We secured another FAA CoA (8th) for precision ag research using drones.
Full text is here:
approved_2014-wsa-155_aggieair_univ_of_calif_merced_turlock_ca.pdf
Congratulations! Our past 7 FAA COA are listed here.
Invited by Dr. Carl Pennypacker, Dr. Chen will introduce UC Merced's Scientific Data Drone research at LBL's FUEGO (Fire Urgency Estimation from Geosynchronous Orbit) Symposium on Jan 22nd, 2015.
http://fuego.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Our TIR and SWIR UAS-based remote sensing work is relevant....
Dr. Chen was invited to deliver a seminar at California Melon Research Board annual symposium hold on Jan. 8th, 2015 in Westin Gaslamp, San Diego. Around 80 melon growers, processors and researchers were in the audience.
The 40 minutes talk title is "Low Cost Scientific Data Drones for...
Prof. Dr. Jun Chu, (Ph.D. 2005 NWPU) CSC Visiting Professor from Institute of Computer Vision, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, P.R. China will work at MESA LAB for one year on real time vision based tracking and multispectrual image processing in precision agriculture applications...
The full text of the 7-th FAA CoA approved is here approved_2014-wsa-154_aggieair_univ_of_calif_merced_atwater_ca.pdf.
Congratulations!
FYI: Our previous 6 active COAs approved are
2013-wsa-103.pdf (Our first FAA COA was approved on Nov. 2013)
approved_coa_2014-wsa-29_aggieair_univ_of_ca-...
Coming paper deadlines: ICUAS15, FDTA15, SUAVTA15
02/06/2015. The 2015 ICUAS will be held on June 9-12 in the Mile High City, in Denver, CO. http://uasconferences.com/ (Submission site: https://controls.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl)
01/12/2015 for title/abstract (FIRM Deadline...
4 more FAA COAs were just approved for MESA Lab, BIG Congratulations!
Now UC MERCED MESA LAB has totally 6 active FAA COAs.
We still have multiple COAs pending.
You are welcome to see the full package of the 4 approved FAA COAs:
faa_form_7711-1_uas_coa_2014-wsa-175_aggieair_univ_of_ca-...
10/28/2014. Tue. Congressman Jim Costa visited MESA Lab. PHOTOS
11/07/2014. Fri. UC Federal Governmental Relations office in DC visited UC Merced MESA Lab. Chris Carter is the Legislative Director for Research in the FGR office and his portfolio includes the Department of Transportation....
Dr. Calvin Coopmans of AggieAir @ USU will present an invited seminar on "Research and Operations at Utah State University AggieAir: Cyberphysical Unmanned Remote Sensing." (Flyer.docx)
MESA LAB @ UC Merced Research Seminar
Presents
Research and...
MESA Lab was invited to contribute to ASPRS MRS-4 project
Congratulations. Professor Chen and MESA Lab was invited by Prof. Costas Armenakis to contribute to ASPRS MRS-4 project. The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) has initiated development of the fourth edition of...
