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Drone Educational Ecosystem at UC Merced(#UAS4STEM)
YangQuan Chen, Ph.D., Director, MESA (Mechatronics, Embedded Systems and Automation)LAB
ME/EECS/SNRI/HSRI/CITRIS, School of Engineering,University of California, Merced
E: [email protected]; or, [email protected]: (209)228-4672; O: SE2-273; Lab: CAS Eng 820 (T: 228-4398)
11:30-11:45 March 8, 2016. WednesdayCalifornia Room, UC Merced Main Campus
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Thanks go to• UCM CITRIS and Dr. Joshua Viers• MESA Lab graduate and undergraduate
researchers• Brandon Stark, Director, UC UAS Safety Center
• You for coming and supporting!
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Mechatronics, Embedded Systems and Automation LabReal solutions for sustainability!
Education and Outreach Activities:
w: mechatronics.ucmerced.edu Dr. YangQuan Chen, [email protected]
• Unmanned Aerial Systems & UAV-based Personal Remote Sensing (PRS)
• Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)• Mechatronics
• Applied Fractional Calculus• Modeling and Control of
Renewable Energy Systems
• ME142 Mechatronics (take-home labs)• ME280 Fractional Order Mechanics• ME211 Nonlinear Control• ME190 Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Eng Service Learning(Sp14)• AIAA Student Branch @UCM• Preview Days, Bobcat Day• Robots-n-Ribs| MESABox! STEM-TRACKS
TEAM-E• UAS4STEM. USDA/NIFA HSI: 2016-2020
Established Aug. 2012 @ Castle, 5,000+ sq ft7 Ph.D./40+ undergraduate researchers10+ visiting scholars || sponsored / mentored many capstone teams
Research Areas of Excellence: (ISI H-index=41, Google H-index=67; i10-index=351)
Projects Related to San Joaquin Valley:
• Water (Water/soil salinity management, water sampling UAVs)
• Precision Ag/Environment (Crop dynamics, optimal harvest, pest, methane sniffing/mapping …)
• Energy [Solar/wind energy, Building efficiency (HVAC lighting), smart grids integration, NG pipelines]
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Drone EducationalEcosystem
Workforce for Drone Industries
Campus STEMRecruitmentRetention
Drone R&D and ApplicationsAg/Env./DH
Community Learners(farmers, K-12)
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• Preview Day (October)• Bobcat Day (April)• Engineering Week (Feb.)• Research Week (March)
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Courtesy of NPS: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alaskanps/8446139444/in/photostream/
UC Multi-campus Synergy on CIDERSCalifornia Institute of Data-drone Engineering and Services
UCM, UCSC,UCB, UCSD, LLNL
UCMUCD
UCSD
UCMUCDLBLSNL
UCSDCIDERS in environmental monitoring: water, fire, soil, dust, AQ …
CIDERS in precision agriculture
CIDERS in Scientific data-drones: platforms, operation, and certification
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https://sites.google.com/a/mcoe.org/teamescience/home
California Math and Science Partnership Grant through the California Department of Education
NGSS
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Coding
Wing
Energy
Materials
Engineering DesignProcess
Data-drones
STEM-TRACKS, CaMSP Grant, Cohort 10, Tuolumne COE, 2014; CaMSP Cohort 12. TEAM-E (MCOE) Summer Institute @ UCM, 2015
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UCM Extension• Engaging the Central Valley community in
scholarship and creativity while fostering a culture of inquiry and discovery learning
• http://extension.ucmerced.edu/
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Workforce for Drone Industries
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Drone R&D and ApplicationsAg/Env./DH
Community Learners(farmers, K-12)
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Drone Workforce Production @ UCM • Well interested by clubs (over 200)• Well informed by drone courses (over 100)• Research experienced (over 100)• and, FAA Certified drone pilot licenses (15)
– http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/dronepilots• Hired by
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• Tier-0: (K-12 outreach) Sample effort: TEAM-E Summer Institute
• Tier-1: (student clubs) UAS related Student Clubs (AIAA UCM DBF, Drone Racing Club)
• Tier-2: (service learning) Engineering Service Learning UAV Team (since Spring 2014)
• Tier-3: (extension) CITRIS Aviation / UCM Extension UAS training courses
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Multi-tier UAS4STEM ecosystem at UC Merced
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• Tier-4: (for credit courses)– Undergraduate Technical Elective course: ME190
"Unmanned Aerial Systems" (4 credits, lab intensive) (Summer17)
– Undergraduate Independent Research courses related to drones (ENGR195, ME195, CSE195) (1-4 credits)
– Capstone projects for seniors related to beneficial use of drones (sample project: 2013 Team GLASS)
• Tier-5: (graduate research) Graduate education: UAS Research; our UAS papers.
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“Drones Deliver” Program• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
– http://AgTech.ucmerced.edu (USDA Grant 2017-2021, PI: J. Q. Sun, Co-PIs: Y.Q. Chen and F. Tsoulouhas)
– ME190 UAS Final Projects• 8 “drone startup companies”
– … (Peter Schuerman has more)
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MESA Lab Ph.D. Students’ Recognitions Earned
• Brandon Stark (*)– Graduate Student of the Year (2016) – ICUAS 2016 Best Paper Award (only one award)
• Tiebiao Zhao (*)– Yara Almond Fellowship (2016) (only two in USA)
• Brendan Smith (*)– JPL Internship (2016-2017)
• Derek Hollenbeck (*)– IEEE RAS Winter School Award (2017) Las Vegas CES17– NSF NRT IAS Fellowship (2017)
• Guoxiang Zhang– IEEE RAS Winter School Award (2017) Las Vegas CES173/8/2017 2nd Ag Tech Fair @ CITRIS @ UC Merced
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(*): FAA Certified Drone Pilot
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Scientific Data-drone Hangar (18m x 7m x 5m) MESA Lab @ UC Merced
Scientific Data-drone Test Site (official since 7/24/14)(4300 m2 = 1+ acres)
UCSolar.org
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2nd FAA CoA Site – UC Merced(26 square miles in red, 2.5 nautical mile in radius)
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Thank you for your attention!• Q/A
• Call for public support – UC Multi-campus Synergy on CIDERS: California
Institute of Data-drone Engineering and Services– WATERSTAR initiative
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