RUSTON, La – Faculty from a number of academic disciplines at Louisiana Tech University are working together to develop new and innovative technologies in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) that could impact industries from public safety to forestry to oil and gas exploration.
Wesley Palmer, instructor of geographic information systems (GIS) in Louisiana Tech’s School of Forestry and supervisor of its Spatial Data Lab, is collaborating with faculty in Louisiana Tech’s electrical engineering department to create higher endurance UAVs that have significantly increased flight times and increased payload capacities. Palmer has teamed with Dr. Rastko Selmic, professor of electrical engineering and director of the Micro-Aerial Vehicles & Sensor Networks (MAVSeN) Laboratory at Louisiana Tech, to develop progressive vehicles that will allow researchers to capture larger geographic areas and conduct multiple trials without…
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