Bhandari, S., & Raheja, A., & Aliyazicioglu, Z., & Tang, F. (2023, June), Board 380: REU Site on UAV Technologies: Exposing Participants to Multidisciplinary Environment    Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43073

\bibitem{asee_peer_43073}
  Bhandari, S., \& Raheja, A., \& Aliyazicioglu, Z., \& Tang, F. (2023, June), \emph{Board 380: REU Site on UAV Technologies: Exposing Participants to Multidisciplinary Environment  }
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--43073

Subodh Bhandari, Amar Raheja, Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, and Fang Tang.  "Board 380: REU Site on UAV Technologies: Exposing Participants to Multidisciplinary Environment  ".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/43073 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_43073}
  Subodh Bhandari, Amar Raheja, Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, and Fang Tang.
  "Board 380: REU Site on UAV Technologies: Exposing Participants to Multidisciplinary Environment  ".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/43073 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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AB  - This paper discusses the multidisciplinary environment that the participants of the REU Program are exposed to at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). The REU Program titled “Research Experience for Undergraduates in UAV Technologies” has been funded by the NSF’s EEC Program. The main goal of the Program is to increase undergraduate students’ participation and interest in research on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) technologies. The current focus of the UAV research at Cal Poly Pomona is the increased autonomy of UAVs, collaboration between and autonomous coordination of multiple UAVs, autonomous coordination between UAVs and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and widespread application of UAVs including fire detection, suppression, and monitoring, search & rescue, and package delivery. These projects require knowledge and skills in multiple disciplines including Aerospace, Electrical & Computer, and Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science.

The paper discusses how the involvement in multidisciplinary projects has helped the participants learn other disciplines, acquire new knowledge and skills, and pursue industry career or further studies in these areas. The participants are mentored and supervised by an interdisciplinary team of faculty members from several Engineering and Computer Science departments. In addition, participants work in a team environment, which provides additional avenue for them to learn other disciplines from each other. The team environment has also helped the participants acquire group working, time management, and leadership skills. This approach has been found to effectively engage students in learning and acquiring new knowledge and skills. Results of the participant and faculty mentor surveys will be presented along with the evidence of the participants pursuing career in the areas that require multidisciplinary knowledge and skills. 

AU  - Subodh Bhandari
AU  - Amar Raheja
AU  - Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu
AU  - Fang Tang
CY  - Baltimore , Maryland
DA  - 2023/06/25
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Board 380: REU Site on UAV Technologies: Exposing Participants to Multidisciplinary Environment  
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