Patrick O’Neil, MPA

Instructor, Aviation Institute
Date of Appointment: 2008

Phone: (402) 554.3683
E-mail: poneil@mail.unomaha.edu
Fax: (402) 554.3781
Office: CB 120J

Primary Expertise

Risk Mitigation
Transportation modes and systems
Transportation Safety and Security Policy and Operations
Federal Aviation and General Transportation Policy
Project management

Education

B.A., Washington State University, 1972
M.P.A., Naval War College, Newport RI, 1995
ABD University of Nebraska at Omaha

Courses taught

Aviation History
Aviation Law
Advanced Aircraft Systems
Transportation Analysis
International Aviation
Capstone Research

Professional Research

Research focused on highly reliable, low error organizations, general transportation systems, safety and security and emerging space launch systems and state and federal transportation policy. He co authored Enabling Technology for SATS Implementation. University of Nebraska at Omaha Monograph Series . (2002) and The Evolution of Policy and Regulation in the First Century of American Aviation, in the Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration, edited by Jeremy F. Plant (2007). He serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Air Transport.

Professional Activities

Mr. O’Neil is currently a member of the National Council of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), the Transportation Research Forum, and the University of Aviation Association. He is a retired Naval Officer and Aviator and belongs to the Military Officer’s Association.

Professional Honors & Awards

Pi Alpha Alpha honorary society. Inducted 2007, University of Nebraska at Omaha Chapter.

Hobbies & Interests

Mr. O’Neil studies and instructs martial arts. He enjoys traveling, research and football. He lives in Omaha with his family.