Gender
Male
About
Location
Ann Arbor, MI
About Me:
I'm the Director of Research and Analysis for Direct Relief, a global humanitarian medical NGO. I'm also on the core organizing group for UAViators, the humanitarian UAV network. I coordinate the humanitarian UAV working group for Nethope.org.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I'm primarily interested in UAV applications for humanitarian relief and development, from mapping to distribution and delivery of essential goods.
Hometown:
Ann Arbor, MI
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On a wide, flat western Virginia field, home to the Culpeper Barnstormers radio controlled aircraft club, a bright white DJI Phantom 3 hovers in the afternoon sun like some oversized insect from the future. One of our colleagues from the NGO Action…
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