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Congrats |
Azin Nare Zoghabi awarded Ph.D.
Dissertation: Methodology for Capacity and Safety Analysis for a Flow Corridor with Dynamic Wake Separation
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Congrats |
Denis Avila awarded Ph.D.
Dissertation: Method for Contrail Inventory Analaysis |
Congrats |
Ph.D. student Oleksandra (Sasha) Donnelly (nee Snisarevska) awarded 3rd Place in Conference Best Paper at IEEE ICNS Conference, April 9-11 2019, Dulles,Va.
Design of a Display for Alerting Cockpit Automation Function Configuration Changes |
Congrats |
Amy Rose a graduate of the Minor in Flight Training and Aviation Managment
at GMU on being selected to be the U.S. Representative on the Hop! Tour des Jeunes Pilotes .
Amy spent the two-week program in France competing in daily aviation ralley competitions. Mason junior takes to the skies |
Congrats to Alumni |
David Smith now General Manager of Irregular Operations in the Operations Analysis & Performance Division
at Delta Airlines |
Congrats to Alumni |
Zhenming Wang now at JD.com working on supply chains, drone and unmanned car convoys, and face recognition for an unmanned supermarket |
Congrats |
Bahram Yousefi awarded Ph.D.
Dissertation: Reslience of Enterprises in a Contested Cyber Environment |
In the News |
Dr. Donohue interviewed on BYU Radio - Top of Mind by Julie Rose .
The Potential Effects of a Privatized Air Traffic Control |
In the News |
Dr. John Shortle quoted in GMU News at Mason .
Extreme heat grounds commercial planes in Phoenix |
In the News |
Dr. Donohue in News at Mason: .
Government seeks to privatize air traffic control system |
Award |
Ph.D. student Zhenming Wang, Dr. Sherry & Dr. Shortle awareded a U.S. Patent for "Method and Apparatus for Probabilistic Alerting of Aircraft Unstabilized Approaches Using Big Data" 62/324,406
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Dr. Sherry serves on Panel From Here to Autonomy: Challenges & Opportunties at the 19th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 8 - May 11, 2017
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Dr. Sherry moderates panel at ICNS 2017 Conference April 19, 2017 Drones: The Sky is the Limit
Panelists: Jeff Bruenig (Mitre CAASD), Kevin Hightower (Airmap), Matt Hutchison (Aurora Flight Sciences), Brett Velicovch (Expert Drones), Basil Yap (NC DOT)
" UAS Workshop Panel" |
In the News |
Dr. Donohue in Op Ed article in the Capital (Maryland) Gazette urges scientists and engineers to speak up about the facts .
Are scientists obligated to march? |
Service |
Dr. Sherry serves on National Science Foundation (NSF) Merit Review Panel |
Service |
Dr. Sherry moderates panel at TRB Symposium Jan 8, 2017 UAS Making it Happen: From Research to Applications
Panelists: Basil Yap (NC DOT), Colin Brooks (Michigan Tech), Sia Scjhatz (ACRP), Jeff Bruenig (Mitre CAASD), Davis Hackenberg (NASA) |
Congrats |
Zhenimng Wang, Dr. Sherry, and Dr. Shortle awarded Provisional U.S. Patent
for Method and Apparatus for Probabilistic Alerting of Aircraft Unstabilized Approaches using Big Data |
In the News |
Dr. Sherry quoted in USA Today .
Travel trouble? Here's why your airline flight is delayed |
In the News |
Dr. Donohue briefs AASCDC .
"Climate Change and Rising Sea Level: What Can We do about it?" |
Award |
Senior Design Team takes 1st Place 2016 IEEE SIEDS Conference: Data Analytics, Simulation and Optimization Track
for Design of a System for Aircraft Fuselage Inspection Sponsored by Integrity Applications Inc. |
Award |
Senior Design Team takes 1st Place 2016 IEEE SIEDS Conference: Model-Based Design Track IEEE Conference Paper and 1st Place GMU 2016 PITCH-IT Competition
for Design of a Transoceanic Cable Protection System Sponsored by Raytheon |
Award |
Senior Design Team takes 1st Place Decision Analysis Track 2015 General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference and 2nd Place GMU 2016 PITCH-IT Competition
for System Design of a Biofeedback Active Sensor System (BASS) to Mitigate the Probability of ACL InjuriesSponsored by Center for Air Transportation Systems Research |
Congrats |
Ph.D. Candidate Seungwon Noh was awarded Best Paper in the Safety and Human Performance Track at the 2016 ICRAT Conference .
"Application of Common Cause Failure Methodology to Aviation Safety Assessment Model" |
In the News |
Dr. Donohue published Op Ed in Richmiond Times-Dispatch .
"Benefits of Air Traffic Control Reforms Outweighs Challenges of Transition" |
Congrats |
Zhenming Wang awarded Ph.D. Dissertation: Methodology for Nowcasting Unstable Approaches |
Service |
Dr. Sherry & Denise Ponchak (NASA) organize workshop at ICNS 2016 Conference"How Drones are Changing the World We Live In."
Panelists: Mr Robert Pappas (FAA - UAS Integration Office),
Mr. Brett Velicovitch (CEO & Founder of Expert Drones Inc.), Dr. Quassim Abdullah (Chief Geospatial Scientist, Woolpert Inc.), and Dr. Uwe-Carsten Fiebig (German Aerospace Center - Department Manager Institute of Communicatuions and Navigation) |
In the News |
Dr. Donohue published Guest Column "Legislators Can Act on Climate Change" .
Annapolis Capital Gazette |
In the News |
Dr. Sherry briefs at Oracle Corporation and George Mason Universitys public symposium on Breakthroughs in Big Data Analytics in the Public Sector .
Application of Big Data Analytics to Improve Efficiencies in Air Transportation |
In the News |
Dr. Sherry featured in WNYC radio piece on plans to modernize La Guardia Airport
Cash Alone Can't Fix What Ails Crowded LaGuardia |
Congrats |
Sanja Avramovic awarded Ph.D. Dissertation: Methodology for Simulation and Analysis of Pre-emptive Rebooking for Cancelled Airline Passengers |
Appointment |
Dr. Sherry appointed to the Cyber-UAS Consortium sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia |
In the News |
Ph.D. Candidate Sanja Avramovic is featured in Volgeneua School of Engineering news article
Big Data Provides Solutions for Airline Savings and Passenger Satisfaction |
Internship |
Ph.D. Candidate Zhenming Wang served an intership over the Summer 2015 at United Airlines - Continuous Improvement & Enterprise Optimization |
Award |
Senior Design Team take 1st Place Decision Analysis Track 2015 General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference (4/30/15) for
Decision Support Tool (DST) for Designing Niche Small Package Delivery Aerial Vehicles (NSPDAV) -
Ashruf Ali, Nathan Ballou, Brad McDougall, and Jorge Luis Valle |
Award |
Senior Design Team take 1st Place Engineering Management Track 2015 General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference (4/30/15) for
Analysis of the Impact of Enhanced FOD Inspection on the Aircraft Assemly Process -
Justin Amoyal, Roman Garber, Marwan Karama, Meba E. Kassahun and Anoosha Koohi |
Award |
Senior Design Team take 1st Place Process Improvement Track 2015 General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference (4/30/15) for
Design of a Procedure Analysis Tool (PAT) for the FAA Human Factors Certification Process -
Heather Johnson, Houda Kerkoub, Shaida Latifi, Mumtahina Mahmud, and Alexis Nittoli |
Award |
Senior Design Team take 3rd Place Pragmatics Pitch IT (4/10/15) organized by Laboratory for IT Entrepreneurship at GMU for
Decision Support Tool (DST) for Designing Niche Small Package Delivery Aerial Vehicles (NSPDAV) -
Ashruf Ali, Nathan Ballou, Brad McDougall, and Jorge Luis Valle |
Appointment |
Dr. Sherry appointed to National Academy of Science - Transportation Research Board UAS Subcommittee |
Alumni on the move |
Jianfeng Wang to Google. Danyi Wang to SRA International, LTC John Ferguson to United States Army, Inspector General Agency,
Vivek Kumar to LMI, Loni Nath to Oracle, David Schaar to Boston Consulting Group,
Yimin Zhang to Jerry Thompson and Associates |
Appointment |
Dr. Sherry appointed to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Digital Avionics Technical Committee (DATC) |
Service |
Dr. Sherry serves as General Chair for the IEEE 2015 Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference |
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Congratulations! Firdu Bati recieves Ph.D. April 2014 Firdu, a contractor for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), used Probabilistic Graph Models to identify
safey issues from the massive ATSAP data archives. Link to Dissertation |
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Yimin Zhang awarded a Ph.D. April 2014 Dr. Zhang's dissertation describes a comprehensive model for collision risk analysis for NextGen airspace cocenpsts. A case-study
for Transcontinental Corridor con-ops is provided Link to Dissertation |
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Akshay Belle was awarded a Ph.D. in System Engineering Nov 20, 2013 Akhay has accepted a position with Booz Allen Hamilton. Congratulations! Dr. Belle's dissertation describes a method
that combines surveillance track data, weather, data, airspace proceedure data, with aircraft performance models to estimate flow performance for complex airspace procedures. A case-study of RNP approach procedures in the Chicago Terminal
Area is provided.Link to Dissertation |
Dissertation Awarded |
LTC John Ferguson awarded a Ph.D. April 2012 Dissertation: A Methodology for Evaluationg Economic and Policy Impacts on Airline and Passenger Behavior Link to Dissertation |
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Dr. Donohue on Bloomberg News. Sept 23, 2013
Donohue: insulating air-traffic management from politics could provide faster technology development and steadier funding.
Donohue: budget pressures make the change the most probable since President Clinton floated such a proposal. |
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CATSR Alumni on the Move
Bengi Manley to SRA International, Loan Le to United Airlines, Jianfeng Wang to United Airlines, Ning Xu to American Airlines, Richard Xie to Agilex |
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Congratulations 2013 Graduates of Aviation Program!
Laurie Calzadilla (Metron Aviation), Evan Demick (Booz Allen), Paramjeet Khanna, Kevin Lai (CATSR), Gabe Lewis (TASC), Daric Mergesa (Boeing), Samira Monshi (USPTO),
Seungwon Noh (Ph.D. Student), Gupreet Singh, Brian Skelly (FAA), Karym Zabara |
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CATSR Sponsored Undergraduate Team Wins 1st Place in Design Competition
Adel Elessawy, Gurpreet Singh, Joshua Singh, Karym Zabara. First Place in the Modeling and Simulation Track at the 2013 General Donald R. Keith Memorial
Capstone Conference, West Point Military Academy, May 2, 2013.
"Corporate Responsibility for the U.S. Air Navigation Service Provider: A Decision Support Tool to Reduce CO2 Emissions
from En-route Flights"
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FAA Sponsored Undergraduate Team Wins 1st Place in Design Competition
Alexandre Cheytanov, Nathan Bales, Paramjeet Khanna, Chris Swift. First Place in the Decision Analysis Track at the 2013 General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference, West Point Military Academy, May 2, 2013.
"A Decision Support Tool for Building Leasing Strategies to Achieve the Executive Order Mandate for Federal Government Green Buildings"
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GMU Vision Series Lecture - Lance Sherry (2013)
"Delayed and Cancelled! Why the U.S. Air Transportation System is Unreliable and How to Fix It" |
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Dr. Donohue on Bloomberg News. Nov 13, 2012
Megan Hughes reports on low traffic air traffic control towers. Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line." |
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Dr. Sherry quoted in Associated Press article Oct 31, 2012
Sandy shuts down Northeast air travel. By Joshua Freed and Samantha Bokamp |
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Farewell and Thank You! to Boija (Victor) Ye, from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
who completed a two year visiting scholar internship at CATSR. Aug 2012. |
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Congratulations! to Dr. Vivek Kumar on his new role as Research Scientist at Intelligent
Automation Inc. (I-A-I). May 2012. |
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Gute reise! to Dr. Vivek Kumar on his 3 month assignment to the
University of Dresden - Institute of Logistics and Aviation to work with Dr. Hartmut Fricke and his team. September 2012.
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Congratulations! to Dr. Guillermo Calderon-Meza on his job at Microsoft (Redmond, Washington). May 2011. |
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Thank You! to John Gonda, on behalf of AIAA - DATC, for endowment of a scholarship fund for CATSR students. March 2011. |
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GMU Vision Series Lecture - George Donohue (2009)Terminal Chaos: Why U.S. Air Travel is Broken and How to Fix It." |