Dr. Derek Paley, CT A ’97, is currently working on a research project entitled “Targeting Observations of Tropical Cyclones using Cooperative Control of Unmanned Aircraft.”
Dr. Paley is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland and director of the Collective Dynamics and Control Laboratory. The fleet of unmanned aircrafts would be used to retrieve data to help reduce errors in hurricane forecasting. Click here fore more
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a special multimedia report featuring engineering research to shape the future.
The content of “Engineers of the New Millennium” focuses on the investigation of new phenomena including, robots augmenting human capabilities, the energy revolution, and the global water challenge.
View the press release and the slideshows here
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In a recent article from Florida Today a Palm Bay (FL) company’s work on a future electric jet is profiled. Advanced Magnet Lab scientists are developing a computer model to show NASA how the the electric motors and generators would drive the jet’s turbofans.
Dr. Dan Kirk, NY G ’97, says that “superconducting machines are a proven technology, grounded in well-understood physics.” It’s a wave of the future in terms of efficiency and clean energy. Exploring it for aircraft propulsion is just a natural extension of a technology that already is under way and has been investigated.” Read the full article
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