Research Group Updates
2025
March
Our latest publication, titled "Bridging the gap: Evaluating skill alignment between collegiate aviation management programs and industry needs", is now available on Collegiate Aviation Review International: https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/CARI/article/view/10106/9000
Our group attended the 2025 ISTAT Americas conference in Phoenix, AZ
Zhi Dou and Jialong Sun are the recipients of the prestigious ISTAT Foundation Scholarship recipients for 2023 and 2024, respectively.
January
Our group attended the 2025 TRBAM in Washington, DC
Dr. Sen Wang, Dr. Fecri Karanki, Zhi Dou, and Dr. Gao presented their latest study, titled "The Economic Role of Low-Cost Carriers and Ultra-Low-Cost Carriers in Non- Aeronautical Revenue Dynamics", in the Aviation Economics and Forecasting Committee meeting.
2024
December
Dr. Gao was interviewed by Aaron Gordon from Bloomberg and discussed his opinion on recent changes to airline frequent flyer programs in the US and their impact on travelers. This interview can be accessed via: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-airline-miles-points/
November
Zhi Dou sucessfully passed his preliminary examination for PhD. In the next 18 months, he will work on his dissertation research titled "Enhancing airport operations and customer satisfaction through unsolicited online reviews".
October
Dr. Gao attended the 2024 Loyalty & Awards Conference at Bangkok, Thailand and gave a talk on "Cooperating with Airports at the Loyalty Level as Next Frontier in Revenue Generation" to the customer loyalty professionals.
Jiayu Liu attended the 2024 AGX|SWAAG Joint Annual Conference at San Marcos, TX presented her poster "The Role of Airport Expansions in Urban Growth: The Impact Of New Terminals On Local Land Use".
September
Our group attended the 2024 UAA Collegiate Aviation Education Conference at Memphis, TN.
Dr. Gao attended the Board of Trustee Annual Meeting as the Educator Trustee.
August
ACRP 01-55 has been officially kicked off.
Our group welcomes two new members, Jialing Ling and Jialong Sun.
July
Our group's latest research on the effectiveness of fligth passes in stimulating consumers’ spending, led by Zhi Dou, has been published on the Journal of Air Transport Management: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2024.102635
Our group attended the 27th ATRS World Conference in Lisbon, Portugal and presented the following studies:
"Investigating Temporal Relationships Among US Commercial Airports with Similar Commercial Flight Delay Patterns" (Presented by Sen Wang)
"Navigating the Skies of Airline Customer Loyalty: A Comprehensive Review of Airline Frequent Flyer Program Studies" (Presented by Dr. Yi Gao)
"The Domino Effect of Airport Dehubbing: A case study of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Akron Canton Airport" (Presented by Dr. Yi Gao)
June
Dr. Gao visited IATA Geneva Executive Office in Switzerland.
Our group's latest study on ASRS reports, also Zhi's first journal publication, has been published by Transportation Research Record (TRR: https://doi.org/10.1177/036119812412527960
May
Dr. Gao's latest paper on the economic impact of E-commerce on the U.S. airports, coauthored with his Purdue colleagues Fecri Karanki, Volodymyr Bilotkach, and Chien-Tsung Lu, has been published on the Journal of Air Transport Management: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2024.102598
April
ACRP 03-72 has been officially kicked off.
ACRP 03-74 has been officially kicked off.
March
Sen Wang successfully defended his PhD dissertation! And he will join the Department of Geography at THE Ohio State University as an Assistant Professor in August. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!
Our group attended the 2024 ISTAT Americas Conference in Austin, TX.
Zhi Dou is the recipient of the prestigious Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Scholarship Award.
February
Our group's latest paper, also Jiayu Liu's first journal publication, titled "Can you judge a book by its cover? An analysis of travelers’ perceptions of airline logos and airlines’ business models", has been published by the Journal of Air Transport Management (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2024.102543)
January
Our group attended the 2024 TRBAM in Washington, DC. The group participated in the following events:
Zhi Dou & Yi Gao, poster presentation: Flight Passes Do Stimulate Consumers’ Spending: A Case study of China Eastern Airlines' “Wild Your Weekends”
Sen Wang & Yi Gao, oral presentation in the Airport Terminals and Ground Access Committee meeting: Determinants of Airport Parking Revenues: An Econometric Analysis (ACRP Graduate Research Award)
Fecri Karanki, Volodymyr Bilotkach, Yi Gao & Chien-Tsung Lu, oral presentation in the Air Cargo Subcommittee meeting: The Economic Impact of E-Commerce on U.S. Airports: Cost Savings and Productivity Growth
Our group's latest paper, titled "Use mobile location data to infer airport catchment areas and calibrate Huff gravity model in the New York metropolitan area", has been published by the Journal of Transport Geography (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103790)
2023
December
The project report for ACRP 03-62, Toolkit for Establishing Airport Catchment Areas, has been published by The National Academies Press. The report is freely accessible via: https://doi.org/10.17226/27279
Sen Wang's latest paper, titled "Airport Ground Access Choice Between Transportation Network Companies and Parking: A Case Study of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport", has been published by the International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace (DOI: https://doi.org/10.58940/2374-6793.1857)
October
The final report of our ACRP Synthesis 131: State of Airport Loyalty Programs has been officially published.
Dr. Gao attends the 2024 ISTAT EMEA Conference in London, UK.
Dr. Gao visits Cranfield University, UK.
Dr. Gao visits Technological University Dublin at Ireland.
September
Three papers submitted by our group are accepted by 2024 TRBAM! See you in DC in January, 2024.
Dr Gao and Sen Wang attend the 2023 UAA Collegiate aviation conference & Expo in St. Petersburg, FL.
Dr Gao is elected as the Educator Trustee of the University Aviation Association. His role will formally begin in January, 2024.
July 2023
Dr Gao attends the AABInternational Annual Meeting 2023 at Indianapolis, IN and presented a worship on competency-based assessment along with his colleagues from Purdue University.
June
Shengyang's paper is now available on TRR
Wu, S., & Gao, Y. (2023). Machine Learning Approach to Analyze the Sentiment of Airline Passengers’ Tweets. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231172948
Dr. Gao attends the 2023 Global Polytechnic Summit at St. George, UT and presents Fly Net Zero by 2050: Does the airline industry forget the trips from home to airports?
May
Dr. Yi Gao and Sen Wang attended the 11th National Aviation System Planning Symposium in Irvine, CA and delivered two presentations.
Dr. Gao's presentation: Mapping Airport Catchment Areas: A Multidimensional Approach
Sen's poster: How Does Mobile Location of Airport Passengers Tell and Predict Airport Catchment Areas: A Case Study of the New York Metropolitan Multi Airport Region
Jiayu Liu won the Ross Fellowship, a prestigious recruitment fellowship, for her incoming doctoral study!
Zhi Dou is the recipient of 2023 Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Scholarship Award, offered by the International Society of Transport Air Trading (ISTAT) Foundation
March
Dr. Yi Gao attended 2023 ISTAT Americas Conference.
February
Sen Wang won the scholarship to attend the 11th National Aviation System Planning Symposium!
January
The group attended 2023 Transportation Research Board 102nd Annual Meeting (TRBAM 2023).
Sen Wang presented his poster, titled "Airport Ground Access Choice Between Transportation Network Companies and Parking: A Case Study of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport", in RBAM 2023.
Shengyang Wu presented his poster, titled "Happy or grumpy? A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze the Sentiment of Airline Passengers' Tweets", in RBAM 2023.
2022
October
Sen Wang' poster, titled "The Use of mobility data in estimating airport catchment areas: A case study of a multiple airport region in Texas", was awarded Best Poster for Map Use / Information Graphics on the 2022 Applied Geography Conference (AGX).
Dr. Yi Gao presented "Development and Evaluation of an Online Fatigue Training Course for Collegiate Aviation Pilots", a collaborated study with Julius Keller, Flavio Mendonca, Tyler Spence, and Paul Asunda, on the National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS) 2022.
Dr. Yi Gao was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on the recent announcement of Delta Air Lines' latest changes to its frequent flyer program.
Dr. Yi Gao receives the University Aviation Association's President's Award of 2022.
Dr. Yi Gao delivers a workshop on research data visualization at the 2022 Collegiate aviation conference & Expo in Colorado Springs, CO.
Sen Wang's paper "Airport Ground Access Choice Between Transportation Network Companies and Parking: A Case Study of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport" has been accepted for presentation at the 2023 TRB Annual Meeting.
September
Shengyang Wu's paper "Happy or grumpy? A Machine Learning Approach to Analyze the Sentiment of Airline Passengers' Tweets" has been accepted for presentation at the 2023 TRB Annual Meeting.
Dr. Yi Gao receives the 2022 Purdue Teaching Leadership Award.
Dr. Yi Gao attends the 2022 Future Travel Experience Global Conference.
August
Jiayu presents her latest study about airline logos in the 25th ATRS World Conference.
The group welcomes two new members: Zhi Dou & Tolulope Oluwumi né Fulani
Sen Wang won the 2022-2023 ACRP Graduate Research Awards.
July
June
The group attends Loyalty Summit Americas 2022 at Chicago, IL