{"605133":{"#nid":"605133","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Joel Dunham","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOnboard Real-time Risk Analysis for UAS\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy Joel Dunham\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch1\u003EProposal Details\u003C\/h1\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EApril 18, 2018\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E12:00pm \u0026ndash; 2:00pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWeber 200\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch1\u003EAbstract\u003C\/h1\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERisk-assessment-based approval frameworks for operation of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) have been proposed to govern integration of UAS into the National Air Space (NAS).\u0026nbsp; Still in its infancy, one of these, Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA), provides a defined pathway through specific operations to build up use cases to general operations.\u0026nbsp; Other frameworks enable the same type of risk assessment, but do not have the specific risk analysis and process yet detailed.\u0026nbsp; Real-time risk analysis provides many opportunities to improve the safety and performance of UAS within these risk assessment frameworks.\u0026nbsp; While real-time risk assessment systems have been developed and tested, limitations are inherent in those systems.\u0026nbsp; This research seeks to address those limitations through development of a real-time onboard risk-assessment system applying Dempster-Shafer theory to this problem, enabling pre-positioning of UAS to accommodate contingencies while balancing mission goals.\u0026nbsp; Tests will be done through simulation and flight testing to determine whether this approach provides improvements for test cases with known safety issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch1\u003ECommittee Members:\u003C\/h1\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Eric Johnson*, Dr. Eric Feron*, Dr. John-Paul Clarke, Dr. Amy Pritchett, Dr. Maxime Gariel\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E* Research Advisor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Onboard Real-time Risk Analysis for UAS"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2018-04-16 15:28:42","changed_gmt":"2018-04-16 15:28:42","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-04-18T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2018-04-18T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-04-18T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-04-18 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-04-18 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-04-18 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}