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September 2009 Meeting:
September 10, 2009

Date and Time

Thursday, September 10, 2009, 7:00PM Pacific
at 7:00PM, 5-minute business meeting
at 7:05PM, speaker presentation

Location

Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley (directions:   https://sv.cmu.edu/who_we_are/visitor)

Title

Challenges Impeding the Application of Unmanned Air Systems (UAS)

Speaker

Chad Partridge

Abstract

As public awareness and, in turn, demand of UAS is increasing, regulatory challenges are limiting applications and leaving would be suppliers and users at a competitive disadvantage. Chad Partridge presents on UAS applications, regulatory aspects impeding their use, and what might be done by those that could benefit from UAS services.

Biography

Chad Partridge:

Current Positions: President, Sensing Systems, Inc. (Sensing) Board of Director, Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)
As President of Sensing, Mr. Partridge manages sales, marketing, and finance while also maintaining roles in product strategy and development. In addition, he has been instrumental as an architect of the Tungsten Media Toolkit, a software development kit for media management and exploitation. Mr Partridge has an extensive background in software/hardware design, machine vision, sensing, automation, robotics, and control and has worked on various projects involving the development of complex autonomous systems.
Mr. Partridge is a member of the Board of Directors for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). He holds an Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has published in both the Journal of Robotics Research and the Journal of Robotics Systems.


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