{"id":25295,"date":"2023-04-07T12:41:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T12:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25295"},"modified":"2023-04-07T12:43:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T12:43:15","slug":"quiet-skies-universities-to-research-way-to-reduce-aviation-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/quiet-skies-universities-to-research-way-to-reduce-aviation-noise\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Skies: Universities to Research Way to Reduce Aviation Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>America\u2019s best aviation minds will look for new ways to reduce aviation noise this year. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $19 million to 14 universities across the country as part of the Aviation Sustainability Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/ascent.aero\/projects-by-topic\/\">ASCENT<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cResearch is the gateway to breakthroughs. With the best\nminds, we can reduce noise and fly with net-zero emissions by 2050,\u201d said\nActing FAA Administrator Billy Nolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The noise-related projects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noise Reduction for New Aircraft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Examine the potential noise reduction benefits\nof an over-wing jet engine design concept: $300,000 to Georgia Institute of\nTechnology.<\/li><li>Simulate sonic booms in realistic environments\nto inform the development of noise certification standards for future low-boom\nsupersonic aircraft: $220,000 to Pennsylvania State University.<\/li><li>Develop improved supersonic aircraft noise\nprediction methods: $850,000 to Georgia Institute of Technology, University of\nIllinois, Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noise and Advance Air Mobility Aircraft, Drones and\nRotorcraft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Develop noise models for different types of\nAdvanced Air Mobility vehicles: $315,000 to Massachusetts Institute of\nTechnology.<\/li><li>Develop acoustic modeling for Urban Air Mobility\nvehicles with low noise operations: $280,000 to Pennsylvania State University.<\/li><li>Evaluate the noise exposure that could result\nfrom large numbers of commercial and private UAS vehicles: $300,000 to Georgia\nInstitute of Technology.<\/li><li>Develop noise abatement procedures for helicopters\nin various phases of flight through computer modeling: $170,000 to Pennsylvania\nState University.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noise and Communities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Assess and quantify if any correlation exists\nbetween aircraft noise, sleep, cardiovascular health and mental health: $1,999,608\nto Boston University.<\/li><li>Investigate the effects of aviation noise on\nsleep disturbance: $1,077,621 to University of Pennsylvania.<\/li><li>Estimate if any housing value loss has occurred\ndue to aircraft noise exposure: $300,000 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the noise reduction and exposure studies,\nother projects focus on sustainable aviation fuel, alternative jet fuel supply\nchains, engine technology, commercial space and environmental measurement. Also\nworking on ASCENT projects are teams from Missouri University of Science and\nTechnology, Purdue University, University of Dayton, University of Hawaii,\nUniversity of North Carolina, University of Tennessee and Washington State\nUniversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe university teams are creating a new path for the\naviation industry and our investments in the research are paying dividends\ntoday,\u201d said Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and\nEnvironment Laurence Wildgoose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the past year, the FAA has invested more than $35 million in the ASCENT research effort and more than $130 million since the program began in 2014. Detailed descriptions of all ASCENT projects and the grant amounts <a href=\"https:\/\/ascent.aero\/projects-by-topic\/\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its Aviation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/sustainability\/aviation-climate-action-plan\">Climate Action Plan<\/a>, the United States set a goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. aviation sector by 2050. To achieve it, the FAA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Has awarded $100 million to research and scale\nfuel-saving technologies and noise reductions<\/li><li>Is deploying software allowing airplanes to roll\nright to the runway and take off<\/li><li>Has awarded $327 million to electrify airport\ngate equipment and vehicles<\/li><li>Has invested $35 million for universities to\nhelp build sustainable aviation fuel supply chains<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more information about the FAA and its environmental efforts at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/sustainability\">Sustainability Gateway Page<\/a> and its list of action plan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/sustainability\/environmental-accomplishments-2022\">accomplishments<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s best aviation minds will look for new ways to reduce aviation noise this year. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $19 million to 14 universities across the country as part of the Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT). \u201cResearch is the gateway to breakthroughs. With the best minds, we can reduce noise and fly with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25298,"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-25295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAa-Quiet-Skies-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25295","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=25295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25299,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25295\/revisions\/25299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}