Thea Feyereisen

Thea L. Feyereisen is an American airplane pilot and aerospace engineer known for her research on smart cockpit technology and aviation safety.

[4] She started working as a flight instructor in Arizona,[5] where she became a charter member of the Yavapai Chapter of the Ninety-Nines.

[5] She began working for Honeywell in 1995[4] and, returning to Embry–Riddle, earned a master's degree in aeronautical science human factors in 1999.

[4][5] Feyereisen was named a distinguished alumna of Hudson High School (Wisconsin) in 2021.

[1][3] She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 2024,[8] and named to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025, "for cockpit innovations, including synthetic vision systems, runway overrun awareness, and moving maps".