Graphical User Interface Development and Design to Support Airport Runway Configuration Management

The objective of this effort was to develop a graphical user interface (GUI) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) System Oriented Runway Management (SORM) decision support tool to support runway management. This tool is expected to be used by traffic flow managers and supervisors in the Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities

Alpha-Amylase immobilized composite cryogels: some studies on kinetic and adsorption factors

*İnanan, Tülden ( Aksaray, Yazar )Stability of enzymes is a significant factor for their industrial feasibility. alpha-Amylase is an important enzyme for some industries, i.e., textile, food, paper, and pharmaceutics. Pumice particles (PPa) are non-toxic, natural, and low-cost alternative adsorbents with high adsorption capacity. In this study, Cu2+ ions were attached to pumice particles (Cu2+-APPa). Then, Cu2+-APPa embedded composite cryogel was synthesized (Cu2+-APPaC) via polymerization of gel-forming agents at minus temperatures. Characterization studies of the Cu2+-APPaC cryogel column were performed by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Brunauer, Emmett, Teller (BET) method. The experiments were carried out in a continuous column system. alpha-Amylase was adsorbed onto Cu2+-APPaC cryogel with maximum amount of 858.7 mg/g particles at pH 4.0. Effects of pH and temperature on the activity profiles of the free and the immobilized alpha-amylase were investigated, and results indicate that immobilization did not alter the optimum pH and temperature values. k(cat) value of the immobilized alpha-amylase is higher than that of the free alpha-amylase while K-M value increases by immobilization. Storage and operational stabilities of the free and the immobilized alpha-amylase were determined for 35 days and for 20 runs, respectively