Student Highlight - Nasiah Johnson

Nasiah Johnson of University at Buffalo is working on a NYSG-funded research project.

Nasiah is a student at University at Buffalo who is working on a study that investigates the use of emerging low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) radios mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles as a low-cost approach to facilitate their integration into the national air space. Recent advances in embedded computing, wireless communication, flight control algorithms, and miniaturized sensing have enabled the growth of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). UAVs promise breakthroughs in hobby, public safety, commercial, and military applications including aerial photography, search-and-rescue, infrastructure inspection, package delivery, and surveillance. However, despite these technological advances, it is still an open question how to safely integrate UAVs into the low-altitude national air space.