Session
Poster Session 2026
Location
Orem, UT
Start Date
5-4-2026 9:49 AM
Description
The air transportation industry has become an increasingly important industry used to influence economic growth through goods transportation, global outreach, fosters international cooperation and cultural/familial exchanges (Wandelt et al). Accompanying the increased use of air transportation all over the world is also the increase of greenhouse gases released by commercial aircraft. Greenhouse gases are gases such as Carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), and Nitrous oxide (N2O) that contribute to Earth’s unnatural warming all year long, with CO2 being at the head of the harming gases (US EPA). This warming coined the term global warming and impacts agriculture, ecosystems, and human health in such a way that if global warming persists, permanent damages will be seen at a higher rate (Climate Change Impacts | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). In total, aircrafts are responsible for 2.5% of the global CO₂ emissions while contributing to 4% of the global warming as of 2024 (Ritchie). In 2023 a simple round trip from Utah’s Salt Lake city airport to Los Angeles for a McNair conference contributed 204 kilograms (450 pounds) of CO2 gas (ICAO Carbon Emissions Calculator).
Regenerative Energy on an Airbus A320
Orem, UT
The air transportation industry has become an increasingly important industry used to influence economic growth through goods transportation, global outreach, fosters international cooperation and cultural/familial exchanges (Wandelt et al). Accompanying the increased use of air transportation all over the world is also the increase of greenhouse gases released by commercial aircraft. Greenhouse gases are gases such as Carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), and Nitrous oxide (N2O) that contribute to Earth’s unnatural warming all year long, with CO2 being at the head of the harming gases (US EPA). This warming coined the term global warming and impacts agriculture, ecosystems, and human health in such a way that if global warming persists, permanent damages will be seen at a higher rate (Climate Change Impacts | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). In total, aircrafts are responsible for 2.5% of the global CO₂ emissions while contributing to 4% of the global warming as of 2024 (Ritchie). In 2023 a simple round trip from Utah’s Salt Lake city airport to Los Angeles for a McNair conference contributed 204 kilograms (450 pounds) of CO2 gas (ICAO Carbon Emissions Calculator).