Educating the next generation engineers for Unmanned Aircraft Systems applications and challenges

Author

Ogan, Ron T.

Author_Institution

IEEE Aerosp. & Electron. Syst. Soc. Board of Governors, Brandon, MS, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

9-12 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology has piqued the interest of university students worldwide with applications for search and rescue, surveillance, agribusiness, military, parcel delivery aerial photography and video photography for movie production. Both commercial and military UAS applications involve safe integration of manned and unmanned aircraft systems airspaces.

Keywords

aerospace engineering; autonomous aerial vehicles; engineering education; UAS technology; aerial photography; agribusiness; military UAS applications; movie production; next generation engineers; parcel delivery; surveillance; university students; unmanned aircraft systems airspaces; unmanned aircraft systems applications; video photography; Aircraft; Control systems; FAA; Maintenance engineering; Payloads; Remuneration; Vehicles; Air Traffic Control (ATC); Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast; Certificate of Authorization (COA); Drone; Federal Aviation Administration; Global Positioning System; NextGen Air Traffic Control system; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV); Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS); aircraft avionics; remotely operated aircraft (ROA); remotely piloted aircraft (RPA); remotely piloted vehicle (RPV);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SoutheastCon 2015

Conference_Location

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2015.7132931

Filename

7132931