Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
5571NCCG-SEP-PAR
Aims
The main aim of this specialist module is to provide students with theoretical and technological knowledge and practical understanding for reducing environmental impact of current aviation practice. Students will learn improving aircraft fuel efficiency, developing the next generation of efficient air traffic control and developing new technologies and operations to reach the future of carbon-neutral air transportation across the globe. The module will comprehensively cover the relevant issues and emerging areas in green aviation including environmental impacts (including carbon footprint and noise emissions), technology advances, public policy and economics, that are intricately linked to the pace of development that will be realized in the coming years.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate ability to design and develop green aviation products and operations.
2.
Evaluate and apply sustainable and greener solutions to current aviation practice.
3.
Undertake an analysis of decarbonisation and sustainability in an aircraft.
4.
Demonstrate understanding of practical decarbonisation measures (including economics, societal and regulatory policies) and strategies for smart air transportation supporting global net-zero agenda.
5.
Communicate analysed solutions clearly (associated with aviation case studies) in written and verbal form to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:• New aircraft and engine technologies including green aircraft design concepts (e.g., reduced drag airframes), manufacturing technologies, and propulsion advancements.
• Nature inspired (biomimetics) green air mobility solutions.
• Smart flight operations and airspace management.
• Airspace modernization engineering.
• Sustainable and alternative aviation fuels (including recycled fuels and those originating from renewable sources for clean combustion and emission control of noise, exhaust gases and particulates).
• Advanced sustainable materials and light-weight composites for aviation.
• Carbon capture and storage in an aircraft.
• Sustainable aviation decarbonisation: carbon reductions through effective market-based policy measures.
• Economics, societal impacts and regulatory policies for green aviation.
• Case studies: Sustainability in aircrafts (e.g., Boeing 787, Airbus A320neo, A350 or the latest ones etc.)