UAS Design
- Novel designs of miniature flapping wing UAV
- Adaptation of a JP-8 fueled engine to a commercial UAV
- Advanced material research for development of new UAV materials for airframes and potential smart material applications
UAS Control Systems
- UAV control, including fault tolerant control
- Cooperative UAVs
- Control and motion planning algorithms for indoor UAVs
UAS Communications Systems
- Wireless, secure communications for UAS-to-UAS and UAS-to-ground
- Asymmetric on-board encryption algorithms for communications
- Compact antenna development
- Camouflaged communication to UAV with minimal awareness to eavesdroppers
- Avoidance of signal jamming for UAS applications
UAS Sensor Development
- Miniature, lightweight sensors for airborne, biological, or nuclear threats
Automatic System Operations Monitoring
- Modeling, simulation, and in-flight testing, including under harsh conditions
UAS Computational Platforms
- Development of a high-performance and low-energy consumption, reconfigurable computing platform and software architecture for cooperative UAVs
Intelligent System Health Monitoring
- Development of a system for self-failure identification and classification as it relates to a UAV’s safety and mission success
Law-Related Research
- UAS and the Constitution, particularly the Fourth Amendment, and the right to privacy
- Employment and Agency law
- National Security
- Issues of private law, including nuisance, torts, and property rights
- Aerospace law and federal, state and local airspace regulations
- UAS and criminal law
Policy Research
- Current state of laws and policies in relation to domestic use
- Social, cultural, and political impact
- Design and administration of surveys to assess public opinion, and a civic and public engagement project to identify public concerns and opportunities