Location
Innovation Lab Atrium
Start Date
4-2-2025 10:00 AM
End Date
4-2-2025 11:30 AM
Presentation Date
2 April 2025, 10:00am - 11:30am
Biography
My name is Parker Barnes. I'm studying to get my bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering. I work on campus as one of Dr. Mulligan's research managers, helping him conduct experiments and guiding the other people on the team with their research goals. My personal research ambitions are to expand my current topic of UAS survivability to shock to include specialized fragmentation and high explosive-driven electromagnetic pulses. In combination with the development of more capable drones, both in performance and survivability.
Meeting Name
2025 - Miners Solving for Tomorrow Research Conference
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Document Type
Poster
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
event
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2025 The Authors, All rights reserved
Quantifying Shock Effects on Small Drone Components
Innovation Lab Atrium
Comments
Advisor: Phillip P. Mulligan
Abstract:
The increasing prevalence and threat posed by small, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) necessitate effective countermeasures. Current mitigation strategies involve capturing drones with nets or disrupting their communication through electromagnetic interference, both of which have easily exploitable weaknesses. This study aims to identify vulnerabilities in UAS components to develop a better alternative. Quantifying how UAS components respond to shock wave impacts by exposing a UAS to high explosives blasts at varying distances. Drone research concerning defeat tactics is quickly becoming a topic of national security.