I am an accomplished aviation professional with extensive experience across airport planning, strategic urban development, academic teaching, and international research. My career reflects a strong commitment to advancing the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the aviation sector through evidence-based planning and applied research.
My professional background includes roles as Aviation Planner at Brisbane Airport and Strategic Planner at Blacktown City Council in Sydney. In these positions, I contributed to complex infrastructure and policy projects, including assessing the community impacts—such as noise, traffic, and population growth—of the Western Sydney Airport (Nancy-Bird Walton) development on the Blacktown... Read more
About me
I am an accomplished aviation professional with extensive experience across airport planning, strategic urban development, academic teaching, and international research. My career reflects a strong commitment to advancing the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the aviation sector through evidence-based planning and applied research.
My professional background includes roles as Aviation Planner at Brisbane Airport and Strategic Planner at Blacktown City Council in Sydney. In these positions, I contributed to complex infrastructure and policy projects, including assessing the community impacts—such as noise, traffic, and population growth—of the Western Sydney Airport (Nancy-Bird Walton) development on the Blacktown region.
In academia, I taught for over five years as a Sessional Lecturer in the Aviation Program at Griffith University, Brisbane, where I taught and mentored undergraduate students in aviation management and human factors. Following this, I completed a two-year international postdoctoral fellowship at Lund University, Sweden, where I worked on a European Union (EU)–funded research project. This research examined how emerging automation technologies influence resilience and safety within Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems—an area that continues to inspire my current work.
My research interests centre on advanced air mobility, air traffic control, emerging aviation technologies and automation, and Human Factors in Aviation. I have a strong focus on enhancing system safety, human performance, and operational resilience in complex environments.
Ryley, T., Carim Junior, G., McBroom, J., Marques, E., Campbell, C., & Ike, N. (2025). Identifying Individual Factors Which Impact Student Learning in a Desktop Flight Training Simulator. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 34(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.58940/2329-258X.2113
Carim Junior, G., Ryley, T., Campbell, C., Ike, N., & Marques Delgado, E (2023). Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree. Article published in The Conversation (Australia) - https://theconversation.com/almost-half-the-men-surveyed-think-they-could-land-a-passenger-plane-experts-disagree-218037
Ryley, T., Carim Junior, G., Campbell, C., Ike, N., Marques Delgado, E., and McBroom, J. (2023) The... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Researcher – European Union–Funded Project: FARO
Lund University, Lund, Sweden | 2020–2022
I worked as a researcher in the saFety And Resilience guidelines for aviatiOn (FARO) project, a SESAR Exploratory Research Wave 4 initiative funded by the European Union (EU). The FARO project focused on evaluating the impact of emerging automation solutions on resilient performance and safety within Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems.
As part of the project consortium, my role involved investigating how safety is generated and maintained within the ATM system—both before and after the deployment of automation-driven changes. This required a comprehensive understanding of operational, technological, and human factors contributing to system resilience.
The overarching goal of FARO was to enhance existing knowledge on safety and resilience in ATM by developing design guidelines that support the application of FARO’s approach and by identifying key areas for improvement and future research. The project employed a hybrid methodology combining knowledge-based and data-driven techniques, enabling a predictive perspective on safety through the generation of safety performance functions and the assessment of automation’s impact on resilient system performance.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Open access
8
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| 2020 |
Open access
16
14
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Ryley, T., Carim Junior, G., McBroom, J., Marques, E., Campbell, C., & Ike, N. (2025). Identifying Individual Factors Which Impact Student Learning in a Desktop Flight Training Simulator. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 34(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.58940/2329-258X.2113
Carim Junior, G., Ryley, T., Campbell, C., Ike, N., & Marques Delgado, E (2023). Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree. Article published in The Conversation (Australia) - https://theconversation.com/almost-half-the-men-surveyed-think-they-could-land-a-passenger-plane-experts-disagree-218037
Ryley, T., Carim Junior, G., Campbell, C., Ike, N., Marques Delgado, E., and McBroom, J. (2023) The role of human factors in Desktop Training Devices for flight training. Paper presented at the PACDEFF Conference (The Pacific and Australasian CRM Developers’ and Facilitators’ Forum), Brisbane, Australia, 12-13 September 2023
Buselli I, Oneto L, Dambra C, Ike N et al. (2022) Natural language processing for aviation safety: extracting knowledge from publicly-available loss of separation reports [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. Open Res Europe 2022, 1:110 (https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14040.2)
Akindejoye F, Ezedinma U, Ike N (2021). A case study of urban design for wellbeing and mental health in Lagos, Nigeria. Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health 7;10. (https://www.urbandesignmentalhealth.com/journal-7-lagos.html)
Cheevapattananuwong, P.; Baldwin, C.; Lathouras, A.; Ike, N. (2020) Social capital in community organizing for land protection and food security. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85083052799&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Ike, N. and Baldwin, C. and Lathouras, A (2020). Tertiary students' housing priorities: Finding home away from home, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, volume (29) 55-69. https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85091578208&origin=inward&txGid=3dd29f750b4533b964abdcbed8e0b3af
Nnenna Ike, Claudia Baldwin and Athena Lathouras, (2017) “Optimising Tertiary Student Accommodation within University Neighbourhoods”, Articulo - Journal of Urban Research [Online], URL: http://journals.openedition.org/articulo/3243; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/articulo.3243
Nnenna Ike, Claudia Baldwin, Athena Lathouras (2016). Student Accommodation: Who Cares? Planning for Higher Education. Volume 44 Number 3 | April–June 2016Planning Types: Campus Planning Journal. https://www.scup.org/resource/student-accommodation/
Research
Ryley, T., Carim Junior, G., McBroom, J., Marques, E., Campbell, C., & Ike, N. (2025). Identifying Individual Factors Which Impact Student Learning in a Desktop Flight Training Simulator. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 34(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.58940/2329-258X.2113
Carim Junior, G., Ryley, T., Campbell, C., Ike, N., & Marques Delgado, E (2023). Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree. Article published in The Conversation (Australia) - https://theconversation.com/almost-half-the-men-surveyed-think-they-could-land-a-passenger-plane-experts-disagree-218037
Ryley, T., Carim Junior, G., Campbell, C., Ike, N., Marques Delgado, E., and McBroom, J. (2023) The role of human factors in Desktop Training Devices for flight training. Paper presented at the PACDEFF Conference (The Pacific and Australasian CRM Developers’ and Facilitators’ Forum), Brisbane, Australia, 12-13 September 2023
Buselli I, Oneto L, Dambra C, Ike N et al. (2022) Natural language processing for aviation safety: extracting knowledge from publicly-available loss of separation reports [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. Open Res Europe 2022, 1:110 (https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14040.2)
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| crida | INDIA |
| ENAIRE | SPAIN |
| Eurocontrol | BELGIUM |
| Lund University | SWEDEN |
| University of the Sunshine Coast | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
