Research Projects

With technological breakthroughs in miniaturized aircraft-related components, including but not limited to communications, computer systems and sensors and, state-of-the-art unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have become a reality. This fast growing industry is anticipating and responding to a myriad of societal applications that will provide either new or more cost effective solutions that previous technologies could not, or will replace activities that involved humans in flight with associated risks.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has a long history of aviation related research and education, and is heavily engaged in UAS activities. The UAS Capabilities document provides a summary of these activities. The document is divided into two parts. The first part provides a summary of these activities. The document is divided into two parts. The first part provides a brief summary of each of the various activities while the second part lists the faculty associated with those activities. Within the first part of this document we have separated the UAS activities into two broad areas: Engineering and Applications. Each of these broad areas is then further broken down into six sub-areas, which are listed in the Table of Contents. The second part lists teh faculty, sorted by campus (Daytona Beach---D, Prescott---P and Worldwide---W) associated with the UAS activities. The UAS activities and the corresponding faculty are cross-referenced. The document is updated every year and is located through Scholarly Commons click UAS Document to view this document.