Project: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Goal
Promote UAS technology for
applications that benefit IEEE
AESS members
UAS Trends and impact
• Three UAS presentations: NJIT 12 March
40attendees, OKC 30March 41 attendees and
Wichita, KS 20 attendees . Presentation
planned at Bonn, Germany on 22 Sept.
• Monitor UAS competition projects and request
AESS Board support to support Universities to
compete.
• Determine current UAS interest and
engagement by AESS Chapters.
Project Success - Metrics
• Increase UAS activity for AESS to grow
membership by 5% annually
1
Progress
Milestone
Work with AESS Chapters to
promote UAS activities and
provide topic speakers.
Contact UAS Industry leaders
about sponsoring events and
advertising in AESS Systems
magazine for special issue.
AUVSI and UAS magazine have
stronger presence.
AUVSI engaged in DASC 2016
and this may enable future
cooperation and benefits
Target
Completion
%
Complete
30 April 2015
50% show
interest in
UAS
1 October 2015
33% of the
survey
complete
IEEE/AIAA 35th
DASC2016 Sept
25-30, 2016
Sacramento,
CA
Budget / Resources
The 2015 AESS budget includes $1,000
funding for the technical panels.
Additional funding may be requested
as new initiatives.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Competitions 2016
Established by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems
International, the AUVSI Foundation is a non-profit organization
that provides students with hands-on robotics activities designed to
fuel and sustain their interest in science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM). Since the competitions began in 1991, more
than $1.4 million has been awarded in prize money.
National SeaPerch Challenge
May 20-22, 2016
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
http://www.seaperch.org/seaperch_challenge or www.seaperch.org
Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC)
June 3-6, 2016
Oakland University
Rochester, MI
www.auvsifoundation.org/igvc
International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC)
August 2016
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta VA, USA
and
Beijing/Miyun, China
www.aerialroboticscompetition.org
AESS Student Branches and FAA Test sites
AESS Student Branches
Florida Institute of Technology Stephane Bucaille United States
Missouri University of Science and Technology Student Chapter, Saint
Louis Section Steve E Watkins United States
Student Branch Chapter at the Fundacao Universidade Federal do ABC
Eduardo Machado de França Brazil
Tunisia Student Chapter Chafaa Hamrouni Tunisia
University of Waterloo, Ontario Steven Waslander Canada
FAA Test Site Universities
University of Alaska
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi Campus
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University (Virginia Tech).