MSSE student Xenia Barnes wins National Academies research stipend

Xenia Barnes, a second-year student in ISR’s M. S. in Systems Engineering degree program, has received a $10K research stipend from the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. The Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues is sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration and administered by the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) of the Transportation Research Board/National Academies. Barnes works on projects associated with the National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research (NEXTOR II) and is advised by Professor Michael Ball (BGMT/ISR) and Associate Professor David Lovell ME/ISR).

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