The U.S. Department of Transportation`s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will establish a new Center of Excellence…
The U.S. Department of Transportation`s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will establish a new Center of Excellence headed by Auburn University to examine cabin air quality and study chemical and biological threats in airliners.
Officially titled the `Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Airliner Cabin Environment Research,` the consortium will research cabin air quality and conduct an assessment of chemical and biological threats.
Other universities taking part in the effort include Purdue University, Harvard University, Boise State University, Kansas State University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
We`ve brought together some of the brightest minds science has to offer to focus on cabin air quality and chemical
and biological threats to protect passengers and crew members, said FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey. This
research will be of great benefit to the flying public.?
The FAA will pump at least $1 million into the center the first year and $500,000 in each of the second and third years. Matching funds will be provided by the private sector.
Legislation passed in 1990 allows the FAA to partner with universities and industry to conduct research and development toward improving aviation safety, environmental impact and efficiency, and airspace and airport planning and design. Seven other Centers of Excellence have been established, dealing with computational modeling of aircraft structures, airport pavement technology, operations research, airworthiness assurance, general aviation, aircraft noise, aviation emissions mitigation and advanced materials.
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