ISU students working on unmanned aerial and ground systems
Indiana State University in Terre Haute is one of the few colleges in America to prepare students for a future in a world of unmanned machines.
“Unmanned systems, which is what we call them, we try to get away from the drone word,” Aviation Technology professor Jeff Hauser said of the machines, “Drone kinda gives you a bad connotation, military, dropping bombs, spying (things like that.)”
Hauser told News 10 that Indiana State’s unmanned systems programme prepares students for the future of the unmanned aerial and ground systems. “We are trying to bring in students for the application of it. We want to have students that can come out and use these with first responders; agriculture.”
It’s a field that’s growing every year from creating the systems to operating them. As of right now, unmanned systems are just a minor at ISU, but officials are looking to change that. “We are trying to get a four year degree, we don’t know when that’ll start,” Hauser explained. “Hopefully we’ll get the process initiated and we’ll be the fourth university to have the bachelors programme.”
Indiana state is also one of the partners at the table with the FAA to grant Indiana and Ohio clearance to be flying test zones for unmanned aircraft.
Source: WHITV10