I have been a leader in the UAS community in the Washington metro area and have given a number of talks about the UAV industry, safely operating quadcopter drones and the internals of how quadcopters work. More information about some of my talks can be found below.
UAV Industry Overview and Trends: Georgetown MBA Alumni Club, Feb 23 2016
This talk was delivered to a group of Georgetown University MBA program students and alumni. The talk provided an overview of the UAV industry, discussed major applications of UAVs focusing on the particularly disruptive applications in mapping and surveying and reviewed current and projected legal and regulatory environment.
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Building a Quadcopter
This talk was delivered to the DC Drones User Group and focused on the technical details of how quadcopters work and how to build one.
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Flying a 3D Robotics Iris+
This talk focused on various operational aspects of using a 3D Robotics Iris+, a programmable, multi-purpose small UAV capable of flying autonomous missions.
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