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From page 1... ... C O N T E N T S Introduction, 1 Academic Year 2008–2009, 3 Published Papers 2008–2009, 4 Academic Year 2009–2010, 6 Published Papers 2009–2010, 7 Academic Year 2010–2011, 11 Papers Being Considered for Publication, Academic Year 2010–2011, 12 Academic Year 2011–2012, 16 Appendix: Program Participants, 17 INTRODUCTION An original FAA-sponsored, TRBadministered Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues began during the 1986–1987 academic year and continued through 1995–1996. At that time, funds were discontinued and the program was allowed to end. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... selection of proposals, each year the panel identifies and recruits mentors to assist overseeing the students' research. The participation of mentors has proved to be an important asset of the program. Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... ACADEMIC YEAR 2008–2009 During the first year of the program, the application deadline was in June 2008. Twenty-five submissions were received from students representing 18 different universities. Read the entire page →
From page 4... ... PUBLISHED PAPERS 2008–2009 Six student papers from the 2008–2009 academic year were published in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. Read the entire page →
From page 5... ... aviation accidents that result in crash sites outside the immediate confines of a runway (termed external airport risk) Read the entire page →
From page 6... ... ACADEMIC YEAR 2009–2010 Applications for the academic year 2009–2010 were due in May 2009. Forty-three submissions were received from students representing 28 different universities. Read the entire page →
From page 7... ... PUBLISHED PAPERS 2009–2010 All eleven student papers from the 2009–2010 academic year were published in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... be enhanced in these plumes even after being diluted to ambient levels. Read the entire page →
From page 9... ... bottlenecks within the National Airspace System (NAS) Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... for residents of small communities to the national air transportation system. Currently, more than half of EAS communities are within 70 highway miles of another airport, leading to passenger leakage at EAS airports and rising program costs. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... ACADEMIC YEAR 2010–2011 For the academic year 2010–2011, the panel received 31 submissions from students representing 25 different universities. The applicant pool included 23 PhD candidates and 8 master's degree candidates. Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... PAPERS BEING CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION, ACADEMIC YEAR 2010–2011 At publication of this Research Results Digest, final versions of papers submitted in September 2011 were being reviewed and considered for publication in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. Read the entire page →
From page 13... ... based airport passenger trips. The results provide directional evidence for using lifestyle clusters over income groups in predicting airport passenger trips, which suggests that alternative data sources with adequate information for lifestyle segmentation can improve airport passenger models. Read the entire page →
From page 14... ... and proprietary parent travel demand model developed by Cambridge Systematics (CS) for the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) Read the entire page →
From page 15... ... without penalizing the airlines with exceedingly high congestion prices. Read the entire page →
From page 16... ... ACADEMIC YEAR 2011–2012 Applications for the academic year 2011–2012 were due in May 2011. Thirty-one submissions were received from students representing 24 different universities. Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... APPENDIX: PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS The following individuals have served as panel members and mentors and provided oversight of the research program beginning with the 2008–2009 academic year. Their assistance has been invaluable in attracting students, overseeing their research efforts, and preparing documents for presentation and publication. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... Albert Larkin, FAA Airport Technology R&D Branch, William J Hughes Technical Center Michael E Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 These digests are issued in order to increase awareness of research results emanating from projects in the Cooperative Research Programs (CRP) Read the entire page →

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... C O N T E N T S Introduction, 1 Academic Year 2008–2009, 3 Published Papers 2008–2009, 4 Academic Year 2009–2010, 6 Published Papers 2009–2010, 7 Academic Year 2010–2011, 11 Papers Being Considered for Publication, Academic Year 2010–2011, 12 Academic Year 2011–2012, 16 Appendix: Program Participants, 17 INTRODUCTION An original FAA-sponsored, TRBadministered Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues began during the 1986–1987 academic year and continued through 1995–1996. At that time, funds were discontinued and the program was allowed to end.