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4Table 3 Research papers selected for academic year 2015â2016. Student Degree Research Paper University Boris Claros PhD Enhancing Safety Risk Management with Quantitative Measures University of Missouri, Columbia Alexander Estes PhD Data-Driven Ground Delay Program Planning University of Maryland, College Park Sreeta Gorripaty PhD Representative Weather Profiles in Airport Planning University of California, Berkeley Minkyung Kang PhD Electric Energy Demand Forecasting for Airport Buildings Based on Flight Information for Demand-Response Applications Carnegie Mellon University Drake Krohn Masterâs Time-Lapse Photography of Runway Reconstruction for Education and Training Purdue University Emerald Simons Masterâs Aircraft Gas Turbine Noise Reduction Utilizing New Synthetic Fuels and Sound Insulation Materials Georgia Southern University Daniel Suh PhD Adaptive Airport Planning Frameworks and Techniques for a New Era of Planning University of Pennsylvania Yanshuo Sun PhD Coordinated Airport Facility Development Under Uncertainty University of Maryland, College Park Rebekah Yang PhD Development of a Life-Cycle Assessment Tool to Quantify the Environmental Impacts of Airport Pavement Construction University of Illinois at UrbanaâChampaign Zhou Zhang PhD The Effects of Mergers and Divestitures on Airline Fares The University of Virginia ACADEMIC YEAR 2015â2016 Applications for the academic year 2015â2016 were due in May 2015. Fifty-two submissions were received from students representing 38 dif- ferent universities. The applicant pool included 38 PhD candidates and 14 masterâs degree candi- dates. The selection panel met in Washington, D.C., for 2 days in the summer to evaluate the submittals. Ten applicants were selected, each of whom would receive a stipend of $10,000 for successful com- pletion of a research paper on the subject chosen by the applicant (Table 3). As in previous years, an outreach survey of participants will be conducted on conclusion of the program year, the results of which will be incorporated into Appendix A of a future digest.