Center for Urban and Regional Air Mobility (CURAM)
Purpose
Seeks to overcome technical, regulatory, and economic barriers to enable safe, desirable, and equitable urban air mobility and low-cost regional air transportation.
Description
The Center for Urban and Regional Air Mobility (CURAM) operates as an interdisciplinary hub, leveraging the combined strengths of faculty, students, and facilities from various schools, colleges, and research centers at Georgia Tech and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). With a mission to pioneer research and education in urban air mobility and regional aviation, CURAM aims to establish Atlanta and its surrounding regions as a living laboratory for these technologies. By integrating expertise across engineering disciplines, policy, economics, and business, CURAM seeks to overcome technical, regulatory, and economic barriers to enable safe, desirable, and equitable urban air mobility and low-cost regional air transportation. Through collaboration with industry partners and governmental agencies, CURAM drives research initiatives and educational programs while identifying opportunities for demonstration projects to advance the field of air mobility.