Help Us Help Them: The Landmine Problem

Help Us Help Them: The Landmine Problem

Every 28 minutes, someone in the world is injured by one of the 80 million landmines currently in the ground. Our task is to detonate these landmines using UAV technology, thus reducing humanitarian and civilian casualties. Using a drone rather than risking a human...
Particulate Matter 2.5

Particulate Matter 2.5

2.1 million deaths happen each year as a result of human-caused increases in fine particulate matter (Institute of Physics). Particulate matter can contain acids, organic chemicals, soil, or dust, and since it is smaller it travels further into the lungs, affecting...
Why go UAV?

Why go UAV?

  This is how far we’ve come. Our slide below shows the big picture along with the smaller case study of what we plan to do with our UAV. With the smaller case, we have our case study. For the big picture, we have our application and our consultants...
Clearing the Path

Clearing the Path

When you were 13 years old; what were some of your favorite things to do? I’d imagine many of you enjoyed being outside, running around with your friends, with no fear of the responsibilities that come with being an adult. This is Fadil Mustafa. Fadil and his family...
Saving Lives, One Drone At a Time

Saving Lives, One Drone At a Time

Computer Science, Industrial Design, Physics, Writing and Communication, and hint of pizzaz: these are the academic forces behind the rescue drone, along with the collective desire to save lives. We began as a team of six: two industrial designers, two physicists, a...