Agenda
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Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
9:00 am – 4:30 pm CST (including a 30-min. break)
Presented by:
Chuck Adams
Agenda
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
Webinar Instructions
Each webinar session earns continuing education credit and can be registered for individually. All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Credits
Professional Engineers:
6.5 PDHs*
*This course is not approved for New York engineers.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.5 PDHs for professional engineers in most states.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700) and North Carolina (S-0130).
This course is not approved for New York engineers.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Chuck Adams
Chuck Adams is CEO of 1UP Aerial Drone Services, which sells drones and sensors, and provides expert consultation and aerial services to a range of industries, including engineering, commercial real estate, land development, construction, insurance, forensic science and surveying. Mr. Adams is an FAA Part 107 certified pilot, and a tenured information technology and cloud industry veteran who has spent 25 years in the high-tech industry.