All the IEEE lab computers have been re-imaged and are fully up and running,

The guest login
Username: ieee-guest
Password:

If you had any information stored on the computers before email ieee@mtu.edu for access to the files

Within the next few weeks there will be a new login domain for the lab so we can more easily access our files.
If you would like a specific login for the new system please email ieee@mtu.edu

Attention students of Michigan Technological University the IEEE Student org on campus is having its fall semester safety meetings. They are on

Friday, September 4th
and
Tuesday, September 8th

they both will be 6:00 pm in EERC 100

To gain access to the lab you are only required to show up to one of the safety meetings a year and bring your yearly $10 lab access fee.

Also there will be a new addition to the yearly safety meeting a forum so please bring you questions or comments so we can help improve the IEEE Student Lab on the 8th floor in room 809

And if you miss the two meetings then see us at Kday.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as the Air Force's Global Hawk and Predator are increasingly employed by the military in roles that require sharing airspace with civilian aircraft. Many civil applications of UAVs have also been proposed for tasks that include border patrols, highway and agricultural observation, and cargo transport. Due to the pressure for widespread access for UAVs and the risk of collision with passenger aircraft, the U.S. is rapidly facing serious safety concerns.

This seminar provides an overview of the safety issues of UAVs sharing airspace with passenger airplanes, including methods for evaluating and mitigating collision risk. The presentation will describe an initiative at MIT Lincoln Laboratory to assess the safety of one particular application, the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), on the Global Hawk UAV. TCAS is in use on all large passenger-carrying aircraft as an independent, last-resort collision-avoidance system. TCAS uses a set of sensors and algorithms to detect potential mid-air collisions, alert the flight crew, and provide guidance so that they can avoid a collision. Adapting TCAS to Global Hawk, which has unconventional flight characteristics and a pilot who may be thousands of miles away, creates challenges that require a thorough safety analysis before TCAS might be accepted by domestic and international communities.

This seminar describes the overall approach to safety analysis, including the use of fast-time simulation of UAVs and conventional air traffic. Finally, extensions to future applications, such as onboard infrared, visual, or radar detection systems designed to "see and avoid" other aircraft, will be discussed.

Speaker: Dr. Mykel J. Kochenderfer
Affiliation: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Date: Monday, 01 December 2008 (NOTE: this is the day after break!)
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.; Q&A session to follow
Location: 641 Dow

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