{"689867":{"#nid":"689867","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MS Proposal by Arnold Chen","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent Name: Arnold Chen\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdvisor: Dr. Jonathan Rogers\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMilestone: MS Thesis Proposal\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDegree Program: Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETitle: UAV Implementation of Optimal Path Planning for Radiological Source Localization in Cluttered Environments\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAbstract: This proposal presents an algorithm to optimize a radiological search path by leveraging a path-length optimization method combined with a measure of total information gain. A constrained optimization problem is solved in which the goal is to select measurement locations that yield the best-conditioned estimation problem, with the constraint that the total travel time to visit all points must be less than a specified value. The effectiveness of search locations is measured by the stable rank of the kernel matrix, which quantifies the attenuation between each candidate source location and candidate measurement location. Measurement locations are selected by a greedy algorithm for maximum stable rank while the total travel time is minimized by solving the well-known traveling salesman problem. Simulation results of the algorithm demonstrate that the optimization improves the estimation of radiological source term parameters for a given time constraint. The continued work will focus on the implementation of the algorithm on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Modifications to the algorithm will be needed to account for different absorption mediums and isotopes. A lab-based experiment demonstrating a search for radiation point sources of different isotopes is being designed.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDate and time: 2026-04-24, 3:00-4:00\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELocation: Weber 200\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommittee:\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Jonathan Rogers (advisor), School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Lu Gan, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Craig Bakker, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory\u003Cbr\u003E,\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUAV Implementation of Optimal Path Planning for Radiological Source Localization in Cluttered Environments\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"UAV Implementation of Optimal Path Planning for Radiological Source Localization in Cluttered Environments"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-19 04:45:45","changed_gmt":"2026-04-19 04:46:21","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-24T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-24T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-24T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-24 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-24 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-24 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Weber 200","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166866","name":"MS Proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}