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An Integrated Advanced Air Mobility Ecosystem

  • Unmanned Aerial System Computer Vision with AI and Machine Learning
  • Edge Computing
  • Cybersecurity for Unmannaed Aerial System and Ground Autonomous Vehicle
  • Work Force Development
  • Morphin Designs & Manufacturing
  • Infrastructure & Wireless Power
  • Logistics
  • Community Acceptance
  • Policies & Regulations
  • Autonomous Controls & Safety
  • Cooperative Perception, Vehicle to Vehicle Communication
Research by Qing Yang, Song Fu, Heng Fan (CSE Dep., UNT)
Smart Connected Ground Vehicles
  • Extends the line of sight and field of view
  • Promotes safe driving
  • Enables autonomy in heavy traffic
  • Intelligent transportation of the future
  • Object, pedestrian, bicycle, car, recognition
  • Minimal latency, rapid response
  • Decision making for collision avoidance
  • Vehicles talk to each other and cooperate
Research led by Prof. Kamesh Namuduri (EE Dep., UNT)
NASA Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign (2022-2027)

UNT Focus - Resilient Air Space Operations and Services 

  • Establish DFW Air Corridors for UAS testing
  • 5G command, control, communication, collision avoidance
  • Seeking FAA approval
  • Tests and use cases to boost industry

UNT team impact:

  • Weather & Environmental Data Transfer
  • Platform Health and Integrity
  • Traffic Management System
  • Autonomy & Human Factor Integration
  • Flight Information Management System
Research by N. D’Souza, K. Namuduri, H. Siller (CENG) & T. Pohlen, I. Manuj (RCOB)
Design, Digital Twin Manufacturing & Supply Logistics
  • Design of 3D printed aerostructures
  • Low cost high volume manufacturing
  • Resilient domestic supply chain
  • 3D printed sensors & circuits
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Parts on demand
Research by Prof. Hamid Sadat, Hector Siller, Xinrong Li, (ME and EE Dep. UNT)
Noise Reduction Through Engineering
  • Drone noise is the biggest public complaint
  • Noise is measured and reduced
  • Engineering quieter propellers
  • Target <60 dB levels (currently 70-90 dB)
    • Each 3dB reduction is half the noise
Research by Prof. Hung Luyen (EE Dep. UNT)
Wireless Charging Infrastructure
  • Wireless charging while driving
  • Wireless charging for vertiports
  • RF beams to power drones in flight
Research by Prof. Shengli Fu (EE Dep. UNT)
Communication Infrastructure
Air Based Rapidly Deployable Information Networks
  • 5G for cooperative perception
  • Drone-to-drone, drone-to-car 
  • Edge computing with fast response 
  • Emergency comms networks
Research by Prof. Cihan Tunc (CSE Dep. UNT)
UAV Cybersecurity
Most typical cyber attacks on UAVs: 
  • Deauthentication (denial of service)
  • Man-In-The-Middle (communication)
  • Flood Attack (data overwhelm)
  • GPS Spoofing
  • False Data Injection
  • Jamming
Research in Protection: 
  • Identification of Vulnerabilities
  • Decisions on valid or false operations
  • Detection of abnormal behavior
  • Cyber protection vs power & weight