UAS-Enabled Solutions for Bridge Inspection
Team
Researchers
Ali Karimoddini, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology
Deputy Director, TECHLAV DoD Center of Excellence in Autonomy
Director, ACCESS Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North Carolina A&T State University
Webpage: http://www.akarimod.info
Tara L. Cavalline, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Experimental and Computational Flow Dynamics Laboratory
The William States Lee College of Engineering
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Webpage: https://coefs.uncc.edu/tlcavall/
NCDOT Committee Chairman
Thomas M Walls
UAS Technical Trainer
North Carolina Division of Aviation
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-walls-579a84168/
NCDOT Project Manager
Mustan Kadibhai
Research & Development
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Webpage: https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/research/Pages/ProjReseachers.aspx?Researcher=Mustan+Kadibhai
NCDOT Project Steering Committee Members
Gichuru Muchane (Co-Chair)
Aaron Earwood
Nick Pierce
Wendee Smith
David Snoke
Basil Yap
Thomas Walls
Daniel Muller
Brian Hedrick
Matthew Walker
Neil Mastin
Former Team Members
Navid Goudarzi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, Experimental and Computational Flow Dynamics Laboratory
The William States Lee College of Engineering
Rodward Hewlin Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Technology and Construction Management
The William States Lee College of Engineering
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Webpage: https://coefs.uncc.edu/rhewlin/
Elizabeth Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Technology and Construction Management
The William States Lee College of Engineering
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Webpage: https://coefs.uncc.edu/esmit248/
Abdollah (Ebbie) Homaifar
Duke Energy Eminent Professor
Director, Autonomous Control Information Technology Institute (ACIT)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North Carolina A&T State University
Webpage: https://www.ncat.edu/coe/departments/elen/facultystaff/Abdollah%20Homaifar.html
Industrial Partners and Sponsors
Involved Laboratories
Website: http://www.accesslab.net/
About: Autonomous Cooperative Control of Emergent Systems of Systems (ACCESS) Laboratory as a TECHLAV affiliated laboratory aims to address fundamental problems in modeling, analysis, control and improvement of complex systems such as transportation systems, internet of things, smart grids, smart teaming of autonomous vehicles, and biological systems.