Research

Research Areas

Advanced Propulsion Systems

Advanced Propulsion Systems

RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV develops small, efficient gas turbine based propulsion systems to enable high-speed UAS for advanced applications, including GoJett - the world’s first supersonic UAS.

Airspace Integration

Airspace Integration

RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV works with the FAA and NASA to help them characterize UAS operation and to develop new safety technology for the aviation sector.

Cooperative UAS Teams

Cooperative UAS Teams

RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV focuses on net-centric architectures and algorithms for autonomous control of multiple small unmanned aircraft.

Human Robot Interaction

Human Robot Interaction

Adjustable autonomy enables unmanned systems to query human sensors and that maximize the joint abilities of all members of a human-robot team.

Mission-Derived Small UAS Design

Mission-Derived Small UAS Design

RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV focuses on the design of new UAS for communication and sensing applications. Examples include the Tempest UAS for studying severe storms.

Mobile Ad-Hoc Communications

Mobile Ad-Hoc Communications

RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV deploys cognitive radios and delay-tolerant, ad-hoc protocols that allow unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to operate in stressed or fractured networks.

Perception Under Uncertainty

Perception Under Uncertainty

RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV develops probabilistic perception algorithms and estimation theory that enable long-term autonomous operation of mobile robotic systems in unknown environments.

Robotic Sensor-Networks

Robotic Sensor-Networks

This area combines work in unmanned systems, cooperative control, controlled mobility in ad hoc networks, and optimal distributed sensing to develop heterogeneous robot sensor networks.

Vehicle-Sensor Integration

Vehicle-Sensor Integration

RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV Payloads that have been integrated into UAS include a laser altimeter, synthetic aperture radar, wing-integrated antenna, atmospheric sensors, and phased array antenna.

The RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV research program is supported by federal agency and industry support exceeding $1,500,000 per year. Funding agencies supporting RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV research include the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Army Research Office (ARO), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

RE¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉäV Research Projects

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