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Aviation Research at TRB
 The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. This page highlights recently released TRB reports, meeting announcements, requests for proposals, and other announcements related to aviation. In addition, it includes links to selected aviation research-related activities taking place at the federal and state levels, and within the academic and international transportation communities. Finally, this page also highlights and provides links to TRB aviation-related programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s aviation-related research products. |
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TRB Aviation-Related Programs and Activities
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 Balancing Airport Stormwater and Bird Hazard ManagementJanuary 30, 2015 TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 125: Balancing Airport Stormwater and Bird Hazard Management help airports identify and evaluate stormwater management and bird mitigation practices. An accompanying CD-ROM tool is aimed to assist airports with evaluating bird strike risks and stormwater management decisions. The CD is also available for download from TRB’s website as an ... |
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 TRB Webinar: Factors that Influence Air Service DevelopmentJanuary 29, 2015 TRB will conduct a webinar on February 24, 2015, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will feature research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) on airline service decisions. Webinar presenters will discuss factors that affect airline service decisions and passenger choice in regions with multiple airports. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is no... |
TRB Webinar: Planning for Safety Considerations on AirfieldsJanuary 29, 2015 TRB will conduct a webinar on February 11, 2015, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will feature research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) on airfield safety considerations. Webinar presenters will discuss best practices and practical applications for designing aircraft aprons (with safety in mind) and how to manage risk from aircraft overrunning, undershooting, or veer... |
RFP: Airport Air Quality Management Guidebook and Resource LibraryJanuary 26, 2015 TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop an updatable CD-ROM-based airport air quality management electronic resource library, an airport air quality management 101 guidebook, and problem statements for further related studies needed in the air quality area. Proposals are due on March 16, 2015. |
RFP: Commercial Space Operations Noise and Sonic Boom Modeling and AnalysisJanuary 26, 2015 TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has issued a request for proposals to develop a set of noise and sonic boom models suitable for environmental analysis of commercial space operations and airport/space launch site facilities that are compatible with, or can be integrated into the Aviation Environmental Design Tool; develop a database of existing rocket, engine, and motor data fo... |
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Ninth National Aviation System Planning SymposiumJanuary 25, 2015 TRB is sponsoring the Ninth National Aviation System Planning Symposium on May 17-19, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. Participants will discuss the latest developments in technology and policy, and their impact on planning the national aviation system for the initial decades of the 21st century. |
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Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems
TRB's Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Problems searches out and synthesizes useful knowledge from all available sources and prepares concise, documented reports on specific topics. Reports from this endeavor constitute an Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) report series, Synthesis of Airport Practice.
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Technical Activities Standing Committees
TRB's Technical Activities Division provides a forum for transportation professionals in all modes and functions to identify research needs and to share information on research and issues of interest. The Division's staff of specialists in each mode and discipline work with a network of volunteers to carry out activities on behalf of TRB sponsors and the transportation community, including the TRB Annual Meeting, conferences and workshops, publications, visits to each state, and responses to inquiries. This network includes members and friends of over 200 standing committees, supplemented by designated TRB representatives in each state, over 150 universities, and 35 transit agencies. |
Research in Progress in this Subject Area
TRB's Research in Progress (RiP) Database now contains more than 11,900 current or recently completed transportation research projects. Most of the RiP records are projects funded by federal and state departments of transportation. University transportation research is also included. The RiP Database also serves as a clearinghouse of University Transportation Centers ongoing research.
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Research Needs in this Subject Area
An important function of TRB is to stimulate research that addresses concerns, issues, or problems facing the transportation community. In support of this function, TRB Technical Activities standing committees identify, develop, and disseminate research need statements (RNS) for use by practitioners, researchers, and others.
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Research Completed in this Subject Area
TRB's TRID is integrated database that combines the records from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services ( TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation ( ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to over 900,000 records of transportation research worldwide. |
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