Stu Moment
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Stu Moment is a software developer
Software developer
A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...

 and pilot
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...

. Along with Bruce Artwick
Bruce Artwick
Bruce Artwick was the creator of the first consumer flight simulator software. His original Apple II software was purchased by Microsoft and eventually became Microsoft Flight Simulator...

, he created the subLOGIC Corporation
SubLOGIC
The subLOGIC Corporation is an American software development company. It was formed by Bruce Artwick when he was at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and later incorporated by Stu Moment....

 while he was at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...

. Sublogic then created its highly successful flight simulator
Flight simulator
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. This includes the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of their controls and other aircraft systems, and how they react to the external...

, which was licensed by Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

 as Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator is a series of flight simulator programs for the Microsoft Windows operating system, although it was marketed as a video game. It is one of the longest-running, best-known and most comprehensive home flight simulator series...

. Sublogic developed the virtual Air Traffic Control module with Performance Monitoring for the product, Flight Assignment ATP. Sublogic left the consumer product industry and currently produces contracted software. Sublogic's current emphasis is the creation of custom visual and non-visual interactive simulations used to assess task performance. Stu Moment keeps tight ties with the Human Factors Division, University of Illinois. His interest in human factors has resulted in recent contracts for on-line Human Factors error reporting and analysis.

Still head of subLOGIC, Moment is an avid stunt pilot and owns a Pitts Special S2B
Pitts Special
The Pitts Special is a series of light aerobatic biplane designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944...

 and performs in several airshows. He has won several safety awards for his stunt shows.

Stu Moment received his Master of Science from the University of Illinois, College of Commerce. His emphasis was statistical methods for distinct segment identification. Other interests included mathematical optimization theory. Stu's undergrad study was organizational administration/organizational psychology. Stu holds Airline Transport Pilot and Multi-Engine Flight Instructor ratings and is an Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic.

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