Dr. Ryan Amick will collaborate with students and faculty as an Innovator in Residence
within the College of Innovation and Design at Wichita State.Courtesy photo
NASA engineer returns to Wichita State as Innovator in Residence
Sept. 6, 2022
By Strategic Communications
NASA SUITS Design Challenge
NASA SUITS (Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students) challenges students
to design and create spacesuit information displays within augmented reality (AR)
environments. As NASA pursues Artemis – landing American astronauts on the Moon, the
agency will accelerate investing in surface architecture and technology development.
Learn how to think, not what to think. Focusing on interdisciplinary learning outcomed,
all College of Innovation and Design courses are open to students from every academic
college and discipline.
Dr. Ryan Amick, a Wichita State University alumnus and NASA engineer, has been selected
as one of the Innovators in Residence for the College of Innovation and Design during
the 2022-23 academic year.
Amick is a principal human factors engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.
He serves as the extravehicular activity (EVA) human factors lead, where he provides
human factors and human-systems integration guidance to the NASA community as applied
to development of the Exploration EVA System, and its integration with the larger
NASA Spaceflight System Architecture.
He additionally serves as the habitability (HAB) scientist for NASA’s Human Research
Program, where he investigates how the design of vehicles, habitats and spacesuits
impact astronaut crew health and performance.
As an Innovator in Residence within the College of Innovation and Design at Wichita
State, Amick will collaborate with students and faculty to provide industry knowledge,
insight and guidance throughout the development of novel, innovative technology products
and solutions.
Amick received his B.A. and M.Ed. in exercise science in 2005 and 2007, respectively,
and Ph.D. in industrial engineering in 2014 at Wichita State.
Amick has a broad research and professional background that includes aviation and
spaceflight human factors, industrial ergonomics, musculoskeletal injury biomechanics
and rehabilitation, industrial and environmental physiology, implantable and wearable
medical device development, and the development of novel metabolomic and proteomic
biomarker identification techniques.
The WSU NASA SUITS team will be hosting an info session for students interested in
joining the 2022-2023 student challenge hosted by NASA from 3-4 p.m. Sept. 15 in
the Innovation Hub on the second floor of Devlin Hall. Email maggie.schoonover@wichita.edu for more information.
