Significant Software Update to Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) Expands Modeling Capabilities

The new version of the AEDT software, developed by the U.S. DOT Volpe Center, expands the range of scenarios that can be modeled.

Volpe Hosts Local High School Students for Day of Mentoring and Human Factors Demonstrations

Volpe recently partnered with Women in Transportation-Boston to host 21 engineering high school students for speed mentoring with staff and tours of our car, train, and airplane simulators.

Volpe Talks: Transportation Ideas Worth Sharing

Introducing a More Powerful Environmental Tool for the Aviation Community

The FAA and Volpe have released a new version of the premier software for quantifying the environmental impacts of aviation. This new software, AEDT 2b, replaces five legacy air quality and noise analysis tools and incorporates their functionalities into a single model.

Volpe Welcomes the Public During Cambridge Science Festival

Recently, Volpe offered the public a snapshot of its multimodal transportation research when it opened its doors to the Cambridge- and Boston-area community as part of the 2015 Cambridge Science Festival.

Volpe Talks: Transportation Ideas Worth Sharing

New Simulator Enables Testing of Dangerous Driving Scenarios with No Harm to Drivers

Volpe recently acquired a new research simulator to understand driver behavior. Owned by the Federal Railroad Administration, the driving simulator helps researchers examine user reactions to a myriad of scenarios, providing important safety data that shapes new technologies and...

Increasing the Fuel Economy of Vehicle Fleets

Volpe offers critical support to help NHTSA regulate and increase average fuel economy of cars and trucks sold in the United States.

Assessing the Safety of National Airspace System Upgrades

Cutting-edge modeling and simulation tools are enhancing the way the FAA assesses NAS upgrades.