Drone Applications for Engineers
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Quadcopter Basics
Types
Engineering uses
Bridge Inspection
Bridge inspection per Minnesota Department of Transportation experience in Civil Engineering magazine
Infrastructure Inspection Overview
Inspection of rooftop HVAC units, chimneys, gutters
Dam and water resources structures
Solar panels
Wind turbines, antennae and telecom towers, electric transmission wires
Inside commercial boilers
Offshore drill rigs
Civil Engineering and Surveying
Sewer inspection and water sample collection
Topographical image processing with AutoCAD
Volumes of excavation pits or soil/stone stockpiles
• Calculating cut and fill
3D modeling
Insurance Roof Damage Assessment
Thermal Imaging Below Ground
Construction Progress Monitoring
Rebar inspection example
Simple AutoCAD Plan Production from Drone Photographs
Drone Inspection – Lessons Learned
Federal Aviation Administration Part 107
Certifying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) remote pilots
Flight restrictions and regulation
Flight Control Basics
In-Class Flight Demonstration
Photography Settings and Video Editing
Uploading and Website Video Embedding
Ethics and Privacy
Credits
This seminar offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. HalfMoon Education Inc. is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in New York (NYSED Sponsor No.35) and New Jersey (Approval No GP2400000700).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Peter Tavino, P.E.
New York and Connecticut Drone Video and Peter J. Tavino, Jr., Professional Engineering Corp.Owner of New York and Connecticut Drone Video and Peter J. Tavino, Jr., Professional Engineering Corp.Mr. Tavino is a licensed professional civil engineer in New York, Connecticut and Florida with a master of science degree in Engineering from Columbia University. His career began in New York City as a structural and soils engineer, and then as a suburban land developer, subdividing acreage, building roads and selling lots. In 2008 he formed Litchfield Geothermal and was an active trainer and instructor in ground source heating and cooling. In 2016 Mr. Tavino passed the Federal Aviation Administration Part 107 remote pilot test and formed New York and Connecticut Drone Video. Mr. Tavino lectures and gives an introductory overview of drone applications for engineers.
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