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Announcements Waitz Selected for 2007 FAA Excellence in Research Award The FAA has selected PARTNER director Ian A. Waitz as the recipient of its 2007 Excellence in Aviation Research Award. In announcing the decision, FAA Office of Research and Technology Development acting director Barry Scott wrote, "The evaluation panel and senior FAA officials unanimously selected Dr. Waitz for an individual award because of his ongoing, critical research on aviation's impact on the environment." In addition to directing the PARTNER program office, Waitz is lead investigator for a number of its research projects including Valuation and Trade-offs of Policy Options, the Energy Policy Act Study, and Alternative Fuels. He is particularly involved in developing the Aviation Environmental Portfolio Management Tool, a comprehensive software tools suite that will allow for thorough assessment of aviation environmental effects. Waitz is the Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Excellence in Aviation Research Award is presented to individuals whose research contributions result in a significantly safer and more efficient national airspace system. 2008 Hartman Student Paper Competition Winners Announced APRIL 17, 2008 — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aeronautics and Astronautics Department graduate students Elza Brunelle-Yeung and Christopher Sequeira are the first and second place winners, respectively, in the Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction's 2008 Joseph A. Hartman Student Paper Competition. Peter A. Barros Jr. of the Georgia Institute of Technology was the third place winner. Complete Story
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