Oklahoma State

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems program at Oklahoma State is a multi-disciplinary research and education program in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology. The program provides students with an emphasis on instruction and research in the area of sUAS, and supplies students with hands-on design, analysis, construction, and flight testing of UAVs. Students test fly drones at OSU UAS airfields in Stillwater Oklahoma and in partnership with the University Multispectral Laboratories. Research opportunities include:  UAS Design, Aerodynamics, Flight Path Management and Airspace Integration, Sense and Avoid, Controls, Structures, Aeroacoustics, Propulsion, Communications and Operations, Sensors and Payloads.

Degrees Available
The UAS emphasis is available for both the degrees of MS and PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. It provides students with an emphasis in graduate level work in the area of Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

Black Lightening
Black Lightening was designed for the 2005/2006 AIAA/Cessna/ONR Design/Build/Fly contest. The aircraft was designed to carry 48 tennis balls, 4 Liters of water, and a 4inx4inx24in wood block. The RAC mission required the aircraft to fly 96 tennis balls around a prescribed course. Flight score for this mission was based on having the lowest empty weight possible. Black Lightening finished in first place overall.

UFRO
A flying spherical UAS with integrated ground mobility maneuvering capability that provides the first responder with immediate in-theatre tactical intelligence and information.

DASLAB
The Distributed Autonomous Systems laboratory conducts research on autonomy and control of UAS systems.

UAS Systems

 * 5 Noctuas*
 * 3 Aerovironment Pumas
 * 2 AAI Aerosondes
 * Talos*
 * Dragonfly
 * NAVMAR Tigershark
 * 40% Scale Decathlon
 * 25% Scale Cub
 * Seahawk*
 * Basset*
 * NASA 729 (Kitty Hawk 3)


 * 3 Skyhunters
 * Talon
 * NexSTAR
 * Helios
 * Raven
 * 2 Outrage Fusion 50 Helicopters
 * TRex 500 Helicopter
 * Multiple Multicopters
 * 3m Composite H-Tail UAV
 * 2.6m V-Tail UAV
 * UAV Factory Penguin-B

Research
Research opportunities in UAS include:
 * UAS Design
 * Aerodynamics
 * VTOL
 * Flight Path Management and Airspace Integration
 * Sense and Avoid
 * Controls
 * Structures
 * Aeroacoustics
 * Propulsion
 * Communications and Operations
 * Sensors and Payloads

* Custom OSU Aircraft