AVTR-59200 Sustainability for Aviation and Transportation

This course focuses on aviation sustainability primarily from a fuels perspective. Topics include: the petroleum supply chain from oil exploration, to refining, then transportation, and finally use in aircraft. Furthermore, combustion principles, chemistry, exhaust emissions, and fuel testing procedures will be explored. Airline operations as well as airport design will also be covered exploring ground operations, flight routing, support equipment, and alternative energy.

Credits

3