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3Table 2 Research topics selected for academic year 2016â2017. Student Degree Research Topic University Yashovardhan Sushil Chati PhD Data-Driven Modeling of Aircraft Engine Fuel Burn Massachusetts Institute of Technology Timothy Divoll PhD Airport Expansion and Land Use: A 20-year Response of Endangered Indiana Bats to Proactive Mitigation Indiana State University Osman Erman Gungor PhD Machine Learning Based Approach for Computing Airport Pavement Responses University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Anna Hopper PhD Identifying How Airport Administration Structure Can Facilitate Airport Development Harvard University Peter Hylton PhD How E-Commerce Is Changing Air Cargo Infrastructure and Service Needs Georgia Institute of Technology Maria Luisa Janer Rubio Masterâs Simulation Modeling of Alternative to Ease the Congestion of Passengers and Items at the Composure Area of Security Checkpoints University of Arkansas Ilker Karaca PhD Investment Timing and Valuation of Airport Expansion Projects Using American-Style Real Options Iowa State University Priyanka Sarker PhD Airfield Pavement Damage Evaluation Due to New-Generation Aircraft Wheel Loading and Wander Patterns University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nereyda Sevilla PhD Germs on a Plane: The Transmission and Risks of Airplane-Borne Diseases George Mason University Jason Wong PhD Blue-sky Thinking: Impact of Airport Connec- tivity on Regional Innovation in the U.S. Columbia University ACADEMIC YEAR 2016â2017 Applications for the academic year 2016â2017 were due in May 2016. Thirty-nine submissions were received from students representing 28 dif- ferent universities. The applicant pool included 28 PhD candidates and 11 masterâs degree candi- dates. The selection panel met in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 2016, to evaluate the submittals. Ten applicants were selected, each of whom will receive a stipend of $10,000 for successful completion of a research paper on the subject chosen by the appli- cant (Table 2). At publication of this Research Results Digest, students were preparing the initial scopes of work to guide their research throughout the academic year. Following submission, completed papers will once again be considered for presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting and outstanding papers will be con- sidered for publication in an upcoming volume of the Transportation Research Record. As in previ- ous years, an outreach survey of participants will be conducted on conclusion of the program year, the results of which will be incorporated into Appendix A of a future digest.