{"57489":{"#nid":"57489","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Aircraft Talking","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAviation Today\u003C\/em\u003E - September 2009\u003Cbr \/\u003EEngineers are devising new ways of monitoring the health and predicting the longevity of aircraft mechanical, avionics systems to prevent failures. . .  .Now, recent advances in sensor technology and wireless communications are improving our hearing, making failure prognostication possible. As a result, new ways of indirectly monitoring the health and predicting the longevity of aircraft mechanical and avionics systems are being devised. One university prognostication system is on the ready ramp. Engineers at GEORGIA TECH have devised models called adaptive prognostics that use data from real-time sensor measurements to calculate and continuously revise the amount of remaining useful life of various aircraft systems based on their current condition and health status. The predictions are then integrated with aircraft maintenance operations and supply chain policies as part of what the researchers call an \u0022autonomous sense-and-respond logistics paradigm.\u0022 \u0022The system can be adapted to constantly monitor any moving part, from a ball bearing to aircraft electronics, sending out electronic alerts well in advance of a breakdown,\u0022 said Georgia Tech engineer Nagi Z. Gebraeel.  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aviationtoday.com\/av\/issue\/feature\/34484.html\u0022\u003ERead more\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2009-09-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:22","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}