TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Aviation Security Screening Optimizer for Risk and Throughput (ASSORT)

The Aviation Security Screening Optimizer for Risk and Throughput (ASSORT) is a technology transfer opportunity that aims to commercialize a web-based modeling and optimization platform. The platform combines risk analysis, passenger flow simulation, and operational optimization to help decision-makers identify the most effective mix of resources, technologies, and processes for airport security screening. The key benefits of ASSORT include assessing risk from various threat scenarios, evaluating new technologies and screening concepts, optimizing checkpoint operations, and improving the passenger experience. Some of the key features of ASSORT include: • Assessing risk from a wide range of checkpoint and in-flight threat scenarios • Evaluating new technologies and screening concepts to understand their impact on risk reduction and throughput • Optimizing checkpoint operations by tailoring screening strategies for different traveler categories • Testing and refining staffing, lane configurations, and random screen rates to reduce costs while maintaining security • Simulating passenger arrivals and flows over an entire day to support real-time decision-making for adaptive checkpoint operations • Evaluating "what-if" scenarios to prepare for emerging threats or changing travel demand • Improving the passenger experience by reducing wait times and tailoring screening to traveler trust levels • Providing flexibility to support both long-term planning and real-time decision-making