Chan Warisinghe Snippet A

Civil transportation engineer Dr. Chan Wirasinghe describes the basis of his analytical models to optimize the geometric design of airports. In particular, selecting the number of "pier fingers" and the number of departure/arrival gates at each finger, defines the average time it will take a passenger to walk to the gates. Other airports have "satellites", so the analysis can determine the optimal number, size and location of the satellites. He has worked with airport authorities in Hong Kong, Soeul, and Pittsburgh.