Tetra Tech Receives Patent for Sustainable Aviation Assessment Technology
April 28 2022 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK), a leading provider of high-end
consulting and engineering services, today announced that it was
awarded U.S. Patent Number 11,269,957 for its proprietary Volans™
3D animation and visualization software. Volans™ saves the aviation
industry significant time and money in meeting their sustainability
goals of building a net zero sustainable aviation system.
Volans™ is used extensively for environmental analysis and
visualization by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and air
navigation organizations in Canada, Australia, South America, and
Europe; and local airport authorities.
The patented software provides a platform to efficiently assess
environmental impacts of air traffic activity with unprecedented
speed and simplicity. Volans™ unique method of performing noise and
carbon emissions analysis in conjunction with the FAA’s Aviation
Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) is applicable worldwide.
The creation of Volans™ is attributed to Tetra Tech software
engineers Mark Karmelich, Paul Dunholter, Paul Ziegler, and Robert
Milton. Co-author Mark Karmelich said, “Our customers were spending
days at a time running environmental modeling for large airport
studies. We invented a way to cut down this time by a factor of 10,
something no one else was doing.”
“The Tetra Tech Federal Information Technology Group has been
providing lifecycle services to support the FAA and other aviation
authorities in their mission to deliver safe and sustainable
aviation systems for more than 20 years,” said Tetra Tech Chairman
and CEO Dan Batrack. “We use our Leading with Science® approach and
Tetra Tech Delta technologies, such as Volans™, to help our clients
solve some of their most important challenges. Patenting our work
protects the value of Tetra Tech's intellectual property, enabling
us to continue to enhance these innovative technologies for our
clients.”
About Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of high-end consulting and
engineering services for projects worldwide. With 21,000 associates
working together, Tetra Tech provides clear solutions to complex
problems in water, environment, sustainable infrastructure,
renewable energy, and international development. We are Leading
with Science® to provide sustainable and resilient solutions for
our clients. For more information about Tetra Tech, please visit
tetratech.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
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