Paul Lee

APrf Paul Lee

Program Director

Optimisation and Stabilisation

Integration Management Office

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

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.

Year Citation
2025 Xu, Y., Zhang, Y., Deng, X., Lee, S. Y., & Wang, K. (2025). Developing sustainable aviation fuel to deepen south Australia's green economy: A BERTopic-enhanced SWOT analysis. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 21(101562), 101562.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2025 Xu, Y., Zhang, Y., Deng, X., Lee, S. -Y., Wang, K., & Li, L. (2025). Bibliometric analysis and literature review on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF): Economic and management perspective. TRANSPORT POLICY, 162, 296-312.
DOI Scopus19 WoS12
2025 Sheffield, E., Lee, S. Y., & Zhang, Y. (2025). A systematic review of general aviation accident factors, effects and prevention. Journal of Air Transport Management: an international journal of research, policy and practice, 128(102859), 1-9.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2024 Lee, S. Y., Bates, P., Murray, P., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Lessons from the implementation of threat and error management: a case study of the Australian general aviation. Transport Economics and Management, 2, 322-330.
DOI Scopus3
2023 Zhang, Y., Lee, S. Y., & Gu, Y. (2023). A review of air transport service quality studies: current status and future research agenda. Journal of air transport research society, 1(1), 9-21.
DOI
2022 Friedrich, M., Lee, S. Y., Bates, P., Martin, W., & Faulhaber, A. K. (2022). The influence of training level on manual fight in connection to performance, scan pattern, and task load (Mar, 10.1007/s10111-020-00663-8, 2021). COGNITION TECHNOLOGY & WORK, 24(1), 213.
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2022 Kille, T., Wiesner, R., Lee, S. Y., Johnson Morgan, M., Summers, J., & Davoodian, D. (2022). Capital factors influencing rural, regional and remote women's entrepreneurship development: an Australian perspective. Sustainability, 14(24), 1-25.
DOI Scopus8 WoS5
2022 Langford, K., Kille, T., Lee, S. Y., Zhang, Y., & Bates, P. R. (2022). 'In automation we trust' - Australian air traffic controller perspectives of increasing automation in air traffic management. Transport Policy, 125, 352-362.
DOI Scopus13 WoS10
2021 Miani, P., Kille, T., Lee, S. Y., Zhang, Y., & Bates, P. R. (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on current tertiary aviation education and future careers: students' perspective. Journal of Air Transport Management, 94(102081), 1-8.
DOI Scopus41 WoS27
2021 Friedrich, M., Lee, S. Y., Bates, P., Martin, W., & Faulhaber, A. K. (2021). The influence of training level on manual flight in connection to performance, scan pattern, and task load. Cognition Technology and Work, 23(4), 715-730.
DOI Scopus9 WoS10
2017 Lee, S. Y., Bates, P., Murray, P., & Martin, W. (2017). Training Flight Accidents. Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, 7(2), 107-113.
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2016 Martin, W. L., Murray, P. S., Bates, P. R., & Lee, P. S. Y. (2016). A Flight Simulator Study of the Impairment Effects of Startle on Pilots During Unexpected Critical Events. Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, 6(1), 24-32.
DOI
2016 Lee, S. Y., Bates, P. R., Murray, P. S., & Martin, W. L. (2016). An exploratory study on the post-implementation of threat and error management training in Australian general aviation. International Journal of Training Research, 15(2), 136-147.
DOI Scopus6 WoS1
2015 Martin, W. L., Murray, P. S., Bates, P. R., & Lee, P. S. Y. (2015). Fear-Potentiated Startle: A Review from an Aviation Perspective. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 25(2), 97-107.
DOI Scopus39

Year Citation
2019 Kille, T., Bates, P. R., & Lee, S. Y. (2019). Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Civilian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. IGI Global.

Year Citation
2020 Kille, T., Bates, P., Lee, S. Y., Kille, D., & Lee, P. (2020). The future for civilian UAV operations. In Information Reso Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Reliability and Safety in Aviation Systems, Spacecraft, and Air Transport (pp. 1588-1601).
2019 Kille, T., Bates, P., Lee, S. Y., Kille, D., & Lee, P. (2019). Non-Technical Skills (NTS) training for UAV operators: Situation awareness and workload management. In T. Kille, P. Bates, & S. Y. Lee (Eds.), Unmanned aerial vehicles in civilian logistics and supply chain management (pp. 1-32).
2019 Kille, T., Bates, P., Lee, S. Y., Kille, D., & Lee, P. (2019). The future for civilian UAV operations. In T. Kille, P. Bates, & S. Y. Lee (Eds.), Unmanned aerial vehicles in civilian logistics and supply chain management (pp. 266-283).

  • Growing sustainable aviation fuel industries in combatting climate crises: opportunities for Australia and China, National Foundation for Australia-China Relations, 30/04/2024 - 06/04/2026

Courses I teach

  • AERO 1020 Aviation Practice (2025)
  • AERO 1025 Aviation Safety Fundamentals (2025)
  • AERO 1028 Introductory Instructional Flights (2025)
  • NASC 4022 STEM Internship 15 Days (2025)
  • NASC 4023 STEM Internship 30 Days (2025)
  • AERO 1017 Human Performance & Limitations in Aviation (2024)
  • AERO 1022 Introduction to Aviation (2024)
  • AERO 1025 Aviation Safety Fundamentals (2024)
  • AERO 1026 Flight Experience (2024)
  • AERO 2061 Introductory Flying (2024)
  • AERO 3016 Safety and Risk Management for Aviation Professionals (2024)
  • AERO 3018 Aviation Strategic Management (2024)
  • AERO 5027 Advanced Flying (2024)
  • AERO 5028 Aircraft Navigation 1 (2024)
  • AERO 5029 Aircraft Navigation 2 (2024)
  • AERO 5030 Instrument Flight 1 (2024)
  • AERO 5031 Instrument Flight 2 (2024)
  • AERO 5032 Night Flying (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Principal Supervisor A comparative assessment of flight crew and public acceptance of future autonomous commercial aircraft Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Andrew Swanson
2025 Principal Supervisor Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) in general aviation: Evaluating current usage and proposing methods of increasing EFB optimisation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Joshua Chiang
2024 Principal Supervisor 190-Exploring the feasibility and applicability of Virtual Reality VR for next-generation pilot training Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Emma Sheffield
2023 Co-Supervisor Aviation decarbonisation in Australia and China: opportunities and challenges of sustainable aviation fuel for the airline industry Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yuchao Xu

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