The Transportation Research Board\u2019s Airport Cooperative\nResearch Program (ACRP) has selected winners for its annual University Design\nCompetition for Addressing Airport Needs. Now in its 16th year, the prestigious\ncompetition encourages students to design innovative and practical solutions to\nchallenges at airports. Four first-place winners were chosen across the four\ntechnical challenge areas: Airport Environmental Interactions; Airport\nOperation and Maintenance; Runway Safety\/Runway Incursions\/ Runway Excursions\nIncluding Aprons, Ramps, and Taxiways; and Airport Management and Planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Airport Environmental Interactions Challenge:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A team of undergraduate and graduate students from the\nCollege of Aeronautics at Florida Institute of Technology won first place for\nits proposal titled Implementing Alternative, Renewable Energy Sources for\nGround-based Airport Operations. The students proposed a system for converting\nlow-cost degradable waste into usable fuel. The team concentrated on developing\nan alternate energy source for ground operations that can be implemented in\nmost climatic and geographical conditions. Faculty adviser: Deborah Carstens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Airport Operation and Maintenance Challenge:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A team of graduate students from the University of South\nFlorida\u2019s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department won first place for\nits proposal titled Design the Allocation of External Alternative Aircraft\nTaxiing System at Airports. The team submitted a design proposal that modeled\nand simulated the use of external tugs to replace engine-powered taxiing. The\nproposal offers the potential for cost savings as well as a reduction of jet\nfuel consumption and associated emissions. Faculty advisers: Yu Zhang and\nJoseph Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Runway Safety\/Runway Incursions\/ Runway Excursions Including Aprons, Ramps, and Taxiways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A team of graduate students from Purdue University\u2019s School\nof Aviation and Transportation Technology captured first place for its proposal\ntitled Simple, Affordable, Flexible, and Expandable Runway Status Lights. The\nteam submitted a design proposal that uses aircraft position information from\nAutomatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast transmissions to activate runway\nstatus lights. Faculty adviser: John Mott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Airport Management and Planning Challenge:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A graduate team from the School of Aviation and\nTransportation Technology at Purdue University won first place for its proposal\ntitled Airport Unmanned Self-Driving Wheelchair. The design proposal offers an\ninnovative idea to provide an inclusive environment, especially for\nlesser-accommodated and disadvantaged groups. Faculty adviser: Mary Johnson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, teams from Pennsylvania State University,\nBinghamton University \u2013 State University of New York, and Oregon State\nUniversity won second-place awards, teams from Purdue University, Michigan\nTechnological University, and Pennsylvania State University won a third-place\naward, and a team from Florida Institute of Technology received an honorable\nmention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Students were invited to propose innovations in any of the\nfour technical challenge areas. The competition requires that students work\nwith a faculty adviser and that they reach out to airport operators and\nindustry experts for advice and to assess the practicality of their proposed\ndesign solutions. The Virginia Space Grant Consortium of Hampton, Virginia,\nmanages the competition on behalf of the ACRP. Funding for the competition is\nprovided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volunteer panels of airport industry and academic\npractitioners as well as FAA representatives selected the winning submissions\nfrom among the proposals submitted by 21 student teams. First-place winners\nwill receive their awards and present their work at an awards ceremony on July\n20. The students will also present their designs at the Airport Consultant\nCouncil\u2019s Airport Technical Workshop as a keynote luncheon presentation. In\naddition, they will be given the opportunity to present their winning proposals\nat an industry professional conference or workshop in fall 2022. Winning teams\nreceive $3,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place, $1,000 for third\nplace, and $500 for honorable mentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The names of all winners and copies of designs receiving place awards are available at the https:\/\/www.trb.org\/ACRP\/ACRPDesignCompetition.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n New guidelines for the 2022-2023 academic year competition\nwill be available on the competition website by early August 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Airport Cooperative Research Program is an industry-driven, applied research program that develops near-term, practical solutions to airport challenges. The program is managed by the Transportation Research Board, which is a program unit of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine \u2014 private, nonprofit institutions that provide independent, objective analysis and advice to the nation to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions related to science, technology, and medicine. The National Academies operate under an 1863 congressional charter to the National Academy of Sciences, signed by President Lincoln. For more information, visit https:\/\/national-academies.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Transportation Research Board\u2019s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has selected winners for its annual University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs. Now in its 16th year, the prestigious competition encourages students to design innovative and practical solutions to challenges at airports. Four first-place winners were chosen across the four technical challenge areas: Airport Environmental […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22927,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22926\/revisions\/22927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}