Purdue AAE Associate Professor Karen Marais is a member of a National Research Council (NRC) committee that recently issued a report called “Reducing Global Carbon Emissions” that recommends a national research agenda designed to lessen the impact commercial aviation has on climate change.

The recommendations from the Committee on Propulsion and Energy Systems to Reduce Commercial Aviation Carbon Emissions are intended to provide a framework for government, industry, and academic research. The research agenda focuses on four approaches: advances in aircraft-propulsion integration, improvements in gas turbine engines, development of turboelectric propulsion systems, and advances in sustainable alternative jet fuels. The recommendations could be introduced in the next 10 to 30 years.

You can find the report here.