02 May Drone Testing for Upcoming Workshop
On Tuesday, the GeoTEd-UAS leadership team flew several UAS missions at the VCU Rice Center to gather data in preparation for the upcoming faculty workshop. ...
05 Feb Blue Ridge Discovery Center Explorer Feature
The fall edition of the Blue Ridge Discovery Center Explorer features Dr. Hamed and his Biology students work with Unmanned Aircraft Systems to monitor Golden-Winged Warbler habitat. ...
29 Jan National Science Foundation Video
The National Science Foundation recently produced an excellent video about GeoTEd-UAS and the Faculty Institute. GeoTEd-UAS is supported by a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) grant....
14 Nov VHCC Biology Students Collect Real World Data
Virginia Highlands Community College (VHCC) students had a great experience learning how to utilize small Unmanned Aircraft Systems to collect real world data....
09 Nov Mapping With Drones
In partnership with the GeoTEd-UAS project, the College of Natural Resources and Environment and the Virginia Geospatial Extension program at Virginia Tech recently coordinated and offered two workshops....
16 Oct sUAS in-service at Virginia Highlands Community College
GeoTEd-UAS faculty cohort members Kevin Hamed, Ph.D. and Tamara Lasley of Virginia Highlands Community College recently held a sUAS training session during VHCC’s faculty in-service....
28 Sep Brad Deel, GeoTEd-UAS Course Graduate Photography Business
Brad Deel, owner of Brad Deel Drone Photography & Videography, LLC, recently received the SWVTC High Tech Award in Small Business during the council’s annual gala, tech expo and awards ceremony held at Virginia Highlands Community College....
24 Jul UAS Flyover at Lane Stadium
An engineering teacher at Blacksburg high, Veronica Spradlin, organized the the first ever drone flyover of Lane Stadium....
11 Jul Liberty University Partnership with VCCS
Through a partnership with Liberty University, three unmanned systems (UMS) courses offered at any Virginia community college can now transfer to Liberty as equivalent UAS courses in their B.S. in Aeronautics–Unmanned Aerial Systems Cognate degree program....