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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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RFI: Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues Announcement: 2014/2015April 21, 2014 TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is accepting applications for its Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues for the 2014/2015 academic year. The program, sponsored by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration through the ACRP, is designed to encourage applied research on airport and related aviation system issues and to foster the next generation of ... |
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 Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2014April 17, 2014 TRB Transportation Research Circular E-C184: Critical Issues in Aviation and the Environment 2014 explores issues that address the major environmental components affected by aviation activities, sustainable solutions that have evolved and continue to be developed to minimize aviation’s environmental impacts, and key processes that link aviation and the environment. The focus of the e-circular i... |
Black Box Flight RecordersApril 11, 2014 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a fact sheet that discusses the parameters, installation, and underwater location beacons of black box flight records. |
 TRB Webinar: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness: Cooperation and Coordination for Effective ResponseApril 9, 2014 TRB will conduct a webinar on June 18, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will summarize cooperation and coordination among airport and emergency management leaders, including the utilization of Airport Community Emergency Response Teams (A-CERTS). Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is no fee associated with this webinar. This webinar will provide 1.5 Continuing Ed... |
TRB Webinar: Aeronautical and Non-Aeronautical Special Event Planning at General Aviation FacilitiesApril 9, 2014 TRB will conduct a webinar on June 12, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will explore practical guidance and best practices on planning and conducting special events at general aviation facilities. Airports and entities conducting aeronautical special events (e.g., air shows) or non-aeronautical events (e.g., Presidential/dignitary visits) often find that holding a successful event involves a... |
 Development of a Runway Veer-Off Location Distribution Risk Assessment and Reporting TemplateApril 9, 2014 TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 107: Development of a Runway Veer-Off Location Distribution Risk Assessment and Reporting Template explores a method to assess the risk of lateral runway excursions, also known as veer-offs, and suggests ways to improve veer-off incident/accident reporting. In addition to the report, this project also developed the Lateral Runway Safety A... |
TRB Webinar: The Effects of Aviation NoiseApril 7, 2014 TRB will conduct a webinar on May 29, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that will cover the potential effects of aviation noise on hearing, sleep, health, annoyance, and learning environments. Webinar presenters will discuss the noise concerns that present potential barriers to airport operations and expansion, and how those concerns can contribute to delays in both facility and capacity improveme... |
ASCE 2nd Transportation and Development Institute Congress*April 7, 2014 TRB is cosponsoring the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2nd Transportation and Development Institute Congress (T&DI) in June 8-11, 2014, in Orlando, Florida. The meeting is designed to bring together all of the disciplines of transportation and infrastructure development, including aviation. The aviation component includes discussions on airfield geometry, safety, Geographic Info... |
CANSO News: March 2014April 4, 2014 CANSO, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, has released its monthly newsletter that provides updates on air traffic management issues around the world. |
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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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