UAS Excellence at CSU Channel Islands

Jason E. Miller, Ph.D. Senior Research Officer

for the International Drone Expo 2015 11 December 2015

• CSU Channel Islands • our UAS-related experience • our UAS challenges • our UAS goals

Outline

About Channel Islands

Universities in the CSU are productive research institutions, collectively bringing in over $500,000,000 in external funding for faculty research, scholarship, and creative

activity each year

Universities in the CSU are productive research institutions, collectively bringing in over $500,000,000 in external funding for faculty research, scholarship, and creative

activity each year

You may not have known that because the CSU hasn’t been good at self-promotion

CSU Channel Islands - Camarillo, CA

• Newest campus in the CSU (about 12 years young)

• fastest growing University in the U.S. • about 5,000 students; will grow to

20,000 • Hispanic Serving Institution • honors and celebrates its Chumash

heritage • strong academic programs • interdisciplinary learning part of Mission

CSU Channel Islands - Camarillo, CA

• sits at the base of the Santa Monica mountains • sits on the edge of the Oxnard plain, a

productive agricultural region • near Naval Base Ventura County, home to

three Naval commands with federal research labs

• partner with the Channel Islands National Park through out Santa Rosa Island Research Station

• member of NOAA’s Collaborative Center for Unmanned Systems

CSU Channel Islands - Camarillo, CA

UAS Experience

UAS-related Expertise• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura

County to become an official FAA Test Site (2013)

UAS-related Expertise

• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura County to become an official FAA Test Site (2013)

• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura County to become an official FAA Center of Excellence for UAS (2014)

UAS-related Expertise

UAS-related Expertise

• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura County to become an official FAA Test Site (2013)

• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura County to become an official FAA Center of Excellence for UAS (2014)

• Supported the Ventura County Office of Education’s creation of a UAS Academy for high school students

UAS-related Expertise

UAS-related Expertise

• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura County to become an official FAA Test Site (2013)

• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura County to become an official FAA Center of Excellence for UAS (2014)

• Supported the Ventura County Office of Education’s creation of a UAS Academy for high school students

• Developed unmanned systems (terrestrial, marine, and aerial) to support faculty research

UAS-related Expertise

UAS-related Expertise

UAS-related Expertise

• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura County to become an official FAA Test Site (2013)

• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura County to become an official FAA Center of Excellence for UAS (2014)

• Supported the Ventura County Office of Education’s creation of a UAS Academy for high school students

• Developed unmanned systems (terrestrial, marine, and aerial) to support faculty research

• Signed Educational Partnership Agreements with the commands at Naval Base Ventura County to support STEM innovation and education

UAS-related Expertise

UAS-related Expertise

• Partnered with stakeholders throughout Ventura County to become an official FAA Center of Excellence for UAS (2014)

• Supported the Ventura County Office of Education’s creation of a UAS Academy for high school students

• Developed unmanned systems (terrestrial, marine, and aerial) to support faculty research

• Signed Educational Partnership Agreements with the commands at Naval Base Ventura County to support STEM innovation and education

• Joined NOAA’s Collaborative Center for Unmanned Technologies

UAS-related Expertise

UAS-related Expertise

• In 2013, campus crafted and passed a Policy on the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems on campus

• Also, established a governance system for use of UAS - the Unmanned Systems Board

• In 2015, the CSU used the Channel Islands governance system as a model for all other campuses in the CSU

UAS-related Expertise

UAS Challenges

• the FAA• Memo 7/3/14: clarification of ‘research using

UAS’ • Memo 7/3/24: education not a governmental

function • Pilot in Command requirements, Delta airspace

• the CSU Chancellor’s Office• Memo 12/17/14: No UAS without FAA permission

(i.e., COA) • Memo 2/25/15: CSU Office of General Consul

and letter of public declaration • (“Section 333 not viable option”)

UAS-related Challenges

UAS Goals

• file COA application for environmental research, application for Section 333 exemption for education & training (December 2015)

• begin teaching UAS courses, fly indoors (Spring 2016)

• research with Navy, using their Section 333; the Port of Hueneme

• develop infrastructure for AUVSI student chapter • support AMP SoCal’s efforts to grow the UAS

industry in Southern California • develop public-private partnerships to support

UAS programming

UAS-related Goals

• We are happy to share what we learn, and eager to learn from others.

Jason Miller, Ph.D. 805-437-8898 jason.miller@csuci.edu

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