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SYLLABUS
SYST 460/560 FALL 2006
Instructor: Lance Sherry
Location:
Research I, Room 405 (moved from S&T II Room 206)
Contact Info: 703-993-1711, lsherry@gmu.edu, Research I – 409
Office Hours: Wed 4pm-6p
Week
1
Date*
Aug
30
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Sept 6
Topic
 Syllabus
 Overview
ATS
 London to
New York
Aerodynamics
3
Sept
13
Navigation
Overview
Material
Handouts
Illman Chap
Principles of
Flight (1),
Flight
Instruments
(3), Airplane
Performance
(4)
FAA IPH
Chap 1
Illman Chap
Navigation
(6)
Aviation Env.
Handouts
4
Sept
24
Enroute
Navigation
Illman Chap
Navigation
(6)
5
Sept
27
Approach &
Landing
Navigation
Illman Chap
Airports (8)
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Oct 4
Mid-term
Exam
Homework
READ:
Illman Chap
1, 3, 4, and
FAA IPH
Chap 1
Aero
Homework
due Sept 13
READ:
Illman Chap
6
Navigation
Homework
due Sept 20
READ:
Illman Chap
5
Graduate
Student
Projects
Approach &
Landing
Navigation
Equipment
Table
- Review for
Exam.
- Graduate
Students
Only:
Abstracts
due
READ:
Illman Chap
Airspace
System (7),
FAA IPH
Chap 2
1
Handouts
- Syllabus.doc
- ATS Overview
- London to New York Stewart Chap 10
-Aerodynamics.pdf
- AerodynamicsHomework.pdf
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AviationEnvironment.pdf
AvEnvStudyAid.pdf
NavigationEnroute.pdf
- NavigationRunways.pdf
- NavigtaionApproach.pdf
- NavigationGPS.pdf
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ATC System
Structure &
ATC
Procedures
Illman Chap
The
Airspace
System
- ATC System Structure.pdf (3)
- ATC Communication.pdf (4)
- Air Traffic Control Procedures.pdf(5)
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Oct 18
 Takeoff
Procedures
 Enroute
Procedures
Arrival and
Approach
Procedures
Traffic Flow
Management
FAA IPH
Chap 2, 3, 4,
5
- Control Tower Procedures.pdf(6)
- Separation.pdf (7)
- Terminal Area and Enroute.pdf (9)
- AirTrafficControlProceduresHomework.pdf
9
Oct 25
10
Nov 1
Air Traffic
Safety
Read
Handouts
11
Nov 8
Read
Handouts
12
Nov
15
 Weather
 Intro Airport
Ops
 Airport
Operations
and
Economics
Guest: Mike Wambsganns
- WambsgannsCDMPart1.pdf
- WambsganssCDMPart2.pdf
Additional notes and handouts:
TFMCDM.pdf
- TFMCDMScenario
- CDMQuickReference.pdf
HandoutsATCSafety.pdf
Guest: Professor Shortle
- SafetyHomework.pdf
- SafteyHomeworkSolutions.pdf
- Weather.pdf
- CCFP - David Smith
Read
Handouts
Guest: James Wilding, David Schaar
- AirportPerformanceMeasurement.pdf
13
Nov
22
Nov
29
Dec 7
14
15
16
Dec
12 19
Thanks
Giving Break
NTSB Reports
Read
Handouts
Read
Handouts
- Review
- Graduate
Student
Projects
Final Exam
Prepare for
Final Exam.
Graduate
Student
Projects due
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* Dates all tentative, subject to change without notice.
Text Books:
The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (3rd Edition) – Paul E. Illman ISBN – 0-07-031782-8
FAA Instrument Procedures Handbook. Download from
http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/instrument_procedures_handbook/
Other Sources:
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Air Transportation Systems Engineering (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 193).
George L.Donohue and Andres G. Zellweger (Editors), American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, AIAA, 2001.
How to Become a Pilot – FAA
Private Pilot – Jepperson
Understanding Mathematics for Aircraft Navigation – James S. Wolper
Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control – Michael S.Nolan
Flying the Big Jest – Stanley Stewart
Optimizing Jet Transport Efficiency – Carlos E. Padilla
Airport Operations – Norman Ashford, H.P. Martin Stanton
Air Traffic Control. Order 7110.65P, Federal Aviation Administation, February 2004.
FAA Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2004. Federal Aviation Administation, 2004.
Flight to the future : Human Factors of Air Traffic Control. Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor,
and James, P. McGee, editors ; Panel on Human Factors in Air Traffic Control Automation, National
Academy Press, 1997.
Airline Operations Research, by Dusan Teodorovic. Gordon Breach Publishers, 1991.
Air Transport Systems Analysis and Modelling (Transportation Studies), by Milan Janic, Gordon
Breach Inc., 2001.
Transportation Demand Analysis. Adib Kanafani. McGraw-Hill, 1983.
Issues in Air Transportation and Airport Management, TRB 1094, Transportation Research Board,
1986.
Integrated Noise Model User's Manual V. 6.0. Federal Aviation Administration - ATAC, 2000.
National Airspace System Plan 4.0, FAA, March 1999.
Securing the Future of U.S. Air Transportation: A System in Peril, Committee on Aeronautics
Research and Technology for Vision 2050, Studies and Information Services, National Research
Council (NRC).
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This course is intended to provide an introduction to Air Traffic Control (ATC) for those who plan to
work or conduct research in the aviation industry.
It is a required course for those students interested in specializing in air transportation systems by
taking more in-depth courses.
The course will survey the entire field, providing an understanding of the components and operation of
the National Airspace System (NAS).
i. The course will include aircraft operations and systems, airline operations, air
traffic control operations, systems and technologies, and the structure and
functions of the FAA.
ii. The course will include the measurement and study of the performance of the
NAS.
The course will involve class participation, regular homework, simulation and modeling, site visits,
and some field work collecting and analyzing data.
Course Objective: Students will learn the necessary basic knowledge in air traffic management of the
air transportation system. This course prepares students for work in the industry and for conduct of
graduate studies and research.
Relationship to Other Courses: This is a required course for graduate students in air transportation
systems. This course is prerequisite for SYST 660.
Expectations for Student Participation: This course material is dominated by knowledge (facts). As a
consequence, it is expected that each student spend 30 minutes (min) each day testing their knowledge
on the subject of the prior week using the Test Question Data-bank. Remember, “learning takes place
at the time of failure of expectation.” This expectation is required of each student.
How to study for the class:
70% of the material is declarative knowledge (facts)
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Example the “Class A airspace is from 18,000 ft MSL to FL600
You will be asked to demonstrate that you can retrieve these facts when asked
Studying is a memorization activity
Memorization requires repetition
• Several repetitions (more than 5) each day
• Several days (more than 4)
– For example to be able to recall 8 items in a specific order requires 13
repetitions over a 6 day period
30% of the material is procedural knowledge (procedures using steps and rules)
– Example, derive an equation, solve an equations
– You will be asked to derive equations, solve equations
– Studying is building conceptual understanding of the procedure
– Use equations in different ways
– Requires explicit model, repetitions
Student Obligations:
• Student obligations:
• Weekly homework/quiz
– turned in at start of class
– Late penalty 10%
• Mid-term/Final Exam (Closed-book*)
• Final Project*
– Abstract due day of Mid-term (Oct 4)
– Final paper due last day of class (Dec 7)
* Subject to change without notice at instructors discretion
Grading:
Undergraduates:
– Homework/Quizzes (30%)
– Mid-term Exam (35%)
– Final Exam (35%)
Graduates:
– Homework/Quizzes (20%)
– Mid-term Exam (30%)
– Class Project (20%)
– Final Exam (30%)
Graduate Student Projects:
Potential Project Topics
1. Aircraft performance Impact on Environment – Analyze public-domain aircraft-performance
information relevant to managing environmental impacts of air transport. Specific types of information
include, for different aircraft/engine types: fuel consumption and efficiency, preferred cruise altitudes,
preferred departure profiles.
2. Aviation Impact on Environment: Engine design trade-offs – Analyze the major design elements of
modern jet engines as they relate to production of noise and emissions. Identify the principal design
tradeoffs as they are currently understood.
3. Aviation Impact on Environment: Fuel and emissions standards in other modes – Analyze U.S. and
European fuel and emissions standards for other modes of transport (road, rail, marine) and identify the
major issues associated with establishing and enforcing such standards.
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4. Emissions modeling – Analyze available U.S. and European models for aircraft emissions generation
and spatio-temporal dispersion. Review their principal similarities and differences, and identify areas of
scientific uncertainty that are relevant to improving these models.
5. Emissions chemistry – Analyze the principal effluents of modern jet engines and review the chemistry
of their behaviour in the atmosphere. This would include longevity in different forms, chemical
transformation into different species, etc.
6. Environmental law – Analyze the principal elements of the U.S. Clean Air Act and the international
Framework Convention on Climate Change. Identify possible ways in which the Act and the Convention
may affect different components of the air-transportation network.
7.
Analysis of Miles-In-Trail in U.S.
8.
Analysis of Ground Delay Program
9.
Analysis of Air Transportation Economics
Academic Honesty:
• Honor Code strictly enforced.
• Suspected violations will be reported
Office Hours:
Wed 4pm – 6pm, Room 409, Research I, lsherry@gmu.edu, 703-993-1711
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