Scholarly Commons

Title

UAS Operations in Southeast Europe - Study Abroad Kosovo 2018

Authors

Paul Andreoli, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Ben Baker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Christian Celeste, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
George Gebert, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Brett Goodsite, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Liam Greffin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Patrick Hil, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Steven Holmes, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Stacy Martorella, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Austin Noble, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Alex Ortega, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Joe Santella, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Ryan Semens, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Deidra Velasco, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Aron Wallace, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow

Faculty Mentor Name

Dr. Dan Macchiarella

Publisher

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Keywords

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, sUAS, UAS operations, Southeast Europe, Kosovo, DJI Phantom 4, DJI Inspire

Document Type

Multimedia

Abstract/Description

Students traveled to Southeast Europe from June 22nd until July 27th to learn basic and advance UAS theory and practice in a service learning project that helped document and preserve cultural heritage sites. Students from Kosovo, and staff from Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) Kosovo, joined with ERAU students working as teams. Student teams flew small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) to capture images and video of cultural heritage sites. Photogrammetric processing of images provided highly detailed and accurate resources for the preservation of cultural heritage. Students learned, and gained, state-of-the-art UAS-related skills that have direct transfer to future work in the UAS profession. Additionally, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), American University of Kosovo (AUK) will collaborated. The study abroad was supported by the U.S. Embassy Kosovo.

Highlighting two of the nine principal projects, students imaged old Pristina and Ulpiana. Ulpiana was an ancient Roman city and is undergoing archeological excavations. Students are generated important documentation of the historic site that will be used to enhance research work. Student work in Prishtina assisted municipal decision-makers in who are making restoration decisions for an area that dates back over 500 years to the Ottoman Empire.

Comments

This video was produced byJoey Santella.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Andreoli, P., Baker, B., Celeste, C., Gebert, G., Goodsite, B., Greffin, L., Hil, P., Holmes, S., Martorella, S., Noble, A., Ortega, A., Santella, J., Semens, R., Velasco, D., & Wallace, A. (2018). UAS Operations in Southeast Europe - Study Abroad Kosovo 2018. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/db-study-abroad/7