Abstract

An overview of NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project will be given.  Goals of the project, and the scope and funding associated with the project will be discussed.  An overview of the technical approaches being pursued will be presented.  Recent progress toward noise and fuel burn and emissions goals will be discussed.  Significant system analysis has been performed and results show that concepts such as the Hybrid Wing Body (HWB) have high potential for simultaneously meeting noise and fuel burn goals.   The same technology suite, when applied to advanced tube and wing aircraft, have a significant impact on fuel burned for the same mission profile.  NASA will actively seek alternate configurations with potential to simultaneously meet the project goals.  Plans for this effort will be described.

Biography

Fayette S. Collier is the Principal Investigator of the Subsonic Fixed Wing Project of NASA’s Fundamental Aeronautics Program.  In this capacity, Dr. Collier directs the planning and execution of NASA’s fundamental research program focused on the subsonic transport sector, working in partnership with Industry, FAA, AFRL and other government agencies.  The research project is focused on development of engine and airframe technologies, and physics-based design tools and processes that will enable dramatic improvements in noise, emissions, and performance characteristics of future subsonic aircraft operating in the air transportation system.

Dr. Collier is a graduate of Virginia Tech (Ph.D., 1988) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.B.A., 1997) where he participated as a NASA Sloan Fellow. He serves on numerous committees for the Agency, including the JPDO’s Environmental Working Group, and the AFRL Fixed Wing Executive Council, and was a contributor to the development of the National R & D Plan for Aeronautics. He is an advisor to graduate students at Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. Dr. Collier is a member of the AIAA