Category Archives: Research

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.

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 →

Research into Attack-Resilient Micro Aerial Vehicles

Guoquan Huang (right) works on a micro aerial vehicle with graduate students Kevin Eckenhoff (left) and Yulin Yang.

Guoquan Huang (right) works on a micro aerial vehicle with graduate students Kevin Eckenhoff (left) and Yulin Yang.

Guoquan Huang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware was recently awarded a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation to design resource-aware, attack-resilient, consistent MAV navigation. Continue reading →

North Dakota SU Gets Hermes 450 for Ag Research

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North Dakota State’s unmanned aerial vehicle program has been and continues to do ground-breaking research since it began in 2014. The program, led through the NDSU extension service of the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering department, has conducted research at the Carrington and Williston research centers. It now will be conducting research out of the Hillsboro airport using a newly acquired Hermes 450. Continue reading →