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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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 2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Calls for Papers Now OpenMay 21, 2018 TRB standing committees have issued calls for papers for the 98th TRB Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2019, in Washington, D.C, and/or the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR) . Please create or update your MyTRB profile now if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, submit a paper for presentation, and/or submit a paper for publication. Calls for pap... |
New Paper Peer Review System for 2019 Annual Meeting and Transportation Research RecordMay 21, 2018 TRB’s Transportation Research Record journal is implementing a new paper peer review system, Editorial Manager, to provide enhanced flexibility, security, and system performance. TRB’s Technical Activities Division has elected to integrate its peer-review paper process with Editorial Manager, a commercial peer review software product developed and supported by Aries Systems. Editorial Manager w... |
FY 2019 ACRP Synthesis Topics Sought: Submissions Due September 21, 2018May 21, 2018 TRB is seeking potential synthesis study topics as part of the upcoming activities of the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). Topics may be submitted at any time; however, the deadline for the upcoming submission cycle is September 21, 2018. This year, submit topics through ACRP’s IdeaHub . Sign into IdeaHub using a previously created MyACRP information, or register with MyACRP. U... |
Review of Aviation Safety Regulation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft SystemsMay 17, 2018 The Civil Aviation Safety Authority in Australia has released a report that reviews the aviation safety regulations of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) to ensure they ensure an acceptable level of safety. RPAS are growing exponentially in Australia due to the rapid adoption of RPAS technology. |
 Development of Engineered Materials Arresting Systems from 1994 through 2003May 17, 2018 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a report that summarizes Engineered Materials Arresting Systems (EMAS) activities between 1994 and 2003. An EMAS installation is a bed of engineered materials built at the end of an airport runway to reduce the severity of the consequences of a runway overrun. |
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 Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations Volume 4: Summary of AIP Grant Assurance RequirementsMay 15, 2018 TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 44: Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations Volume 4: Summary of AIP Grant Assurance Requirements contains a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the research conducted to develop a guidebook on Understanding FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Assurance Requirements. The results of this research include the Guideb... |
 Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations Volume 3: Research ReportMay 15, 2018 TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 44: Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations Volume 3: Research Report summarizes the research efforts and results of research conducted to develop a guidebook on Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Requirements. The results of this research include the Guidebook itself (Volume 1), Technical Appendices (Volume 2), which prov... |
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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. |
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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