in General Psychology, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, expected graduation 2025. Dissertation: An Exploratory Study of the Development, Forward Flow, Mental Illness, and Task Performance Factors in Air Traffic Controllers and Aircraft Pilots.
  • PhD in Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, 2020. Dissertation: An Exploratory Study of General Aviation Visual to Instrument Meteorological Condition Contextual Factors.
  • B.S. Aeronautical Management Technology and Professional Flight , Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, 2007
  • Doctoral work in Public Administration, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, 2002-2007
  • M.S. in Technology (Aviation Human Factors - Magna Cum Laude, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, 2001. Master Thesis: Cluster Analysis of Pilot's Views of Complications Arising in Flight.
  • B.A. in German, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 1999

Curriculum Vitae (CV): https://search.asu.edu/profile/244253/cv

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Technology: Aviation Human Factors, Arizona State University
  • B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Management Technology: Air Transportation Management, Arizona State University
  • B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in German, Brigham Young University
  • MSAS 627: Avia Sfty Data Mgmt and Anyl
Department of Homeland Security-Transportation Security Administration, Federal Aviation Administration Quality Control (P50) and Weather Services Group (ANG-C6), Lockheed Martin Technology Services Military Flight Simulation Training, City of Phoenix Air-side and Land-side operations,
Project Management, Pilot (fixed-wing and rotor craft)

Outstanding Service Award - Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Weather Group (ANG-C6)

Outstanding Student Mentor Award - Arizona State University

Multiple Recognition Awards - Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Operations, Quality Control (TCAB-1-P50)