{"185931":{"#nid":"185931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0022Rise of the Drones\u0022: Schools of Building Construction and Aerospace Engineering Collaborate to Investigate Potential Applications of Drone Technology in Construction.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Building Construction Assistant Professor Dr. Javier Irizarry was recently awarded $74,984 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and\u0026nbsp;the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to evaluate the potential uses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or \u0022Drones\u0022 for use by the transportation department for applications ranging from safety inspections, surveying, bridge inspections, and many others. \u0026nbsp;Dr. Eric Johnson, Associate Professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering, will serve as co-PI on the research project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis study will investigate various divisions and\u0026nbsp;offices within GDOT and determine the user requirements for specific divisions\u0026nbsp;that have the potential to\u0026nbsp;implement UAV technology. This will lead to a set of\u0026nbsp;UAV design characteristics that fulfill user requirements of each previously\u0026nbsp;identified division.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;A cost\u0026nbsp;benefit\u0026nbsp;analysis will be finally performed to realize the financial feasibility of\u0026nbsp;applying UAV technology in each selected division within GDOT.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDr. Irizarry joined the School of Building Construction in 2008 and is the Director of the CONECTech Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology. He specializes in\u0026nbsp;Mobile Computing in Construction, Human Factors, Construction Safety, and IT Applications in AEC Education and practice. He teaches graduate-level\u0026nbsp;courses in Virtual Construction Operations Analysis and Sustainable Construction Technologies and serves as the Graduate Coordinator for the Residential\u0026nbsp;Construction Development Track in the master\u2019s program in the School of Building Construction at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Building Construction Assistant Professor Dr. Javier Irizarry\u0026nbsp; and School of Aerospace Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Eric Johnson were awarded $74,984 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and\u0026nbsp;the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to evaluate the potential uses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or \u0022Drones\u0022 for safety inspections, surveying, bridge inspections, and other applications.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"rise of the drones"}],"uid":"27709","created_gmt":"2013-01-23 10:38:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:29","author":"Rachel Von Ins","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"55845":{"id":"55845","type":"image","title":"Javier Irizarry","body":null,"created":"1449175598","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:46:38","changed":"1475894494","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:34","alt":"Javier Irizarry","file":{"fid":"190379","name":"irizarry_cropped.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/irizarry_cropped_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/irizarry_cropped_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":19802,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/irizarry_cropped_0.jpg?itok=-PuoRfLF"}}},"media_ids":["55845"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"56131","name":"eric johnson"},{"id":"13327","name":"Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"id":"37981","name":"javier irizarry"},{"id":"167100","name":"school of building construction"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJavier Irizarry\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:javier.irizarry@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejavier.irizarry@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}