Drone Detection

Our hack: How might we physically disrupt (i.e., destroy the aircraft in flight or disable its ability to maintain lift) Group 1 and Group 2 UAS for dismounted troops to protect them from UAS threats?

MEET THE TEAM 

Brooke Blaney

Brooke Blaney

This site is from a JMU class project in 2016. Brooke Blaney was a sophomore Writing Rhetoric and Technical Communication major at James Madison University at the time. She is double minoring in Legal Spanish and Environmental Studies and is in the Pre-Law program. Brooke is hoping to attend law school after she graduates for either immigration or environmental law.

Bailey Swayne

Bailey Swayne

Bailey is a junior Computer Science student at JMU with a Math and Robotics Minor. Growing up he was involved in several robotics teams and was Captain of his High Schools Robotics Team senior year. He is currently in the process of building several Smart Robots to aid in everyday life.

Annarose Lemba

Annarose Lemba

Annarose is a sophomore Health Science (concentration in Public Health) and Nursing major at James Madison University. She is originally from Bergen County, New Jersey. After she graduates college, she is hoping to work for a non-profit company and then eventually, settle into a hospital’s pediatric department.

Matthew Bors-Koefoed

Matthew Bors-Koefoed

Matthew is a Senior Engineering Major at JMU with a focus in Mechanics and Material Sciences. His passion for this subject of study originally stemmed from a love of cars and he hopes to someday work designing them.

Jack O'Neil

Jack O'Neil

Originally from Annapolis, Maryland, Jack O’Neill is an Intelligence Analysis major at James Madison University with a concentration in national security. He is an aspiring data scientist with experience in data mining and visualizing big data. His passions outside of academia includes cybersecurity interests, startups, playing piano and finding solutions to difficult problems.

Insight on Current Solutions

One of the most notable gains from this week was how much Drone Detection grew as a team. We are gradually improving on how we work together and seem to work best in person. Every time we meet in person our ideas seem much clearer. We have been meeting more...

A group picture taken outside.

Getting Started with the Air Force

The initial interview with our POC was very eye opening because they were able to tell us what they want in the solution. They are looking for a drone that is able to detect an aerial system to emphasize a threat and counter it. Although there is an Air Force...

Meet the Drone Detection Team!

We are the Drone Detection team at James Madison University. Through Hacking for Defense we will be devising a solution to "create a drone defense identification system or prototype that can effectively detect, identify, track and counter any small objects in...

This is a picture of the drone detection team

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