{"id":57302,"date":"2015-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-engineering-students-win-second-consecutive-national-faa-competition\/"},"modified":"2015-06-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T00:00:00","slug":"uri-engineering-students-win-second-consecutive-national-faa-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/06\/uri-engineering-students-win-second-consecutive-national-faa-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 engineering students win second consecutive national FAA competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tDesign of drone detection system takes top prize<\/b><\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 10, 2015 \u2013 For the second year in a row, a team of 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering students has won first place in the University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs, sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p>\n


\nThe four students invented a drone detection and tracking system to address the problem of drones colliding with aircraft after entering the no-fly zones around airports. Using radio frequency identification tags, the students created a solar-powered system that not only alerts airport officials about approaching drones so pilots can be informed, but it also warns drone operators when their vehicles enter the no-fly zone.<\/p>\n


\nMembers of the winning 溏心vlog免费B站 team, all of whom earned degrees in mechanical engineering in May, are Krista Brouwer of Middletown, Thomas Cottam of Scituate, Catherine LiVolsi of Peace Dale, and Stephen Pratt of Coventry. They invented the system as part of their senior capstone design course. The yearlong course taught by Professor Bahram Nassersharif requires students to solve a real-world problem with a viable product. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cBecause this is such a very new issue, there really aren\u2019t any other ways that have yet been developed to address this growing problem,\u201d said LiVolsi, who recently started a job at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. \u201cSo at the moment our project is one of the only methods to assist the FAA.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cOur system provides a means for increased situational awareness for air traffic controllers and pilots to better understand when and where drones may be flying during the most critical parts of flight \u2013 takeoff and landing,\u201d added Pratt, who is working toward a career designing rides at Disney theme parks around the world.<\/p>\n


\nThe team travels to Washington, D.C., on July 17 to present its invention \u2013 coined Eye in the Sky \u2013 to FAA officials. Team members will receive a $2,500 award for placing first in the competition.<\/p>\n


\nCottam is especially excited to have won the FAA competition, because his career objective is to work in the aerospace industry. \u201cI chose this project because it dealt directly with the FAA and meant that I could work with airport officials and solve the problems they\u2019re having,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n


\nThe drone detection system is not the first capstone design project to attract attention. The 溏心vlog免费B站 students who won the FAA competition last year invented a collision avoidance system for planes on the ground at airports. The 5-pound device temporarily attaches to the wingtip with suction cups and monitors the tarmac area using ultrasonic sensors. When the plane approaches a nearby object, the system emits lights and sounds to warn of a potential collision.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 students placed second and third in the competition in the previous four years.<\/p>\n


\nOther inventions from recent capstone projects have streamlined the manufacturing process at Toray Plastics in North Kingstown, improved toys made by Rhode Island-based Hasbro and helped other Ocean State companies.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMany of my capstone projects result in an invention or a solution that will result in a new product or process,\u201d Nassersharif said. \u201cI selected the FAA design competition for my capstone course and students because it focuses on current and challenging problems faced by our national aviation system and airports. This project is the top choice for some of my best students. I am very proud of these students.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Design of drone detection system takes top prize KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 10, 2015 \u2013 For the second year in a row, a team of 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering students has won first place in the University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs, sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration. The four students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}