On the occasion of Education Week, the Aircraft Operations Lab UC3M participated in the science fair “Madrid es Ciencia” 2024, which took place at IFEMA. There, we showed children and teenagers the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in R&D and its potential to help mitigate the climate impact of aviation. How do aircraft contrails affectContinue reading “Education Week: How do aircraft contrails affect climate change?”
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E-CONTRAIL workshop inspires young STEAM talents at La Salle school
The Aircraft Operations Lab UC3M organised a workshop on aviation and climate change at La Salle school to awaken STEAM vocations and unleash storytelling creativity.
Sustainable Skies Conference: Contrails in Focus
The Aircraft Operations Lab at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, spearheading the E-CONTRAIL project, actively participated in the Sustainable Skies Conference: Contrails in Focus hosted by CANSO and EUROCONTROL on November 7-8, 2023, in Brussels. The main objective of the event was to bring together scientists, researchers, the aviation industry, policy makers and other stakeholdersContinue reading “Sustainable Skies Conference: Contrails in Focus”
E-CONTRAIL teaser video featured in SESAR 3 JU e-news
Our E-CONTRAIL project teaser video has been featured in the SESAR 3 JU June newsletter and website, showcasing the project’s innovative approach to using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) for the prediction of contrails and aviation induced cloudiness. E-CONTRAIL holds a great potential for reducing aviation’s contribution to climate change and ensuring a sustainable future forContinue reading “E-CONTRAIL teaser video featured in SESAR 3 JU e-news”
The E-CONTRAIL project kicks off
The E-CONTRAIL project, an exploratory research funded by the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking, was launched on 13 June. Coordinated by Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) and in partnership with the Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA), and the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI), the project aims toContinue reading “The E-CONTRAIL project kicks off”