1st

First Place - A three-member team from the College of Aeronautics at Florida Institute of Technology received top honors in the Runway Safety/Runway Incursions/Runway Excursions category with its design titled, Airport Runway Incursion Preventative System. Dr. Deborah Carstens served as faculty adviser. Full Design

Airport Operation and Maintenance Challenge:

1st

First Place - A four-member team from the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue University received top honors in the Airport Operation and Maintenance category with its design titled, Integrated Technologies to Improve Safety of Apron Operations: Apron Intelligent Monitoring and Reporting System (AIMRS). Dr. Mary Johnson served as faculty adviser. Full Design

Airport Management and Planning Challenge:

1st

First Place - A four-member team from the Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Rhode Island received top honors in the Airport Management and Planning category with its design titled, Eagle Eye. Dr. Bahram Nassersharif served as faculty adviser. Full Design
2nd

Second Place - An eight-member team from the Binghamton University Scholars Program at Binghamton University placed second in the Airport Management and Planning category with its design titled, Integrating Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the National Airspace System. Professors Chad Nixon and Zachary Staff served as faculty advisers. Full Design

Honorable Mentions given to:

A five-member team from the from the Engineering Leadership Development Program at Penn State University won an honorable mention in the Airport Environmental Interactions category with its design titled, Localized Microgrid System for Energy Efficiency in Airports. Professors Meg Handley and Paul Meister served as faculty advisers.

A three-member team from the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue University won an honorable mention in the Airport Operation and Maintenance category with its design titled, Leveraging Existing Technologies in Order to Create a Resilient Autonomous FOD Detection System. Dr. Mary Johnson served as faculty adviser.

A three-member team from the Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at the University of Central Florida won an honorable mention in the Airport Management and Planning category with its design titled, Quantifying the Impact of Re-Categorization at the San Diego International Airport. Dr. Adan Vela served as faculty adviser.