The GeoTEd-UAS faculty institutes provide professional development and training to community college faculty on the safe and efficient operation of UAS and data analysis. After attending the GeoTEd-UAS Institute, faculty are better qualified to serve as UAS instructors, to integrate sUAS within their existing discipline / curriculum, to analyze and interpret data, and to provide the trained technicians needed to meet employer demand.

The GeoTEd-UAS team provided two one-week Faculty UAS Institutes hosted by Virginia Tech, and held during the summers of 2017 and 2018. In 2019, a three-day institute was hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rice River Center. A total of 42 educators have been trained.

Institute topics included: FAA Part 107 regulation; manual and autonomous sUAS flight operations; mission planning; sUAS maintenance and repair; sensor selection; data capture formatting and post processing; and remote sensing data analysis.

Resources

The GeoTEd-UAS project team has developed numerous faculty resources to support UAS instruction. Many of these resources were implemented by the team as part of the community college faculty institutes. See links below to view and download these resources. There are additional resources available at the Resources tab here https://vsgc.odu.edu/geoted-uas/resources/

A description of the Faculty Institute files and resources can be downloaded here.

Zip file of various documents including flight log, battery log, maintenance log, and checklists (zip file): Click here.

KMZ file of locations where institutes were held (zip file): Click here.

Presentations:

Ground Control Points

Lidar Exercise

Multispectral Image Processing In ArcMap

Part 107 in Detail

Physics of Flight

Principles of UAS Operation (pages 1-25), (pages 26-58)

Whats in a Pixel –  Digital Imagery and Sensors

Video Tutorial Series on Mastering the Aeronautical Chart

Mastering the Aeronautical Chart – An Introduction to VFR Sectionals: Part 1 (6:12 minutes)

Available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-rrdtpFKs&list=PLEHyYp32cIJH3E4mPIbg6DxUCVxHnixs&index=1

Creator: Daniel Cross, John McGee, Jim Campbell

Description: This video can be used as supplemental material to prepare for the mapping and charting component of the FAA Remote Pilot Knowledge Test.

Title: Mastering the Aeronautical Chart – Layout and Ancillary Information: Part 2 (6:41 minutes)

Available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLoLSShOHkM&list=PLEHyYp32cIJH3E4mPIbg6DxUCVxHnixs&index=2

Creator: Daniel Cross, John McGee, Jim Campbell

Description: This video can be used as supplemental material to prepare for the mapping and charting component of the FAA Remote Pilot Knowledge Test.

Title: Mastering the Aeronautical Chart – The Legend: Part 3 (8:46 minutes)

Available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT3U62aMy7k&list=PLEHyYp32cIJH3E4mPIbg6DxUCVxHnixs&index=3

Creator: Daniel Cross, John McGee, Jim Campbell

Description: This video can be used as supplemental material to prepare for the mapping and charting component of the FAA Remote Pilot Knowledge Test.

Title: Mastering the Aeronautical Chart – Normal Use Airspace: Part 4 (8:46 minutes)

Available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWlU7wTBRZI&list=PLEHyYp32cIJH3E4mPIbg6DxUCVxHnixs&index=4

Creator: Daniel Cross, John McGee, Jim Campbell

Description: This video can be used as supplemental material to prepare for the mapping and charting component of the FAA Remote Pilot Knowledge Test.

Title: Mastering the Aeronautical Chart – Special Use Airspace: Part 5 (6:43 minutes)

Available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6VMatO9h3U&list=PLEHyYp32cIJH3E4mPIbg6DxUCVxHnixs&index=5

Creator: Daniel Cross, John McGee, Jim Campbell

Description: This video can be used as supplemental material to prepare for the mapping and charting component of the FAA Remote Pilot Knowledge Test.

Title: Mastering the Aeronautical Charts – How to Read and Create Flight Plans with Sectionals: Part 6 (9:42 minutes)

Available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r05Jf4lTXOA&list=PLEHyYp32cIJH3E4mPIbg6DxUCVxHnixs&index=6

Creator: Daniel Cross, John McGee, Jim Campbell

Description: This video can be used as supplemental material to prepare for the mapping and charting component of the FAA Remote Pilot Knowledge Test.