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emailWednesday, March 19, 2008
NextGen: Safe and Efficient Air Transportation for the 21st Century
The current air traffic control system, built on a foundation of human-centered command and control, has provided extraordinarily safe air transportation for the American public. However, the system’s technology is outdated, and changes are needed to accommodate a projected doubling of traffic by 2025. The Federal Aviation Administration’s response is NextGen, featuring performance-based navigation and a much greater degree of automation. Join the Department of Transportation’s Thomas Sheridan for a discussion of the rationale for the new system, its key features and benefits as well as the challenges that lie ahead.
Dr. Thomas Sheridan is the Ford Professor of Engineering and Applied Psychology Emeritus at MIT. As the Director of the MIT Human-Machine Systems Laboratory his research activities included experimentation, analysis, modeling and design to enhance human performance and safety in transportation. He is currently working at the US Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center in Cambridge supporting the NextGen project. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 and is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the International Ergonomics Association.
This study group session is part of a series organized by senior fellows Mark Fagan, John Foote and Osvaldo Agripino, in cooperation with Professor Tony Gomez-Ibanez and with the support of the Mossavar–Rahmani Center for Business and Government and the Taubman Center for State and Local Government. All KSG, Harvard and other interested students, faculty and fellows are invited to participate in these informal discussions focusing on transportation and other infrastructure issues (with an emphasis on new delivery mechanisms such as public private partnerships and privatization).
Refreshments will be served
- Location:Taubman 301
- Date:Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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Time:4:00 PM
