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Grand Forks, ND
About Me:
Associate Professor, University of North Dakota Life Member Academy of Model Aeronautics Former Naval Aviator, Landing Signal Officer, Aviation Safety Office Graduate Naval Test Pilot School short course in UAS Flight Test
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Developed and implemented the nation's (maybe the world's) first undergraduate degree program in Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations at the University of North Dakota.
Hometown:
Grand Forks, ND
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"I have been wondering for a while now why someone hasn't done this yet. I would think that any effort to fly beyond line of sight would require a mitigation for unintentional/intentional GPS denied environment. SWAP and cost: If it can be made to…"
Be it the fall, or the spring, I welcome this time of year. Teaching unmanned aircraft systems operations at the University of North Dakota is a lot of work. This time of year, however, makes it all worth while. It's the time when my students…
Each student in the UAS Operations degree program at UND is required to develop a concept of operation of a UAS and then to build an aircraft to learn the systems integration from a first-hand perspective. With help from 3DRobotics, all our students…
The University of North Dakota has been at the forefront of UAS Operations education since 2009.With more than 130 students enrolled, and having more than 50 graduates to date, the program is continuing to advance the nature of Unmanned Aircraft…
"I would think that putting the effort into the development of very lightweight shrouds for tri or quad copters might be more cost and efficiency effective. Conventional EDF's are extremely inefficient, especially when flown at extremely slow speeds…"
"One can also go to the annex out at Dulles International. Global hawk and MQ-9 (I think...)"
"In many ways, the UAS community in general owes a great deal to this giant, and many others who pushed the boundaries of radio-controlled aeromodeling. I remember some of Maynard's experiments with electrostatic stabilization systems and his…"
"That aircraft was a Bruce Tharpe Engineering "Super Hauler." The Engineering department flies a couple of those doing payload development."
"Aerodonde has be flown into a hurricane and back again with no significant problems. The key is whether or not (no pun intended) the aircraft tries to fly a track over the ground. That would be a wild ride."
