NSF Org:	CNS Division Of Computer and Network Systems
Recipient:	CAL STATE LA UNIVERSITY AUXILIARY SERVICES INC
Initial Amendment Date:	September 12, 2012
Latest Amendment Date:	June 5, 2013
Award Number:	1229250
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Rita Rodriguez CNS  Division Of Computer and Network Systems CSE  Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Start Date:	September 1, 2012
End Date:	August 31, 2017 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$499,999.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$499,999.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2012 = $499,999.00
History of Investigator:	Helen Boussalis (Principal Investigator) hboussa@calstatela.edu Darrell Guillaume (Co-Principal Investigator) Chivey Wu (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	California State L A University Auxiliary Services Inc. 5151 STATE UNIVERSITY DR LOS ANGELES CA  US  90032-4226 (323)343-3648
Sponsor Congressional District:	34
Primary Place of Performance:	California State University, Los Angeles 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles CA  US  90032-4221
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	34
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	C1ABLRAQTB48
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Major Research Instrumentation, CSR-Computer Systems Research
Primary Program Source:	01001213DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	1189
Program Element Code(s):	118900, 735400
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.070

ABSTRACT

Proposal #: 12- 29236 Collaborative Proposal #: 12-29250
PI(s): Valavanis, Kimon P.; Gao,David Wenzhong; Mahoor,Mohammad;Rutherford,Matthew J;Yi,Yun-Bo and Collab PI(s): Boussalis, Helen R.;Guillaume, Darrell; Wu, Chivey
Institution: University of Denver and Collab Institution: California State-LA University
Title: MRI: Collaborative: Dev. of an Integrated, Intelligent, Autonomous, Unmanned, Mobile Sensor

Project Proposed:

This project focuses on the development of an integrated, intelligent, autonomous unmanned mobile sensor will enable research into the foundations of the next generation of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The objective of this proposal is to develop an unmanned helicopter (about 150 kg weight) along with a mobile landing platform for refueling purposes. The aircraft would be able to operate with both electric and fuel. The instrument will be composed of two tightly coupled components, a
(i) Novel light-weight unmanned helicopter (<150 Kg), and,
(ii) General purpose landing platform that will also serve as a refueling/recharging station and data relay/repository.
This composition of the instrument is expected to pave the way for the next generation of multi-purpose/cost-effective UAS into civilian and public domain applications. The proposed integrated two component instrument development is not considered as an extension of existing technology. It will enable heterogeneous networked unmanned systems operating in unison in traditional/extreme environment. The following specific research projects will be enabled through the instrument:
- Fault-Tolerant and Emergency Landing Navigation and Control Systems
- RADAR-based Sense-and-Avoid System
- Prognosis and Structural Health Monitoring of UAVs
- Networked Unmanned Systems (NUS)
- Integration: Software Reliability and Security
- Unmanned Helicopters for Civilian/Public and Industrial Applications

The University of Denver (DU) and California State University Los Angeles (CalStU-LA), a predominantly minority-serving institution, collaborate in the project.

Broader Impacts:

The impact should be felt both regionally and nationally. At the national level, the instrument should initiate transformative advances in the computational algorithms proposed. The results will be made available to the broader research community in the form of open-source codes. Simulations made possible by these algorithms will have broad national and societal impact ranging from climate change scenarios to wind power generation to plant biotechnology and improved animal breeding.

At the institutional and regional levels, DU faculty/students will collaborate with CalStU-LA faculty/students to enhance the ethnic and gender diversity of the student population, especially recruiting minority students. Project goal include increasing the educational/training opportunities for underrepresented students, and the number of graduates in STEM fields.

PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT

Disclaimer

This Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is displayed verbatim as submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) for this award. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Report are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation; NSF has not approved or endorsed its content.

This award has supported total of forty nine (49) undergaduate and graduate students. Thirty three (33) of these students were from underrepresented minority groups. Six (6) technical research papers have been published in conference proceedings and national/international journals. Seven (7) theses and fourty (40) independent studies courses were completed.

Publication LIst:

"UML of a Touch Based 3D Visualization Environment for the Semantic Information System", A. Milshteyn, S. Mendoza, G. Herman, E. Tsai, A. Lin, Adrienne S. Lam, C. Liu, H. Boussalis. Proceedings of World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS) 2013, San Francisco, California, USA, October 23-25, 2013.

"Virtual Reality Head-Tracking Observation System for Mobile Robot", A. Lin, A. Milshteyn, G. Herman, M. Garcia, K. Rad, D. Guillaume, C. Liu, H. Boussalis. 3rd Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO) 2014, Budva, Montenegro, June 15-19, 2014.

"Cooperative Semi-Autonomous Robotic Network for Search and Rescue Operations", G. Herman, A. Milshteyn, A. Lin, M. Garcia, K. Rad, D. Guillaume, C. Liu, H. Boussalis. 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) 2014, Heraklion, Crete - Greece, June 22-27, 2014.

"Implementation of Direction Cosine Matrix on a PSoC-5 Microcontroller for Robot Localization on Inclined Terrains", G. Herman, A. Milshteyn, A. Lin, M. Garcia, K. Rad, D. Guillaume, C. Liu, H. Boussalis. 8th International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications and Computers (CSCC 2014), Santorini Island, Greece. July 17-21, 2014.

"Hybrid Routing Algorithms for Navigation Control of the Semi-Autonomous Robotic Platform", A. Milshteyn, G. Herman, A. Lin, M. Garcia, K. Rad, D. Guillaume, C. Liu, H. Boussalis. 65th International Aeronautical Congress 2014 (IAC 2014), Toronto, Canada. September 29 - October 3, 2014.

"Utilization of PSoC-5 for Sensor Data Acquisition in a Semi-Autonomous Robotic Platform", A. Lin, A. Milshteyn, G. Herman, M. Garcia, D. Guillaume, C. Liu, H. Boussalis. SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2015 (SAI 2015), London, United Kingdom. November 10-11, 2015.

Last Modified: 08/31/2017
Modified by: Helen R Boussalis

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