Missy Cummings at TEDMED
Missy Cummings at TEDMED
MIT Professor—and former Navy fighter pilot—Missy Cummings gives a talk at TEDMED 2012.
Dr. Steve Yim - Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment
Dr. Steve Yim - Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment
Dr. Steve Yim speaks about his work as a Research Scientist in the Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.Read more: http://lae.mit.edu/?page_id=601
The role of U.S. airports in disease epidemics
The role of U.S. airports in disease epidemics
Researchers at MIT are using a new mathematical model to better understand how contagious diseases are spread by air travel.
Toward Efficient Airport Operations
Toward Efficient Airport Operations
10/26/2010 4:00 PM 4"237Hamsa Balakrishnan, Asst Professor, Aero Astro and Engineering SystemsDescription: Few of us would elect to spend countless hours at the airport watching planes arrive, depart and sit at gates. But what constitutes a punishment for some actually energizes Hamsa ...
AeroAstro Spring '10 Unified Flight Competition
AeroAstro Spring '10 Unified Flight Competition
The 2010 Unified Flight Competition was held on May 12 with 13 teams successfully completing flights. The objective of this year's competition was to design, build, and fly two circuits around the Johnson track a radio-controlled aircraft while maximizing the ...
Environmental Impacts of Aviation
Environmental Impacts of Aviation
04/13/2010 4:00 PM 3"270Dr. Ian A. Waitz, Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and Department Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT Description: Knowing more about the environmental impacts of aviation is increasingly essential, but according to Ian Waitz, it is also an area where ...
The Next Giant Leaps in Energy, Environment, & Air ...
The Next Giant Leaps in Energy, Environment, & Air Transportation
06/11/2009 1:00 PM KresgeThe Honorable John P. Holdren, '65, SM '66, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; Dr. Ian A. Waitz, Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and Department Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, ...
Air Safety: Nothing But Blue Skies?
Air Safety: Nothing But Blue Skies?
06/06/2009 3:30 PM Wong AuditoriumArnold Barnett, PhD '73, George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT SloanDescription: While Arnold Barnett acknowledges addressing the same questions around flying year after year ("Does he ever change his schtick?"), he advertises some new twists ...
Three More For The Road
Three More For The Road
06/10/2006 3:00 PM Wong AuditoriumArnold Barnett, PhD '73, George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT SloanDescription: In a trio of mini-talks, Arnold Barnett applies statistical analysis to some of society's most confounding challenges. He first takes up the minority achievement ...
Airline Security: Where are We?
Airline Security: Where are We?
06/05/2004 9:00 AM Wong AuditoriumArnold Barnett, PhD '73, George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT SloanDescription: The events of 9/11 unleashed a flood of security measures across all dimensions of daily life, many of them aimed at averting repeat attacks on aircraft. So you ...
First Flight, First Fabric
First Flight, First Fabric
12/17/2003 12:00 PM N52/MuseumDeborah G. Douglas, Curator, Science and Technology Collections, MIT MuseumDescription: On the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight, Deborah Douglas manages to tease several story strands out of a one-inch-square piece of fabric. The object at ...
Flight: The Next 100 Years
Flight: The Next 100 Years
11/19/2003 7:00 P MuseumLaurence R. Young, The Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Joseph H. Corn, Coordinator, American Studies Program, Stanford University ; Jane F. Garvey, Executive Vice President and Chair, Transportation Practice, ...