UC Berkeley is Part of a New FAA Center for Excellence

A new "Center of Excellence" has been established by the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct research on the airliner cabin environment. UC Berkeley is one of eight institutions that will make up the center. Professor William Nazaroff is serving as the Principal Investigator of the Berkeley component.

Officially titled the “Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Airliner Cabin Environment Research,” the consortium will research cabin air quality and conduct an assessment of chemical and biological threats. Other universities taking part in the effort include Auburn University, Purdue University, Harvard University, Boise State University, Kansas State University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

“We’ve brought together some of the brightest minds science has to offer to focus on cabin air quality and chemical and biological threats to protect passengers and crew members,” said FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey. “This research will be of great benefit to the flying public.”

FAA Press Release About the Center