Georgia Institute of Technology Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

佐治亚理工学院(佐治亚理工学院)提议加入NSF赞助的工业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)的无人驾驶飞机系统：C-UAS(c-uas.byu edu)是由杨百翰大学(BYU)和科罗拉多大学(CU)于2012年建立的，现在还包括弗吉尼亚理工大学(VT)。该中心为无人机系统行业的未来领导者提供针对关键技术挑战的创新解决方案和精湛的培训。佐治亚理工学院将带来空域管理、系统工程、认知工程和容错制导/导航/控制系统方面的专门知识。这一具体努力包括与行业咨询委员会的现任和未来成员以及佐治亚理工学院的代表举行一次规划会议；使业界、政府和学术界能够在无人机领域为C-UAS建立有效的新伙伴关系。佐治亚理工学院为该中心带来了多个领域的专业知识：(1)用于安全UAS集成的空域管理和控制，运营概念(CONOPS)，包括先前在设计空域组织和程序方面的研究。(2)系统工程和系统集成，包括：系统系统设计和分析、安全保证和航空电子设备集成。(3)UAS的操作员界面、人为因素和自动化设计，包括使用多种不同自动化水平和操作员界面概念进行研究试飞的丰富经验。(4)检测和避开系统，包括合作和非合作方法。(5)避障和路径规划系统，包括利用各种传感器模式和制导/控制概念进行分析和测试。(6)容错估计和控制，包括在GPS拒绝操作以及自适应和可重构的指导和控制方法方面的广泛工作。为了促进佐治亚理工学院加入该中心，将于2017年2月与工业咨询委员会(IAB)的现任和未来成员以及佐治亚理工学院、弗吉尼亚理工大学、杨百翰大学和CU的代表举行规划会议。规划会议将汇聚顶尖研究人员以及业界和政府的领军人物，为业界、政府和学术界在无人机领域建立有效的合作伙伴关系奠定基础。

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) proposes to join the up-and-running NSF-sponsored Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) in unmanned aircraft systems: The Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems: C-UAS (c-uas.byu.edu) was established by Brigham Young University (BYU) and the University of Colorado (CU) in 2012, and now also includes Virginia Tech (VT). This center provides innovative solutions to key technical challenges and superb training for future leaders in the unmanned aircraft system industry. Georgia Tech will bring specific expertise in airspace management, system engineering, cognitive engineering, and fault tolerant guidance/navigation/control systems. This specific effort includes a planning meeting with current and prospective members of the industrial advisory board and representatives of Georgia Tech; allowing the establishment of effective new partnerships for C-UAS between industry, government, and academia in the field of UAS. Georgia Tech brings expertise in a number of areas to the center:(1) Airspace management and control for safe UAS integration, concepts of operation (CONOPS), including prior research in designing airspace organization and procedures. (2) System engineering and system integration, including: system-of-systems design and analysis, safety assurance, and avionics integration.(3) Operator interface, human factors, and automation design for UAS, including extensive experience performing research test flights with many different levels of automation and operator interface concepts.(4) Detect and avoid systems, including both cooperative and non-cooperative methods.(5) Obstacle avoidance and path planning systems, including analysis and testing with a wide-array of sensor modalities and guidance/control concepts.(6) Fault tolerant estimation and control, including extensive work in GPS-denied operations as well as adaptive and reconfigurable guidance and control methods.To facilitate the inclusion of Georgia Tech to this center, a planning meeting with current and prospective members of the industrial advisory board (IAB) and representatives of Georgia Tech, VT, BYU and CU will be held in February 2017. The planning meeting will gather top researchers and leading industry and government players to establish the foundation for an effective partnership between industry, government, and academia in the field of UAS.