Friday, May 1, 2026

UTILI Welcomes ArduPilot Developer Conference 2026 to Ottawa

UTILI is pleased to support the ArduPilot Developer Conference 2026, which will take place in Ottawa, Canada from Friday, October 23rd to Sunday, October 25th, 2026 at the Brookstreet Hotel in Ottawa’s west end. The conference will bring together members of the ArduPilot developer community, partner organizations, researchers, students, and... More

Thursday, November 6, 2025

UTILI Presents Program Overview at AEAC 2025

UTILI presented an overview of the NSERC CREATE Uninhabited aircraft systems Training, Innovation and Leadership Initiative at AEAC 2025. The presentation highlighted UTILI’s work in UAS and RPAS operational training, professional development, internships, student research, partner engagement, and future opportunities for the UTILI community... More

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Review Published in the Prestigious Journal Progress in Aerospace Sciences by a Carleton-led Team

  A review article, “Public perception of advanced aviation technologies: A review and roadmap to acceptance,” published in the prestigious journal Progress in Aerospace Sciences examines the advancements made toward the adoption of advanced aviation technologies such as drones and air taxis. The review, authored by Dr. Nick Tepylo, Dr.... More

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Webinar: Public Perception of Advanced Aviation Technologies Part 2 by Nick Tepylo

The modern aviation field has seen a lot of change since its beginning approximately 120 years ago. With a shift towards higher levels of automation, advanced aviation technologies such as remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) “drones” and urban air mobility have received a lot of recent interest. Public perception of these technologies has... More

Monday, March 28, 2022

Webinar: Public Perception of Advanced Aviation Technologies by Nick Tepylo

Published on 28-Mar-22 at 14:11 | Last updated on 2-May-22 at 13:09 The modern aviation field has seen a lot of change since its beginning approximately 120 years ago. Advancements such as transatlantic flight and the development of avionics technologies and composite materials have changed how we think about aviation and how we envision... More

Thursday, February 10, 2022

2021 Mark Cuss Memorial Scholarship Recipient

The NSERC CREATE UTILI Program is proud to announce that this year's winner of the 2021 Mark Cuss Memorial Scholarship is Samuel Nadler. Samuel is enrolled in his fourth year of a Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace at Carleton University. He is a strong student and will be pursuing graduate studies within the UTILI... More

Monday, October 4, 2021

Launch of the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest

The NSERC CREATE UTILI Program is happy to announce that on October 1st, 2021, our academic partner, the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) in partnership with the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT), declared the formal commencement of their new university, the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS). What were... More

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Carleton Drone Decontamination Research, UAV Training Program to Take Flight at Ottawa L5

From safely delivering vital supplies to remote communities using large-scale drones, to training the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts, two Carleton initiatives funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) will soon take to the skies at the Ottawa L5 connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) test... More

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

COVID-19

The Uninhabited aircraft systems Training, Innovation, and Leadership Initiative (UTILI) CREATE Program is following the advice of Carleton University, the Ottawa Public Health, the Ontario Ministry of Health, Public Health Ontario, and the Public Health Agency of Canada for the latest information about COVID-19 and recommendations for preventing... More

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Welcoming Professor David St-Onge

The Uninhabited aircraft systems Training, Innovation, and Leadership Initiative (UTILI) CREATE Program is happy to welcome Professor David St-Onge from École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS). His area of interest and research includes the ergonomics of remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) pilot training, motion-based teleoperation of RPAS in... More

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Welcoming UQO

The Uninhabited aircraft systems Training, Innovation, and Leadership Initiative (UTILI) CREATE Program is happy to announce the addition of the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) as the newest and sixth Canadian institution to join the program. Under this new partnership, Professor Ana-Marie Cretu from the Department of Computer Science... More

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Hands-on Experience with UAVs Offer Graduate Students Internships with Industry Partners

"Drones are our eyes in the sky, and they give us novel ways of understanding what’s happening on the ground. Drone-mounted sensors and cameras can help identify hot spots that can cause potential forest fires, inspect aging infrastructure, and identify the impact of climate change and extreme weather events. And they take a pretty... More

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Carleton and Partners Receive NSERC Funding for Uninhabited Aircraft Training

Carleton University’s Jeremy Laliberté and partners from four other universities (École de technologie supérieure, Université de Sherbrooke, University of Ottawa and Queen’s University) have received $1.65 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training... More

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