{"id":129728,"date":"2022-04-07T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-478700"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:36:52","slug":"university-teams-fly-high-in-airport-designs-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/university-teams-fly-high-in-airport-designs-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"University Teams Fly High in Airport Designs of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-media\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blue_skies_web_graphic_rectangle_6_x_4_in.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1040\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blue_skies_web_graphic_rectangle_6_x_4_in.png?w=1040\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blue_skies_web_graphic_rectangle_6_x_4_in.png 1040w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blue_skies_web_graphic_rectangle_6_x_4_in.png?resize=300,92 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blue_skies_web_graphic_rectangle_6_x_4_in.png?resize=768,236 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blue_skies_web_graphic_rectangle_6_x_4_in.png?resize=1024,315 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blue_skies_web_graphic_rectangle_6_x_4_in.png?resize=400,123 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blue_skies_web_graphic_rectangle_6_x_4_in.png?resize=600,185 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blue_skies_web_graphic_rectangle_6_x_4_in.png?resize=900,277 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Concepts from eight teams participating in the 2022 Gateways to Blue Skies: Airports of Tomorrow (Blue Skies) Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2022 Blue Skies Forum, slated for June 2-3, 2022. As the aviation industry moves into the future of Zero Emission Aviation by 2050, planes and airports of today will be vastly different in tomorrow\u2019s landscape. In an effort to ignite progress toward climate-friendly aviation, the all-new competition sponsored by NASA\u2019s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) seeks to engage current university students in imagining and designing aeronautics\u2019 future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aviation efficiency and safety are top-of-mind for industry experts. As the future unfolds, NASA ARMD is researching technologies in fuels, aircraft design and other areas that reduce noise, fuel use and harmful emissions. NASA-developed technologies have contributed to improving aviation sustainability both economically and environmentally in recent decades. The Blue Skies competition seeks to inspire the incoming generation of engineers, planners, architects and other related disciplines to conceptualize changes to new airport designs or airport overhauls to ensure technology changes in the air go hand-in-hand with infrastructure changes on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2022 Blue Skies judging panel has selected eight teams as finalists in this year\u2019s competition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Carnegie Mellon University \u2014 Project Title: Sustainability and Connected Autonomy: A New Era for Aviation \u2014 Advisor: Dr. Sebastian Scherer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manhattan College \u2014 Project Title: Soaring Into the 2050s \u2014 Advisor: Dr. Bahareh Estejab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ohio State University \u2014 Project Title: Project ECOAir \u2014 Advisor: Ethan Rivera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of California, Irvine \u2014 Project Title: Blue Skies, Green Fuels, Bright Future \u2014 Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline Huynh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign \u2014 Project Title: Modern Day Wright Brothers \u2014 Advisor: Dr. Leon Liebenburg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Pennsylvania \u2014 Project Title: Carbon Negative: A Modular Approach to Advancing Green Airport Infrastructure \u2014 Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline B. Kirtley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Texas, Austin \u2014 Project Title: Airports Supporting the Future of Aviation \u2014 Advisor: Dr. Lina Sela<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Texas, Austin \u2014 Project Title: Bluebonnet Skies \u2014 Advisor: Dr. Shannon O\u2019Brien<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBetween universities adopting this competition as part of in-class curriculum and students creating teams on their own, Blue Skies is proving to do what we set out to achieve: Engage a wide variety of university students across age groups, disciplines, and academic levels in conducting research into climate friendly aviaton technologies of the future,\u201d said Steven Holz, NASA Aeronautics University Innovation Assistant Project Manager and Blue Skies sponsor. \u201cThe submissions to the inaugural competition are diverse and creative. We are excited to host the finalist teams at the June Forum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finalist teams receive $6,000 stipends to facilitate full participation in the competition, including presenting their design concepts at the 2022 Blue Skies Forum in Hampton, VA in June, which will be livestreamed globally. Winning team members earn a chance to intern at one of NASA\u2019s Aeronautics centers in the 2022-23 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMoving the needle on aeronautics in terms of climate change is of utmost interest to NASA Aeronautics and the entire industry,\u201d said Koushik Datta, NASA Aeronautics University Innovation Project Manager and Blue Skies sponsor. \u201cIt is also of global interest, as climate-friendly improvements in air travel will have ripple effects around the world. Our goal is to engage and inspire the next generation of aviation industry experts to have a mind toward sustainability as they work through their education and step into their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on the Gateways to Blues Skies: Airports of Tomorrow competition, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/blueskies.nianet.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blueskies.nianet.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2022 Gateways to Blue Skies competition is sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeroresearch\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\u2019s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate<\/a> and managed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nianet.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">National Institute of Aerospace<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concepts from eight teams participating in the 2022 Gateways to Blue Skies: Airports of Tomorrow (Blue Skies) Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2022 Blue Skies Forum, slated for June 2-3, 2022. 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