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Greenville, SC


About Me:

Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin Professor of Physics, Furman University


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I am trying to promote UAV technology/applications at Furman University, a small liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina Recent activities are described at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgINSZKKAro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZrMyKqWZvQ&list=PLDE7Cf9EDcOeGoFVu0ctfmaNfPyqChlfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2SckpbHWU8 Furman Wins Drone Prize 2014 Competition http://newspress.furman.edu/2014/10/furmans-drone-wins-top-prize/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJg2bN9wIc John R. Conrad Professor, Department of Physics Furman University, Greenville, SC Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus Department of Engineering Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison Furman faculty home page http://www.furman.edu/academics/physics/meet-our-faculty/Pages/John-R-Conrad.aspx Furman Physics STEM Initiative blog site http://blogs.furman.edu/physicssteminitiative/ Univ. of Wisconsin Faculty home page https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/ep/faculty/conrad_john Univ. of Wisconsin PSII home page http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/psii/


Hometown:

Greenville, SC


Activity Feed

John R. Conrad commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Precise indoor positioning with ultrawideband
"That was my feeling as well."
Aug 4, 2016
John R. Conrad commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Precise indoor positioning with ultrawideband
"Update on my post of 7 July.
I was just about to place an order for the Pozyx system until I saw Chris' post.   Instead we bought the $349 Marvelmind Indoor "GPS" system  http://marvelmind.com.  This is an RF synced ultrasound system -- a modern…"
Aug 4, 2016
John R. Conrad commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Precise indoor positioning with ultrawideband
"Chris, we are interested in the Pozyx system.  Can you describe your experience with it so that we can understand what you mean by "it doesn't work yet"?  Did it work at all, intermittently, accuracy problems, etc?"
Jul 7, 2016
John R. Conrad commented on PX4's blog post PX4 - Call for VTOL test pilots
"Talk about great timing!  I'm looking for a next project for my physics students here at Furman University.  I started this morning looking to see what's going on with the bicopter technology that I had last looked at a few years ago.  The plan was…"
Dec 18, 2014
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Dec 18, 2014