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Ph.D. student Brendan Smith was invited as an Ag Panelist for AUVSI Channel Island Chapter's 2014 Symposium

November 1, 2014
07 November 2014 - CIC AUVSI Micro Symposium The Channel Islands Chapter of AUVSI will be holding a half day “Micro” Symposium in November 7, 2014.  The Micro symposium will be held on the California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) campus. The event will include panel...

MESA Lab Welcomes Three New Visiting Scholars

October 5, 2014
MESA Lab Welcomes Three New Visiting Scholars. Professor. Dr. Jianxin Liu is a full professor of School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Xihua University, China. He got his Ph.D. in Chongqing University, P. R. China, December 1997. His research covers measurement-control theory and its...

Outreach lecture module: "The Age of Data-Drones: Wright Brothers 2.0"

October 5, 2014
On Sept. 20th, 2014, Saturday, on the campus of The Da Vinci Center for Innovative Learning of SJCOE, Stockton, CA, Dr. Chen gave 4 sessions of lectures, each with 45 min. to a group of nearly 60 elementary school teachers on "The Age of Data-Drones: Wright Brothers 2.0". This outreach...

MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark was invited to serve a panel at the event "Connecting the Dots in Unmanned Aerial Systems & Cyber Security"

October 5, 2014
MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark was invited to serve a panel at the event  "Connecting the Dots in Unmanned Aerial Systems & Cyber Security" to be held on Friday, December 12, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM (PST), Pomona, CA. The invitation was extended by Professor Subodh Bhandari...

Congratulations, AIAA UC Merced Student Branch!

August 14, 2014
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) UC Merced Student Branch is now officially established! We also got a nice frame from AIAA. (photo) 2018 News AIAA Region IV Student Conference 4/7/2018. Program PDF file. DBF again 2018.   2017 News Final...

A history making flight mission of UC Merced's scientific data-drone with RGB, NIR, TIR and SWIR remote sensing payloads

August 14, 2014
8/14/2014. Merced, California. We would like to announce our successful flights of missions today at Vernal Pool and Grassland Reserve, UC Merced's scientific data-drone flight test site approved by FAA under COA-2014-WSA-29 (PDF). The most interesting features of these history making flights...

2nd FAA COA approved for MESA Lab's Scientific Data Drone Research!

July 9, 2014
We are very pleased to share that, our second FAA COA was approved today 7/9/2014. The COA site is UC Merced's new Natural Reserve http://vernalpools.ucmerced.edu/  (MAP). The full text of the FAA COA in PDF is here. Out first FAA COA was approved Nov. 11, 2013. Site map is here....

MADbook site released - (WorldScientific 2014: Modeling, Analysis and Design of Control Systems in MATLAB and Simulink)

July 9, 2014
Service website (http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/MADbook) for the textbook "Modeling, Analysis and Design of Control Systems in MATLAB and Simulink" (World Scientific 2014) By Dingyu Xue, Northeastern University, Shenyang, P R China, and YangQuan Chen, University of California,...

MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark Attended FAA UAS COE Public Meeting May 28-29 in Washington DC.

June 3, 2014
MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark Attended FAA UAS COE Public Meeting May 28-29 in Washington DC.   COE for UAS Public Meeting May 28-29 Download the Agenda (PDF) Download the Announcement In accordance with Public Law 101-508, the FAA plans to competitively select a Center of...

MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark Will Attend UAS Summit on Challenges and Opportunities on the Road to Integration on June 10th, San Diego.

June 3, 2014
MESA Lab Manager Brandon Stark Will Attend UAS Summit on Challenges and Opportunities on the Road to Integration on June 10th, San Diego. http://www.auvsisandiego.com/uploads/CoE_UAS_Summit_Save_the_Date_6102014.pdf or this website http://www.unmannedcoe.com/ Brandon Stark serves as an invited...

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