About Me
Welcome to my e-portfolio/blog! I'm Ryan Riley, currently a senior in the Unmanned Aerial Systems program at Purdue University.
I began my college career at Purdue in the College of Engineering, pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering. After two years in that program, and two summers as a Stormwater Engineering intern for my local municipality, I decided I wanted more hands on and in-depth field work. I had utilized ArcGIS for a lot of my data collection and tracking, but knew I could be doing more with both GIS, and making the work more efficient and thorough. That's when I made the choice to change degrees, and pursue Unmanned Aerial Systems.
Since then, I have fallen in love with UAS, and it's seemingly unlimited applications. I learned a lot more about GIS applications with UASs, and have tested and proven my skills with ArcGIS, Pix4D, and other software.
I have extensive experience with agricultural applications of UAS, specifically with the DJI M600. For the past months, I have been flying over fields of maize and sorghum for Purdue's own Agronomy Center for Research and Education (ACRE) through the TERRA Project. We have flown many of our own fields, as well as fields for numerous partner locations. RGB, LiDAR, VNIR, SWIR, and FLIR sensors have all been utilized in our data collection.
My current research project dives into the field of search and rescue operations. We are proving how and why UAS usage is the most efficient method of SAR ops, as well as the fact the a new and innovative software, Loc8, will aid us even more in our endeavors. This project will last a full year, and will be very extensive. My team and I have already begun experimentation, and have a lot of testing to do. We are very hopeful that Loc8 can be the leading edge of SAR, and will help departments all over the country to save lives.
I began my college career at Purdue in the College of Engineering, pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering. After two years in that program, and two summers as a Stormwater Engineering intern for my local municipality, I decided I wanted more hands on and in-depth field work. I had utilized ArcGIS for a lot of my data collection and tracking, but knew I could be doing more with both GIS, and making the work more efficient and thorough. That's when I made the choice to change degrees, and pursue Unmanned Aerial Systems.
Since then, I have fallen in love with UAS, and it's seemingly unlimited applications. I learned a lot more about GIS applications with UASs, and have tested and proven my skills with ArcGIS, Pix4D, and other software.
I have extensive experience with agricultural applications of UAS, specifically with the DJI M600. For the past months, I have been flying over fields of maize and sorghum for Purdue's own Agronomy Center for Research and Education (ACRE) through the TERRA Project. We have flown many of our own fields, as well as fields for numerous partner locations. RGB, LiDAR, VNIR, SWIR, and FLIR sensors have all been utilized in our data collection.
My current research project dives into the field of search and rescue operations. We are proving how and why UAS usage is the most efficient method of SAR ops, as well as the fact the a new and innovative software, Loc8, will aid us even more in our endeavors. This project will last a full year, and will be very extensive. My team and I have already begun experimentation, and have a lot of testing to do. We are very hopeful that Loc8 can be the leading edge of SAR, and will help departments all over the country to save lives.
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