SIERRA Project

SIERRA Project SIERRA is a program aimed to develop enhanced situational awareness for fire-fighting operations. The program is co-developed Kelly Cohen and Manish Kumar.

The SIERRA Project (Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft) is dedicated to serving the needs of both State and Federal Emergency Management Organizations to meet there Unmanned Aerial Systems Requirements. The team has conducted UAS Training with Manufacturer Marcus UAV Inc. and on November 5th with the West Virginia Department of Forestry and Marchs UAV completed a live

demonstration test at a controlled 36 acre burn in Morgantown, WV. During the demonstration November 5th the team made 4 successful flights of the UAS in RC mode and clearly demonstrated the potential of the technology to save lives, land and money. Members:
Dr. Kelly Cohen
Dr. Manish Kumar
Rob Charvat
Sushil Garg
Bipin Shedge
Nick Buhr
Andrew Nels
Ted Meyer
Nate Bodenschatz
Balaji Sharma
Phil Italiano

03/12/2016

Very happy that Dr. Manish Kumar has rejoined UC and we co-direct the UAV Master Lab http://ceas.uc.edu/faculty_staff/profiles/manish-kumar.html

Manish Kumar holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering which he earned in 2004 from Duke University where he did his dissertation on Sensor Fusion and Intelligent Control of Autonomous Cooperating Robots. His Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering is also from Duke University where he graduated in…

Who wants to go to Reno?
02/22/2016

Who wants to go to Reno?

Register now for symposium on drone and robotic applications for search and rescue hosted by University of Nevada, Reno

01/04/2016

Wishing Bryan Brown a very happy birthday. Thanks for the awesome work on the SIERRA project this past year

Bryan, Rodger - Great coverage fro our program in this article:  http://insideunmannedsystems.com/fighting-wildfires/
12/16/2015

Bryan, Rodger - Great coverage fro our program in this article: http://insideunmannedsystems.com/fighting-wildfires/

Unmanned aerial systems could prove to be an important tool in the fight against wildfires. Recent demonstrations show just how useful UAS can be as firefighters battle these complex, dangerous fires.... - Inside Unmanned Systems News Magazine

http://futurism.com/links/19490/
12/15/2015

http://futurism.com/links/19490/

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department now has a net-wielding interceptor drone that will be used to chase and capture quadcopters that violate a no-fly zone restriction above certain areas in Japan.

Need to be careful!
10/28/2015

Need to be careful!

A man flew a drone into power lines, causing a power outage in West Hollywood on Monday.

09/30/2015

Rodger Ozburn, Bryan Brown , Balaji R Sharma, Sushil Garg, Jutshi Agarwal- Any thoughts?

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