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UC Merced Visits The World AG Expo

February 12, 2019
On a chilly morning, the Engineering Service Learning Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) team visited the 52nd World Ag Expo. The World Ag Expo is the largest agricultural exposition where the latest technological advances in farm equipment and agricultural practices are displayed. The team went out to...

That's A Wrap...

December 10, 2018
As the semester comes to an end, it is time the UAS team concludes this project once and for all. It has been one educational of a ride, but as always things come to an end.  The imaging team fulfilled many of their goals and even some they thought were going to be impossible. A beautiful...

Official NDVI Output

November 26, 2018
At last, the Imaging team was able to create a beautiful NDVI output image that shows all the different percentages of the NDVI using a gradient. With this new gradient the NDVI image shows an actual accurate representation of NDVI data. For example, in the previous NDVI algorithm the output image...

Castle Tour

November 6, 2018
This week the team headed to Castle where Dr. Chen's lab is located. Two of his PhD research students showed the team around and explained the various projects their team's were conducting. This was an opportunity for the UAV team to not only learn about the different drone projects Dr...

Test Flight #2

October 25, 2018
This week at the UAS lab, the team decided to head out to test flight the new DJI drone to see if it lives up to its hype. As always the DJI lived to its hype and the team was excited. No longer will the team have to worry about the drone disconnecting mid flight or malfuncting while in the air...

Test Flight #1

October 22, 2018
Last week at the UAS lab, the team decided to head to the backyard of the University of California, Merced into Merced's Vernal Pools, in hopes of a successful test flight with the old drone and camera module. As they arrived at their test flight location the platform team...

Family Weekend

October 20, 2018
This past weekend some of the members of the UAS team had the opportunity to meet with parents and future students to present to them the UAS project. They explained how the project works, but most importantly the importance of the overall project on how it will help our local community...

Preliminary Design Review Presentation Fall 2018

October 2, 2018
This week at the UAV lab, the team had their Preliminary Design Review Presentation with community partner professor YangQuan Chen and supervisor Christopher Butler. Students (from left to right) Christopher De La Cruz, Alejandro Sanchez, Nathan Ibarra, & Jeffrey Ng presented the UAV...

The First NDVI Output

September 16, 2018
Last week at the Unmanned Aerial lab, the imaging team had the opportunity to test the NDVI algorithm against various images taken from different locations around the University of California, Merced campus. Below you will see an extensive archive of images with image A (left) being the original...

2018 Bobcat Day

April 24, 2018
At the 2018 Bobcat Day, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Team presented to high schoolers and parents about what Engineering Service Learning is and how they support community members.. The UAV team highlighted responsiblities of leadership roles such as project manager and team leaders. In...

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