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High Endurance UAV Student Project Pedagogy as a Continuous Undergraduate Engineering Teaching Tool

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Conference

2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada

Publication Date

April 18, 2024

Start Date

April 18, 2024

End Date

April 20, 2024

Page Count

10

DOI

10.18260/1-2--46045

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https://peer.asee.org/46045

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76

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Zhen Yu California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-3556-3204

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Dr. Jenny Zhen Yu is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She has expertise in the areas of Nanotechnology with application in nanomaterial synthesis, electronics devices fabrication.

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Kai Noah Arellano California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Kai Arellano is a student currently dedicated to earning a Bachelor's degree from the Aerospace Engineering Department at Cal Poly Pomona. His professional journey includes contributions to aquacultural engineering, notably in the realm of aerator blade design. Additionally, Kai has experience focused in flight testing electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology.

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Daniel Keenan Paek California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Daniel Paek is a sophomore student at Cal Poly Pomona working towards his Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering. He has been on BANSHEE UAV for one year, and has been established as the deputy for their Flight Testing and Data Acquisition team.

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Steven Kent Dobbs California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-8826-5905

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Mr. Dobbs is a Professional Practice Professor in the Cal Poly Pomona Aerospace Engineering Department. He has a BSAE from Cal Poly Pomona, and an MSE from Cal State Long Beach University. He has 36 years experience in the aerospace industry with Rockwell and Boeing in the design, development, and certification of advanced aircraft, spacecraft, and launch vehicles and associated technology development projects. He retired from industry in 2007 as the Boeing Phantom Works Director of Lunar and Space Exploration Technology Development. Since 2007, he has taught multiple aerospace engineering topics at Cal Poly including aeronautics, astronautics, systems engineering, program management, senior projects research cap-stone, and Ethics for Engineers up to the current day.

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Abstract

This abstract is intended to be followed by a full paper. In the past decade, there has been a sharp rise in the popularity of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). UAVs are inherently limited by battery technology. The weight of commercially available batteries restricts the flight times of most UAVs to under 30 minutes. Project BANSHEE UAV (Battery as iNtegrated Structure High Endurance Experimental UAV) is a multidisciplinary team of students from aerospace, electrical, computer and mechanical engineering degree paths. Our mission is to increase the flight time of UAVs by utilizing solar power and wireless-charging via induction, carbon fiber structural-battery wing spars, and a system for the autonomous replacement of lithium-polymer batteries to compatible drones. BANSHEE has been a senior project on Cal Poly Pomona’s campus for seven years, giving hundreds of students hands-on experience working on UAVs. Recently, it has expanded into a club, allowing high school and college students of any year to begin working in an organized team. The club’s organizational structure also gives many students the opportunity to gain leadership experience. Within the last year, BANSHEE UAV has held open seminars in collaboration with local aerospace-related companies to further educate members. The club also plans to hold seminars teaching skills related to the project’s sub-teams. Topics include, but are not limited to, flight automation software, composite structures, fabrication, and basics of radio control. Regardless of background, members of BANSHEE UAV are united by a devotion to the development of technologies that will improve the modern world.

Yu, Z., & Arellano, K. N., & Paek, D. K., & Dobbs, S. K. (2024, April), High Endurance UAV Student Project Pedagogy as a Continuous Undergraduate Engineering Teaching Tool Paper presented at 2024 ASEE PSW Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. 10.18260/1-2--46045

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