Second Annual UA Drone Day

April 28, 2023 at The University of Arizona

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Photograph of drones hovering

When

8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., April 28, 2023

Where

Overview

The objective of Drone Day is to bring together and build a community of people at and around UA who are using or interested in using unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs) in research and other academic activities.

This will be an opportunity to share research problems and opportunities, discuss tools and protocols, and learn about local resources.

The second drone day will include a morning of talks and discussion, and lunch.

Registration

  • register to attend
  • submit a talk (Deadline Wednesday April 26, only title is required)

Agenda

8:30 am - 9 am: coffee and chat

9:00 am - 12:00 pm: presentations, each followed by 10 minutes for discussion per speaker

TimeSpeakeraffiliationtitle
9:00 - 9:40Jeffrey Gillan, Tyson SwetnamArizona Remote Sensing CenterKeynote: Make Your Drone Imagery Open and Cloud Native
9:40 - 10:00Rosa BevingtonYuma Center of Excellence for Desert AgricultureYCEDA's Drone Program
10:00 - 10:20Chad Kwiatkowski, Joe CookArizona Geological SurveyUsing drones to identify and communicate geologic hazards in Arizona
10:20 - 10:40break  
10:40 - 11:00Kamel Didan, Truman Combs, Chris Jarchow, Armando Barreto, Eduardo JimenezBiosystems EngineeringUAS Based Multispectral Data Collection Performance
11:00 - 11:20Edward FranklinAgricultural Education, Technology and InnovationDrone integration into AGTM courses
11:20 - 11:40Roberto AguilarLunar and Planetary LaboratorySurface and subsurface geometry retrieval on debris covered glaciers from drone based GPR

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: lunch (provided for all registered attendees)

Funding Provided by The University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Contacts

Kristina Riemer