{"171441":{"#nid":"171441","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Named Member of New FAA Center of Excellence for General Aviation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of a multi-university team for the new Center of Excellence for General Aviation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECalled Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability (PEGASAS), the Center of Excellence will concentrate research and development efforts on general aviation safety issues including airport technology, propulsion and structures, airworthiness, flight safety, fire safety, human factors, system safety management and weather.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with Georgia Tech, PEGASAS will be led by Purdue University and Ohio State University as core integration members. Core team members include the Florida Institute of Technology, Iowa State University and Texas A\u0026amp;M University. PEGASAS affiliate members are: Arizona State University, Florida A\u0026amp;M, Hampton University, Kent State University, North Carolina A\u0026amp;T State University, Oklahoma State University, Southern Illinois University\u0026nbsp;(Carbondale), Tufts University, Western Michigan University and University of Minnesota, Duluth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe new FAA Center of Excellence will reenergize and push the envelope of the general aviation sector while improving safety. We are excited and honored to be an integral part of this coalition of universities,\u201d said Dimitri Mavris, Boeing Professor of Advanced Aerospace Systems Analysis and Director of the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory at the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMavris, who led the proposal effort for Georgia Tech with Hernando Jimenez, will act as co-director for PEGASAS at Georgia Tech and as one of the center\u2019s coordinators for research. \u201cThe team of Georgia Tech aerospace engineering researchers for PEGASAS brings forth abundant expertise and state-of-the-art capabilities across the center\u2019s areas of research,\u0022 Mavris said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team is comprised of aerospace engineering professors Lakshmi Sankar, Massimo Ruzzene, Eric Johnson, Vitali Volovoi, Julian Rimoli and Karen Feigh as well as research engineers Hernando Jimenez, Jimmy Tai, Michelle Kirby, Holger Pfaender and several other ASDL research faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe FAA continues its goal of working to reduce general aviation fatalities by 10 percent over a 10-year period, from 2009 to 2018,\u201d said Acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta in a statement released by the FAA. \u201cThe Center of Excellence program is a valuable tool in providing the critical data we need to reduce those accidents.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe FAA\u2019s Center of Excellence program is a cost-sharing research partnership between academia, industry and the federal government. The FAA plans to invest a minimum of $500,000 per year during the first five years of the new 10-year agreement with PEGASAS.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of a multi-university team for the new Center of Excellence for General Aviation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has been selected by the FAA as part of a multi-university team for the new Center of Excellence for General Aviation."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-11-15 13:51:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:10","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.faa.gov\/about\/office_org\/headquarters_offices\/ang\/offices\/management\/coe\/","title":"FAA Centers of Excellence"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.faa.gov\/news\/press_releases\/news_story.cfm?newsId=13968","title":"FAA press release"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.asdl.gatech.edu\/","title":"Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"14961","name":"center of excellence"},{"id":"4341","name":"FAA"},{"id":"50551","name":"Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kara.kelch@asdl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKara Kelch\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAerospace Systems Design Laboratory\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-0203\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kara.kelch@asdl.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}