Facilities and Research Capabilities
- Small Multirotor UAS
- *NEW as of March 2023* DJI M30T and DJI Mavic Mini 3 Pro
- Five 3DR Iris+ and one 3DR Solo
- One DJI Mavic 2 Pro
- One Parrot ARDrone 2.0 and one Parrot Bepop UAS
- Fixed wing UAS
- Flex Innovations 170 (1-2 kg payload)
- Modified Piper Pawnee 1/3 Scale (8 kg payload)
- Smaller (500 g payload) fixed-wing testbeds
- Sensors and Payloads
- Samsung 360 camera
- GoPro and Garmin Virb cameras
- Two Garmin LiDAR-Lite V3
- Hypersen Solid-State Scanning LiDAR
- Lightware SF11 LiDAR
- Fluxgate magnetometer
- Numerous Pixhawk, Ardupliot, Pixhawk light and MicroPilot autopilot and telemetry systems
- Training and Pilot Certificates
- Members of my group hold Basic or Advanced RPAS Pilot Certificates from Transport Canada as well as Restricted Operator Certificates – Aeronautical to operate aviation voice radios. We have also obtained Special Flight Operations Certificates (SFOCs) for more complex operations as needed.
Current UAS Research Projects (updated March 2023)
- NSERC CREATE Uninhabited aircraft systems Training, Innovation and Leadership Initiative with partners at ETS, Sherbrooke, University of Ottawa, Queen’s University, Clarkson and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
- Rideau Canal Skateway Climate Change Resilience support by the National Capital Commission (Pro. Shawn Kenny – PI, Prof Derek Mueller, Prof. Murray Richardson)
- Social acceptance and public perception of advanced air mobility systems supported by ISED and Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd (with Dr Nick Tepylo PDF)
- Canadian Domestic Airspace Model with the National Research Council and Transport Canada (with Dr. Iryna Borschchova)
- Biologically-inspired micro aerial vehicles (with Profs. Dawson and Khouli)
- Automated migratory bird detection and counting supported by the Kenneth M Molson Foundation (with Profs Dawson, Steele, Schramm, Joslin, and Dr. Bruins)
- Cross-border infrastructure monitoring (with Clarkson University)