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Dr.-Ing. Peter Marcus Lenhart

Portrait Dr.-Ing. Peter Marcus Lenhart

Dr.-Ing. Peter Marcus Lenhart

ZHAW School of Engineering
Forschungsgruppe Mensch-Maschine-Systeme
Technikumstrasse 71
8400 Winterthur

+41 58 934 47 40
petermarcus.lenhart@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Head of Human Factors Engineering at the Centre for Aviation

Focus

  • Human Factors Engineering & User Interface Design
  • 4D Flight Guidance
  • Pilot-in-the-loop flight control
  • Speech Enabled Cockpit
  • Spatial Computing & Augmented Reality
  • Head-Mounted Displays
  • Flight Test Engineering

Teaching

Experience

  • Head of Human Factors Engineering
    ZHAW
    04 / 2016 - today
  • professor (Dozent)
    ZHAW
    02 / 2014 - today
  • lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter)
    ZHAW
    09 / 2008 - 01 / 2014
  • Managing Director
    AVIGATE GmbH
    02 / 2006 - 01 / 2014
  • Aviation Consultant
    independent
    08 / 2005 - 01 / 2006
  • Director Business Development & Qualification
    ELITE Simulation Solutions AG
    08 / 2003 - 07 / 2005
  • Research Associate
    TU Darmstadt
    07 / 1997 - 06 / 2002
  • Systems Engineer
    ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH
    05 / 1995 - 06 / 1997

Education and Continuing education

Education

  • CAS University Didactics
    PHZH
    06 / 2022 - 09 / 2023
  • Leadership development
    ZHAW
    09 / 2021 - 07 / 2022
  • Dr.-Ing. equivalent to a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
    TU Darmstadt
    07 / 1997 - 07 / 2003
  • Dipl.-Ing. equivalent to a M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering
    RWTH Aachen
    10 / 1990 - 03 / 1995
  • Undergraduate Diploma Mechanical Engineering
    RWTH Aachen
    10 / 1988 - 09 / 1990

Continuing Education

  • Private Pilot Licence
    Westflug Aachen
    08 / 1994
  • Glider Pilot Licence
    Flugwissenschaftliche Vereinigung Aachen
    09 / 1991

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4566-4754

Awards

Dr. Werner-Joost-Prize for more safety in air traffic
German Airline Pilots Association «Vereinigung Cockpit e.V.»
06 / 1999

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Books, peer-reviewed

Christen, M. et al. (2018) Zivile Drohnen : Herausforderungen und Perspektiven. 1. Auflage. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag. doi: 10.3218/3894-1.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Other publications

Lenhart, P. M. (2018) 'Verkehrspiloten 2030 : fliegen sie noch oder werden sie geflogen?', in 21. FHP-Symposium «Verkehrspilot 2030», Juist, 27.-29. August 2018. FHP - Forschungsnetzwerk für Verkehrspilotenausbildung.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

  • P. M. Lenhart: Ein Head-Mounted Display mit synthetischer Sicht. In DGLR-Bericht 2012-01, 54. Fachausschuß-Sitzung Anthropotechnik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Koblenz, 30. - 31. Oktober 2012.
  • P. M. Lenhart: Räumliche Darstellung von Flugführungsinformationen in Head-Mounted Displays. Ergonomia Verlag, Stuttgart, 2006, ISBN: 978-3-935089-88-3.
  • P. M. Lenhart, A. Gillett: Towards criteria to identify the benefits of flight simulation training devices. 26th EAAP Conference 'Aviation Psychology - Costs and Benefits', Sesimbra, Portugal, 3. - 7. October 2004.
  • P. M. Lenhart, G. Thamm, R. Minge: Low-Cost High-Fidelity Flight Simulation - A contradiction or new opportunities for helicopter pilot training?. 30th European Rotorcraft Forum, Marseilles, France, 14. - 16. September 2004.
  • P. M. Lenhart, M . Meuter, U. Mayer, C. Böhm: Kriterien für die stereoskopische Darstellung von Flugführungsinformationen in Head-Mounted Displays. In DGLR-Bericht 2001-06, 43. Fachausschuß-Sitzung Anthropotechnik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Hamburg, 23. - 24. Oktober 2001.
  • P. M. Lenhart: Synthetic Vision - In-flight Evaluation. Workshop "ATTAS 20 Years of Flying Simulation and Technologies Demonstration", Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V., Braunschweig, 16. - 17. October 2001.
  • G. Smietanski, P. Lenhart, S. Kranz, U. Mayer: Development of a synthetic vision display of the second generation. SPIE Proceedings, Volume 4023: Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2000, SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, Orlando, Florida, April 2000.
  • G. Smietanski, S. Kranz, P. Lenhart: Entwicklung und Erprobung eines Synthetic Vision Displays der zweiten Generation. 9. Avionik Workshop - Moderne Sichtunterstützung ür Flugführungssysteme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Aachen, 10. November 1999.
  • S. Kranz, A. Helmetag, P. M. Lenhart, W. Kubbat, D. Giroux, H. von Viebahn: A-SMGCS with Gate to Gate 4D Flight Guidance Displays. International Symposium on Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System, Deutsche Gesellschaft ür Ortung und Navigation e.V., Stuttgart, 1999.
  • P. M. Lenhart, W. J. Kubbat, H. von Viebahn: 4D Flight Guidance Displays, A Gate to Gate Solution. In AIAA / IEEE / SAE 17th Digital Avionics Systems Conference Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE), Bellevue, Washington, 1998. ISBN 0-7803-5089-8
  • P. M. Lenhart: Cockpit Guidance for Surface Operations. FAA / EUROCONTROL Technical Interchange Meeting on Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems A-SMGCS, DLR Braunschweig, 10 - 12 November 1998.
  • P. M. Lenhart, M. Purpus, H. von Viebahn: Flugerprobung von Cockpitdisplays mit synthetischer Außensichtdarstellung. In DGLR-Jahrbuch 1998 I, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Bonn, 1998.
  • P. M. Lenhart, M. Purpus, H. von Viebahn: Natürliche Informationsdarstellung im Verkehrsflugzeugcockpit. In 'Visuelle Wahrnehmung: Beiträge zur 1. Tübinger Wahrnehmungskonferenz, ISBN 3-927091-40-5, Knirsch Verlag, Kirchentellinsfurt,1998.
  • A. Helmetag, R. Kaufhold, P. M. Lenhart, M. Purpus: Analysis, Design and Evaluation of a 3D Flight Guidance Display. In K. Inoue, S. Nishida (eds.), Proceedings 7th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symposium on Analysis, Design and Evaluation of Man-Machine Systems, pp 323, Kyoto 16-18 September 1998. ISBN 0-08-0430325
  • T. Pfenninger, P.M. Lenhart: Flugführungsunterstützung für tieffliegende Hubschrauber auf der Basis von Entfernungssensoren. In DGLR-Jahrbuch 1996 I, p. 439 - 444, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Bonn, 1996. ISSN 0070-408
  • U. Teegen, P.M. Lenhart: Interactive Displays in Future Aircraft Cockpits. In ZMMS-Spektrum Band 1 - H.-P. Willumeit & H. Kolrep (Hrsg.) "Verläßlichkeit von Mensch-Maschine-Systemen", p. 155 - 169, Zentrum Mensch-Maschine-Systeme an der Technischen Universität Berlin, December 1995. ISSN 0949-734X, ISBN 3-7983-1650-3

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