Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Projects
- Hydrogen Production Alternatives for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production
- Contrail Avoidance Decision Support and Evaluation
- Aircraft Noise Exposure and Market Outcomes in the US
- Improving Policy Analysis Tools to Evaluate Higher-Altitude Aircraft Operations
- Comparative Assessment of Electrification Strategies for Aviation
- Combustion Concepts for the Next-Generation Aircraft Engines
- Aircraft Noise Abatement Procedure Modeling and Validation
- Clean Sheet Supersonic Aircraft Engine Design and Performance
- Naphthalene Removal Assessment
- Analysis to Support the Development of an Engine nvPM Emissions Standards
- Surface Analysis to Support AEDT APM Development
- Airport Surface Movement Optimization
- Cruise Altitude and Speed Optimization
- Aircraft Design and Performance Assessment Tool Enhancement
- Development of NAS wide and Global Rapid Aviation Air Quality
- Emissions Data Analysis for CLEEN, ACCESS, and Other Recent Tests
- Worldwide LCA of GHG Emissions from Petroleum Jet Fuel
- Analytical Approach for Quantifying Noise from Advanced Operational Procedures
- Improving Climate Policy Analysis Tools
- Rapid Fleet-wide Environmental Assessment Capability
- Cardiovascular Disease and Aircraft Noise Exposure
- Alternative Jet Fuel Supply Chain Analysis
Lead Investigators
Publications
- Modeling of Delayed Deceleration Approaches for Community Noise Reduction
- Block 2 Procedure Recommendations for Boston Logan Airport Community Noise Reduction
- Advanced procedure noise model validation using airport noise monitor networks
- Delayed Deceleration Approach Procedure Noise Modeling Validation using Noise Measurements and Radar Data
- Preliminary Development and Flight Trials of a Cruise Altitude and Speed Optimization Decision Support Tool
- Modeling, Assessment, and Flight Demonstration of Delayed Deceleration Approaches for Community Noise Reduction
- Evaluation of the Impact of Transport Jet Aircraft Approach and Departure Speed on Community Noise
- Marginal Climate and Air Quality Costs of Aviation Emissions
- Evolution of sectoral emissions and contributions to mortality from particulate matter exposure in the Asia-Pacific region between 2010 and 2015
- Advanced Operational Procedure Design Concepts for Noise Abatement.
- Approach for Representing the Aircraft Noise Impacts of Concentrated Flight Tracks
- Aircraft noise modeling of dispersed flight tracks and metrics for assessing impacts
- Block 1 Procedure Recommendations for Logan Airport Community Noise Reduction
- Data-Driven Flight Procedure Simulation and Noise Analysis in a Large-Scale Air Transportation System
- Framework for Analyzing Aircraft Community Noise Impacts of Advanced Operational Flight Procedures
- Capturing aromaticity in automatic mechanism generation software
- SCOPE11 Method for Estimating Aircraft Black Carbon Mass and Particle Number Emissions
- Enhancing Aircraft Fuel Burn Modeling on the Airport Surface
- Using dynamic relative climate impact curves to quantify the climate impact of bioenergy production systems over time
- Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Costs of Production of Diesel and Jet Fuel from Municipal Solid Waste
- Aviation CO2 emission reductions from the use of alternative jet fuels
- Assessing the environmental impacts of aircraft noise and emissions
- Aviation environmental policy and issues of timescale, Chapter 3
- Impact of Aviation on Climate: FAA’s Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI) Phase II
- Delayed Deceleration Approach Noise Assessment
- Modeling Performance and Noise of Advanced Operational Procedures for Current and Future Aircraft
- Investigation of Aircraft Approach and Departure Velocity Profiles on Community Noise
- Analytical Approach for Quantifying Noise from Advanced Operational Procedures
- Development of Rapid Fleet-Wide Environmental Assessment Capability
- Air pollution and early deaths in the United States. Part II: Attribution of PM2.5 exposure to emissions species, time, location and sector
- Development of a response surface model of aviation’s air quality impacts in the United States
- Methods for Assessing the Impacts of Aviation Environmental Policies on Public Health
- Bioenergy and its use to mitigate the climate impact of aviation
- Scenario based lifecycle analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum-derived transportation fuels in 2050
- Stochastic techno-economic analysis of alcohol-to-jet fuel production
- The costs of production of alternative jet fuel: A harmonized stochastic assessment
- An intercomparative study of the effects of aircraft emissions on surface air quality
- Optimal Control of Airport Pushbacks in the Presence of Uncertainties
- Cruise Altitude and Speed Optimization Implemented in a Pilot Decision Support Tool
- Environmental and economic assessment of transportation fuels from municipal solid waste
- Black Carbon Emissions Reductions from Combustion of Alternative Jet Fuels
- Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion through Pushback Rate Control
- Dynamic Control of Airport Departures: Algorithm Development and Field Evaluation
- Design, Testing and Evaluation of a Pushback Rate Control Strategy
- Airport Characterization for the Adaptation of Surface Congestion Management Approaches
- A Decision Support Tool for the Pushback Rate Control of Airport Departures
- Dynamic Control of Airport Departures: Algorithm Development and Field Evaluation
- Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion through Pushback Rate Control
- Cruise Fuel Reduction Potential from Altitude and Speed Optimization in Global Airline Operations
- Fuel Efficiency Benefits and Implementation Considerations for Cruise Altitude and Speed Optimization in the National Airspace System
- Commercial airline altitude optimization strategies for reduced cruise fuel consumption
- Commercial Airline Speed Optimization Strategies for Reduced Cruise Fuel Consumption
- An Inter-comparative Study of the Effects of Aircraft on Surface Air Quality