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Demand for air travel is projected to rise roughly 5%, a figure that could mean disastrous results for the environment. Professor David Zingg, Director of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), is doing his part to make the field of aviation more environmentally friendly.

The U of T Engineer, who is also a Canada Research Chair in Computational Aerodynamics and Environmentally Friendly Aircraft Design, was recently featured in Wings Magazine for his research on applying high-fidelity aerodynamic shape optimization to the design of aircraft configurations.

By doing this, he and his team hope to decrease the number of greenhouse gasses emitted by planes and help the aviation industry achieve its set target of 50% reduction in total carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

To read more about David Zingg’s research, please visit Wings Magazine.

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