Students use drones to study wildlife in Namibia
January 30, 2018
Thanks to drones, NC State students had a giraffe’s-eye view of Namibia during a recent Study Abroad trip to Africa. This Wednesday, January 31, at 7:00 pm in the Hunt Library’s Teaching and Visualization Lab, they will discuss how they used these drones during their cross-disciplinary, two month field experience. Dr. Larry Silverberg of the College of Engineering will also share how NC State is teaching students about drone technology and its exciting current and future applications.
“Emerging drone technologies and urgent and serious African wildlife problems are intersecting to produce an interdisciplinary solution approach, carried out by students from wildlife and engineering disciplines,” Dr. Silverberg notes. “From an education viewpoint, students receive a purpose-driven wildlife and engineering experience that combines multicultural experiences, hands-on engineering technologies, exposure to research and development, leadership and service.”
The students who will be sharing research findings from their Study Abroad experience are Graham Lutz (College of Engineering), James Ploss (College of Sciences), Joe Manning (College of Engineering), and Alli Schumacher (College of Sciences). Schumacher produced this gorgeous video that captures the group’s experiences.
This program is co-presented by the NCSU Libraries, the Global Training Initiative, and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NC State and is free and open to the public.