http://aerospace.georgiainnovation.org/feature_projects Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:23:11 GMT Feature Projects for Aerospace /feature_projects/details/9 TIMCO Aviation Services partnered with the Aerospace Innovation Center and Georgia Institute of Technology to train employees in LEAN manufacturing principles. While adapting LEAN principles to a service-sector operation, TIMCO was able to become more efficient in the process of completing scheduled maintenance on time, and often ahead of schedule on three lines of maintenance which includes Boeing 757, 737, and Airbus A320 aircraft. Joe Marks, TIMCO Director of Material said that the applica... Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:20:35 GMT /feature_projects/details/9 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/25 After signing an historic Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday, March 20, USAF Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Owen led a fact-finding tour of Georgia Tech facilities for the Warner Robins AFB's senior staff and engineering directorate. Owen, Commander of Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, was briefed by the Georgia Electronic Design Center's Director, Dr. Joy Laskar, on emerging micro- and millimeter-wave radio frequency technologies and applicatio... Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:25:29 GMT /feature_projects/details/25 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/26 AMERICUS, GA - June 1, 2007 - THE ONE GEORGIA AUTHORITY and the Georgia Centers of Innovation today awarded the NanoCode Technology Infusion Center a $50,000 matching grant to develop NanoCode applications in partnership with the Carpet and Rug Institute based in Dalton, GA. Georgia's Aerospace Innovation Center and the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute sponsored the Georgia Centers of Innovation Matching Grant proposal. With the funding, researchers will begin work on establis... Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:29:01 GMT /feature_projects/details/26 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/20 With the US Department of Defense's decision to bring its ground vehicles into compliance with the Clear Air Act, emissions-reducing catalytic converters are going into service throughout the military, presenting a formidable challenge to the operability and maintainability of US forces overseas. In theaters of operation where sulphur-rich jet fuel replaces diesel fuel, such fuels must now be de-sulphurized on location to prevent costly damage to new US vehicle and field equipments' cataly... Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:48:22 GMT /feature_projects/details/20 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/10 The National Aerospace Development Center has chosen Georgia as its base of operations for the National Aerospace Workforce Solutions Initiative, sponsored by the US Department of Labor. NADC's three-person program office plans to grow as it serves the workforce development needs of the aerospace industry throughout the Southeast and the US. Executive Director Troy Thrash says NADC chose Alpharetta because of its supportive business and education community. <a href="www.nadc.org">www.nadc... Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:52:08 GMT /feature_projects/details/10 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/33 Look for the Georgia Centennial of Flight Welcome Center at this year's National Business Aviation Association convention at the Georgia World Congress Center September 25-27 in Atlanta. The Aerospace Innovation Center and the Georgia Department of Economic Development have partnered with NBAA to celebrate Georgia's Centennial of Flight at the 60th Annual Convention of NBAA. NBAA attracts over 30,000 industry registrants and exhibitors and this year's convention in Atlanta will be especiall... Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:03:53 GMT /feature_projects/details/33 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/39 The first Ben T. Epps Aerospace Innovation Trophies recognized the best and brightest in Georgia aviation October 20th in Athens. Awarded by Georgia's Aerospace Innovation Center (AIC), the three trophies recognize an inventor, an innovator and an educator, and are named to honor the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight by a Georgia resident. In 1907 eighteen-year-old Benjamin Thomas Epps used a 15-horsepower motorcycle engine to power his plane with one elongated wing and three b... Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:25:14 GMT /feature_projects/details/39 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/44 Middle Georgia Collegeâtrade;s (MGC) new air traffic management degree program has been ranked first in the nation among newly approved schools in the Federal Aviation Administrationâtrade;s (FAA) Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI). MGCâtrade;s program was one of 19 applying to take part in the CTI program. Only nine of the new college programs were accepted, and MGC was ranked the best among them. The ranking was announced at an October 29 press conference on MGCâtrade;s Eastma... Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:36:07 GMT /feature_projects/details/44 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/27 WARNER ROBINS - June 5, 2007 - 20 Georgia Science and Math teachers are touring the Georgia Centers of Innovation this week, stopping by the Aerospace Innovation Center in Warner Robins. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:36:59 GMT /feature_projects/details/27 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/46 Changing landing gear often involves manhandling the gear into place, at a risk of injuring the aircraft professionals, and damaging the aircraft or the landing gear. Northwest Airlines wanted to find a better way, so they asked Jeff Barkes, of Rex, GA, to “come up with something” to make the process safer. Within a few months, Jeff designed and built the Omni Arm, an innovative tool to change landing gear assemblies more quickly and efficiently, while reducing damage to the gear and the ai... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:20:44 GMT /feature_projects/details/46 info@georgiainnovation.org