Aviation

Planes, trains and automobiles: faster, stronger, lighterNew technique advances carbon-fiber composites.

Department snapshot: Aeronautics and AstronauticsAeroAstro takes off in new directions — prompting a 50 percent spike in new undergraduate enrollments.

New model of disease contagion ranks U.S. airports in terms of their spreading influenceAirports in New York, Los Angeles and Honolulu are judged likeliest to play a significant role in the growth of a pandemic.

It’s not easy flying greenA new analysis emphasizes the large variability in greenhouse gas emissions from alternative fuels.

Student design takes flightMIT students build an unmanned aircraft for MIT Lincoln Laboratory research

3 Questions: John Hansman on the Qantas A380 engine blowoutMIT aviation expert discusses why the engine failure could have resulted in a more serious outcome.

MIT-led team’s eco-aircraft receives Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Innovator AwardUnique plane offers significant reduction in emissions, noise and fuel use.

A link between air travel and deaths on the groundStudy suggests pollution from airplanes flying at ‘cruise’ altitudes contributes to 8,000 deaths per year globally.

Liebeck to receive Guggenheim MedalAeroAstro professor's award one of aerospace's highest

Fly the eco-friendly skiesMIT-led team designs airplanes that would use 70 percent less fuel than current models.

MIT Professional Education delivers its first course in IndiaThis week, MIT Professional Education is conducting its first-ever three-day course in India, “Airport and Airline Systems: Planning, Design and Management,” as part of the program’s new international outreach initiative.