Awards

Metron Aviation has received several industry awards that recognize our innovations in technology and operational research. Individual staff members have also been acclaimed for their contributions to aviation publications.

2008 INFORMS Edelman Award Finalist- Achievement in Operations Research
In April 2008, six finalists competed for the top prize in the INFORMS Edelman Award. The Edelman Award recognizes the top Achievement in Operations Research (OR) practice and showcases analytics projects that had major impacts on their client organizations. The finalists were recognized at the 2008 gala awards ceremony in Baltimore, MD. As a part of the Federal Aviation Administration team, Metron Aviation and The Volpe Center, US Department of Transportation was named as one of the six finalists for work on Airspace Flow Programs (AFP).

2004 Turning Goals Into Reality (TGIR) Award
Metron Aviation and 10 current Metron Aviation employees were awarded the prestigious 2004 Turning Goals Into Reality (TGIR) award from NASA for exceptional progress toward the increase capacity and mobility objective as part of the SMS Development team.

American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Best Paper Awards
Awarded to Metron Aviation staff for best paper at technical conferences.

13th Annual Black Graduate Student Conference 1st Place Award 2001
Andrew Ryan, Metron Aviation Analyst, awarded 1st Place Technical Paper and Presentation for the paper: "Increasing Route Utilization in the National Airspace System," Texas Tech University, April 2001.

Edelman Award Finalist 2000
Awarded by INFORMS for outstanding work in an operations research project.

Hammer Award 2000
Awarded by former Vice President Al Gore's National Partnership for Reinventing Government to the FAA's Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) Program. Metron Aviation was among the groups in CDM recognized by the award. Individuals from Metron Aviation recognized were Kan Chang, Miro Lehky, Midori Tanino, and Mike Wambsganss.

Special Achievement Award 1999
Awarded to several individuals in Metron Aviation by the FAA for pioneering work on Collaborative Decision Making that reduced over 3 million minutes of delay in the National Airspace System (NAS).

Reno Award 1998
Awarded to Collaborative Decision Making by the FAA to acknowledge the hard work and dedication demonstrated by both the NAS users and providers during the previous year. Metron Aviation is a leading partner in the CDM program.

Air Traffic Control Association Medallion Technical Writing Award 1998
Awarded to Laura MacDonald, Metron Aviation Technical Writer by ATCA for the best technical article published in the ATCA Journal in 1998.