Dr Josh Kelcey PhD graduation

Dr Josh Kelcey who did his PhD in the TerraLuma research group (2010 – 2014) graduated on 18 December 2014. Congratulations to Josh on completing a fantastic PhD thesis! The title of his PhD thesis is: “Object-based image analysis of ultra- ne spatial resolution imagery acquired over a saltmarsh environment by an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)”. One of the journal papers that came out of his thesis looked at the radiometric correction of the Tetracam mini-MCA, and can be found here:  Kelcey, J., & Lucieer, A. (2012). Sensor Correction of a 6-Band Multispectral Imaging Sensor for UAV Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing (UAV special issue), 4(5), 1462-1493. doi:10.3390/rs4051462 | Download PDF

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Video of X8 flying-wing UAV with multi-sensor payload

In August, we performed a test with an X8 flying wing and Pixhawk autopilot. We wanted to test a new bungee launch system and ran three machine vision cameras capturing multispectral information (each camera captured a different spectral wavelength). Some of the video footage was shot from a DJI Phantom2 Vision+ flown by Dr Guy Willians. The X8 was flown by Darren Turner.