Date of Award

8-2001

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Departmental Honors

Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department name when degree awarded

Electrical Engineering

Abstract

FMC Jetway Systems has been manufacturing and servicing airport products for over forty years. These products include passenger boarding bridges, pre-conditioned air units, potable water systems and solid-state 400 hertz converters. Components produced by Jetway can be found on over 190 airports across the world. Their Apron Drive Passenger Boarding Bridge (Fig. 1) is the most versatile and widely used boarding bridge in the world. Only recently has the company aimed at gaining a portion of the quickly expanding market of commuter flights.

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