When
About
This is our 4th annual Drone Day!
Drone Day continues to be an opportunity to connect UAV (unoccupied aerial vehicle) users at University of Arizona and in the greater Tucson area. At this event we share knowledge and experiences with UAV equipment, logistics, data processing, training, and legal topics. We welcome all attendees who are using UAVs, or are interested in using them in a variety of contexts; this includes academic research, industry and trades, recreation, and more. We also welcome participation from users and researchers using other autonomous mobile sensors, such as agricultural robots!
This year we are moving to the Campus Agricultural Center (https://experimentstation.arizona.edu/campus-agricultural-center), which is an exciting new venue! There, we will enjoy a morning of talks and discussion, followed by lunch (which is provided to registered attendees) along with an optional training session, and ending in the afternoon with UAV show & tell and demonstrations. The morning talks are VIRTUAL-FRIENDLY, so feel free to register for the event and give a talk, or just watch along!
Details about previous Drone Days:
Registration
You can pick and choose how to be involved with Drone Day on our registration form:
- register to attend (deadline of Friday March 25)
- submit a talk to give (rolling admission by deadline of Friday March 7)
- provide necessary information to fly your UAV(s) (deadline of Friday March 14)
Agenda
Morning: Talks and Discussion
Location: Campus Agricultural Center classroom
8:30 am - 9:00 am: coffee and chat
9:00 am - 12:00 pm: presentations
| Time | Speaker & Co-Authors | Affiliation | Title |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | Jeffrey Gillan | Data Science Institute, University of Arizona | Keynote: Open-source Drone Data Workflows |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Joe Wagner | Flood Control District of Maricopa County | Photogrammetry Using Drones |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | James McNabb | University of Arizona Geotechnical Center of Excellence (School of Mining and Mineral Resources) | Drones for Geotechnical Mining Applications |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Roberto Aguilar | Aerialytics | Drone Applications in Tropical Agriculture |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Stefano Duglio | University of Torino | Drones for monitoring landfill gas fugitive emissions |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Rebecca Beers | Arizona Geological Survey | UAV Applications in a Rapidly Evolving Postfire Environment |
| 11:40 - 12:00 |
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: lunch (provided for all registered attendees)
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: lunch speakers
- Don Dinwiddie, University of Arizona Yuma County Cooperative Extension, "The use of drones in agriculture"
- Mike Borszich, State of Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, "Use of Drones by Arizona Department of Fire and Forestry Management"
Afternoon: Flying and Equipment Demo
Location: Campus Agricultural Center drone field
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm: shuttle from classroom to drone field
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm: drone demonstrations (flying and/or show & tell)