Special Issue on Atmospheric Measurements with UAVs
I am going to be a guest editor for a special issue of MDPI’s Atmosphere journal on the topic of “Atmospheric Measurements Using Unmanned Systems”. This is my first time being on the “other side” of scientific publishing. I am very grateful for getting this…
Mapping glaciers with drones in Svalbard – this is how we actually do it
Researchers at UNIS conduct fieldwork on Svalbard glaciers using drone technologies. The goal is to improve our understanding of how climate change accelerates the melting of glaciers. I wrote an article explaining how the drone fieldwork is conducted. A typical summer fieldwork day starts in…
Featured Article
Last week, I got called up by a journalist who wanted to interview me, after he read my blog post about the research grants we have been awarded. I was caught a bit off-guard but I am quite pleased how the interview turned out. The…
My research got funded with over 2 Million Euros
Two research projects on UAV icing, which I am part of, were recently funded by the Research Council of Norway with a total volume of 27 Million NOK (2.4 Million EUR). I am incredibly happy to see that the council recognized the importance of my…
UAV Specification Database
How big is a typical UAV? How fast does it fly? How heavy is it? Such questions can be very important for many different research and engineering questions. Together with my master student, we have developed a small database that answers these questions for 93…
SAE Edge: Unsettled Topics in UAV Icing
Atmospheric in-flight icing is a dangerous weather hazard that occurs when aircraft encounter supercooled liquid water in clouds or precipitation. In particular, icing is a major limitation for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and there are many questions yet to be answered in the field. Earlier…
PhD.
This week I achieved a major milestone. After almost 4 years, I successfully defended my PhD thesis and received my doctorate degree. The topic of my thesis has the unbuzzy title of “Atmospheric Ice Accretions, Aerodynamic Icing Penalties, and Ice Protection Systems on Unmanned Aerial…
Webinar on simulation of in-flight icing on UAVs
Some weeks ago, I’ve been asked by Pointwise to record a webinar on the topic of simulation of In-flight Icing on UAVs. Watch me talk about issues of in-flight icing on UAVs and information about the following topics: Icing on UAVs Differences to icing on…
Svalbard Fieldwork during COVID-19
I have a project at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) using drones to study glacier crevasses. Together with my master student, we are working on creating high-resolution maps of crevassed glacier areas. The goal is to understand the role of crevasses on how glaciers…
How to Mesh a Frozen Drone
Icing of drones is a severe hazard that significantly limits the usage of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) methods, originally developed for manned aircraft icing, are an important tool for understanding the effects of icing on UAVs. One of the most…