Quiet skies: Universities to research way to reduce aviation noise


FAA PRESS RELEASE 

Highlights…

Noise and Advance Air Mobility Aircraft, Drones and Rotorcraft

Develop noise models for different types of Advanced Air Mobility vehicles:
$315,000 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Develop acoustic modeling for Urban Air Mobility vehicles with low noise operations:
$280,000 to Pennsylvania State University.

Evaluate the noise exposure that could result from large numbers of commercial and private UAS vehicles:
$300,000 to Georgia Institute of Technology.

Develop noise abatement procedures for helicopters in various phases of flight through computer modeling:

$170,000 to Pennsylvania State University.
Noise and Communities

Assess and quantify if any correlation exists between aircraft noise, sleep, cardiovascular health and mental health: $1,999,608 to Boston University.
Investigate the effects of aviation noise on sleep disturbance: $1,077,621 to University of Pennsylvania.
Estimate if any housing value loss has occurred due to aircraft noise exposure: $300,000 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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