UMTI wins the runner-up for the best paper at the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF)

May 31, 2016 —

The Transport Institute of the University of Manitoba was the runner-up for best paper out of a field of 63 at the recent Canadian Transportation Research Forum. The institute’s winning paper is entitled: “Sustainable Transportation: Airships Versus Jet Airplanes” (co-authored by Barry Prentice and Robert Knotts).

Details can be found at the Winnipeg Free Press: www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/manitoba-movers-381288801.html

The paper can be viewed at www.isopolar.com/sustainable-transportation-airships-versus-jet-airplanes/

Ryan McBride

Transport Institute

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