BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations//Tendenci Codeba se MIMEDIR//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\r\nEvent d etails subject to change. ---\r\nhttps://www.spegcs.org/events/3314/\r\n\r \nEvent Title: HSSE-SR: Emerging Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) Tech nology for Oil & Gas Industry\r\nStart Date / Time: Sep 27, 2016 11:30 AM US/Central\r\nLocation: Marathon Conference Center Rm P1021\r\nSpeaker: Ba laji Ramachandran, Ph.D.\r\nGoogle\r\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?q=5555+S an+Felipe,Houston,Texas,77056\r\n\r\nForecast\nhttp://www.weather.com/weat her/monthly/77056\r\n\r\nA new breed of Remote Sensing (RS) platform known as Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is emerging. UAS are widely used in mili tary applications that are &ldquo\;Dull, Dirty and Dangerous&rdquo\; missi ons but are now being applied to industry. The size of the aircraft ranges from as small as 10 cm (micro air vehicle) to Global Hawks with wingspan as wide as 70 m. UAS can be equipped with a variety of interchangeable ima ging devices, and sensors such as digital videos, infrared cameras, therma l, multi-spectral and hyper-spectral sensors, synthetic aperture radar, la ser scanners, chemical, biological, and radiological sensors and weather m onitoring devices.\r\n \r\nSmall sized UAS (sUAS) platforms will be ideal for Aerial Robotics in facility inspection and monitoring of deep water pr oduction platforms, offshore and onshore facilities, rapid response and as sessment tool to monitor an oil spill, monitoring endangered species along oil and gas operation corridors, and security of our critical infrastruct ure from threats. Robotics technologies present an opportunity to develop reliable and deployable solutions to support business processes while remo ving personnel from the operating theatre or accessing areas that would ot herwise be difficult or impossible.\r\n \r\nDr. Ramachandran will discuss the exciting potential of sUAS in the oil and gas industry and share some of the latest research from the Geomatics program at Nicholls State Univer sity. Ongoing research projects include characterization of Louisiana barr ier islands, inspection of offshore platforms, infrastructure monitoring, and precision agriculture. A sUAS certification program is being designed to prepare students in UAS related careers.\r\n \r\nPARKING AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:\r\nVisitor parking is available in the Visitor Garage, level s G-1 and G-2. Parking is metered and payable by credit card only. All vis itors must check-in on level 2 at either the Tower Concierge Desk or the M arathon Oil Corporation Reception Desk. Please have photo identification a vailable upon check-in.\r\n --- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registra tion.Event details subject to change. ---\r\n\r\n--- By Tendenci - The Ope n Source AMS for Associations ---\r\n UID:uid3314@spegcs.org SUMMARY:HSSE-SR: Emerging Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) Technology for Oil & Gas Industry DTSTART:20160927T163000Z DTEND:20160927T180000Z CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20240328T164523Z TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 LOCATION:Marathon Conference Center Rm P1021 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A new breed of Remote Sensing (RS) platform known as Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is emerging. UAS are widely used in military applications that are &ldquo\;Dull, Dirty and Dangerous&rdquo\; missions but are now being applied to industry. The size of the aircraft ranges from as small as 10 cm (micro air vehicle) to Global Hawks with wingspan as wide as 70 m. UAS can be equipped with a va riety of interchangeable imaging devices, and sensors such as digital vide os, infrared cameras, thermal, multi-spectral and hyper-spectral sensors, synthetic aperture radar, laser scanners, chemical, biological, and radiol ogical sensors and weather monitoring devices.
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Small sized UAS (sUAS) platforms will be ideal for Aerial Robotics in facility inspection and monitoring of deep water production platforms, offshore and onshore facilities, rapid response and assessment tool to monitor an oil spill, monitoring endangered species along oil and gas operation corridors , and security of our critical infrastructure from threats. Robotics techn ologies present an opportunity to develop reliable and deployable solution s to support business processes while removing personnel from the operatin g theatre or accessing areas that would otherwise be difficult or impossib le.
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Dr. Ramachandran will discuss the exciting poten tial of sUAS in the oil and gas industry and share some of the latest rese arch from the Geomatics program at Nicholls State University. Ongoing rese arch projects include characterization of Louisiana barrier islands, inspe ction of offshore platforms, infrastructure monitoring, and precision agri culture. A sUAS certification program is being designed to prepare student s in UAS related careers.
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PARKING AND ADDITIONAL INF ORMATION:
Visitor parking is available in the Visitor Garage, level s G-1 and G-2. Parking is metered and payable by credit card only. All vis itors must check-in on level 2 at either the Tower Concierge Desk or the M arathon Oil Corporation Reception Desk. Please have photo identification a vailable upon check-in.
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