David Johnston, assistant professor of the practice of marine conservation ecology at Duke University, is currently implementing drones to study coastal waterways.
Category Archives: Research
Qatar and Texas A&M University Sign MoU for Drone Technology Research
Texas A&M University at Qatar and Qatar’s Reconnaissance and Surveillance Center (RSC) have signed a memorandum of understanding on 16 June to enhance collaboration and explore mutual opportunities for strategic partnerships.
AIAA and Drone World Expo Create Innovative UAS Research Competition
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Drone World Expo (DWE) have partnered to create the Innovative Drone Exploration and Application (IDEA) Competition, a new research-related contest in the field of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
DARPA’s CODE for Unmanned Aircraft to Fly as Collaborative Teams
DARPA’s Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program seeks to help the U.S. military’s unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) conduct dynamic, long-distance engagements of highly mobile ground and maritime targets in denied or contested electromagnetic airspace, all while reducing required communication bandwidth and cognitive burden on human supervisors. Continue reading
Scientists Test Shark-Detecting UAS
Scientists from Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have undertaken a research program exploring the potential for drones to detect bonnethead sharks lurking in the shallows. The project is designed to test out exactly how reliable this approach could be when dealing with different water conditions and habitats. Continue reading
Nevada Program Tests UAS to Detect Radiation
If there’s ever a radiological catastrophe in the U.S. like the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, the stewards of the former national nuclear weapons proving ground in Nevada expect to be ready to deploy remote-controlled drones to check for contamination. Continue reading
NOAA Lets Hurricanes Destroy UAS That Gather Data
While scientists have gotten a lot better at estimating the strength of a hurricane before it hits land, they still don’t fully understand how hurricanes form. While satellite measurements can give meteorologists a pretty good picture of the atmospheric temperature and precipitation within a hurricane, sometimes the resolution is still “too coarse” to help researchers understand how storms form and mature, says Robbie Hood, the director of NOAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program.
Bomb-Sniffing Drone Technology
An animation of drone technology used to detect explosives is shown on a computer screen in the office of Jerry Kulcinski, emeritus professor of nuclear engineering and director of the Fusion Technology Lab.
Drones may soon have the capability to save thousands of lives each year by detecting terrorists’ improvised explosive devices and active land mines from long-ago wars thanks to innovative technology developed at UW-Madison. Continue reading