About Us

Mission Statement

The objective of the design project is to collaborate together in a team in designing a Quadcopter for our sponsor. Our team will focus in meeting the specifications provided and collectively delivering a model to our design.

Background

The unmanned aerial vehicle, also known as the UAV or drone, has become very useful for the Air Force for special applications, and missions that may be too dangerous for an aircraft requiring a human pilot. Currently the majority of UAV’s used in the field by the Air Force are remote controlled air planes. However, high velocities are required to generate enough lift for an airplane to fly, which limits their mobility.

For certain applications it is desirable that an aircraft be able to hover, easily change direction and maintain low velocities. The quad-rotor control has become very popular in UAV research because of its maneuverability and small size. The diagonal length of a typical quad-rotor control system ranges from 2-4 feet, which is significantly smaller than most of the UAV airplanes being used by the Air Force today. Their ability to hover and quickly change directions allows the quad-rotor control to fly indoors and in obstacle-dense areas that would be too risky for an airplane to fly. The quad-rotor control also has vertical takeoff and landing capability, negating the use of a long airstrip.

Meet Our Team

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Jigar Patel

Team Leader
+1(850)-567-4295
jp09x@my.fsu.edu
Major: Electrical & Computer engineering

After getting my Bachelor of Science degree I intend on going into graduate school either at Florida State University or at Stanford University in the field of Robotics, with a concentration on legged-robots.

Other than continuing education with graduate school I intend to participate in conferences and join organizations such as IEEE to keep up to date with the technology and innovations within the field

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Matthew Kishe

Test Engineer/Webmaster
+1(850)-345-9157
mgk10d@my.fsu.edu
Major: Electrical & Computer engineering

In the next couple of years after attaining my bachelors degree i plan to go to graduate school and work towards a masters degree in information systems or robotics. Once, completed I'll seek to work for an engineering firm/company and gain more experience in my profession.

Plan to join different recognizable associations such as IEEE etc to keep up with the new advancements and rapid changes in the engineering world. I also plan to take part in different seminars and workshops that come my way in my respective profession when possible. Last but not least, I'll do open research just to learn and experiment with new discoveries and innovations that are out in the engineering world.

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John Chung

Software/Hardware Engineer
+1(817)-734-1490
jtc09@my.fsu.edu
Major: Electrical & Computer engineering

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Adam Sobiewski

Team Leader/Treasurer
+1(954)-665-5131
ads10h@my.fsu.edu
Major: Mechanical engineering

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Andrew Silva

Sponsor Liaison
+1(305)-878-7919
ajs11v@my.fsu.edu
Major: Mechanical engineering

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Gabriel Morales

Design Engineer
+1(954)-802-3194
gm10c@my.fsu.edu
Major: Mechanical engineering

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Meet Our Advisory

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Dr. Oscar Chuy

Research Scientist
Mechanical engineering
chuy@eng.fsu.edu

Research Interest: Control systems and Mechatronics.

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Dr. Simon Foo

Chair and Professor
+1(850)-410-6474
foo@eng.fsu.edu
Electrical engineering

Research Interest: Computational Intelligence, CMOS Integrated Circuit Design, Photovoltaic

Dr. Foo is a tenured Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida A&M University and Florida State University. His research contributions have been in the areas of computational intelligence, random number generators, field programmable gate array (FPGA) applications, and photovoltaics. Dr. Foo has authored or co-authored over 100 refereed technical papers and contributed to two book chapters. He has also graduated more than 30 MS and PhD students. He is the Principal Investigator of at least 20 funded research projects with total funding of over 3 million dollars. His primary research sponsors include the National Security Agency, National Science Foundation, U. S. Air Force, Boeing Aircraft Company, and the Florida Department of Transportation. He also serves as a technical advisor to Airbus in the area of fire detection in aircraft cargo bays. Besides the "Engineering Research Awards" (2004 and 2008) from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, he also won the " Teaching Incentive Award" (1995), "Teacher of the Year" awards (2001 and 2010), and two "Best Paper" awards (2001 and 2004). Dr. Foo is a member of Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society (since 1982).

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