Associate Professor Paul (Seung-Yong) Lee is a team member of UniSA Aviation within the STEM Academic Unit. His research focus is in Aviation Human Factors and Aviation safety particularly in General Aviation where, based on the statistics from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), the majority of accidents and incidents occur. Paul's current research interest is in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to further improve Aviation Safety.
Paul has been in a tertiary Aviation education sector for over 20 years. Before joining UniSA STEM Paul's last appointment was an Aviation discipline leader (Acting) at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) where he was one of four founding members of USQ Aviation. Prior to becoming an academic, he was a flight instructor at Massey University in New Zealand where he instructed in Single-Engine and Multi-Engine aeroplanes under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) as well as conducting night and aerobatic flight instructions. Paul was also an internal flight examiner conducting various flight exams within the flight practicums embedded within the Bachelor of Aviation. Paul holds an Australian Commercial Pilot Licence with a Grade 2 instructor rating and a Remote Pilot Licence.