About Me

I am a drone enthusiast at the nexus of cutting edge technology and Unmanned Traffic Management. I have been designing, custom building, testing and piloting unmanned aircraft systems professionally since 2014. My work serves private contracts, commercial clients, government agencies and UTM campaigns. I am excited to see how this technology serves the needs of a changing world.

Passion

I started building drones as a hobby. The satisfaction of designing something capable of flight and taking it from the drawing board to the air is remarkable. As my involvement in this field has evolved from hobby to a profession, I have seen the great potential it holds.

Education

I earned my Computer Science degree in 2016 from Wheaton College and received a Part 107 Pilot’s License in 2017. My well-rounded education has served me well working for clients including NASA, the FAA and DoD, and the AFRL.

Videos

An early hobby was a YouTube channel to document my progress as a designer and pilot. Working with multirotors led to aerial filming and mapping, which led me to develop essential piloting skills.

Experience

UAS and Software Engineer

I have led the development of UAV platforms at AX Enterprize since July 2016. My domain includes sensor and hardware integration, aircraft configuration, design, assembly, flight testing and product delivery. I am essential to the entire workflow from test card planning to mission execution.

Data Visualization Research

As an undergraduate research assistant, I worked with the head of the Computer Science department at Wheaton College to create ranked timeline visualization using graphic and clustering displays. My work included replicating Flash Action Script using Javascript and HTML5.

Emergency Aerial Recon Management

I have accompanied the Syracuse Fire Department and the Bristol County technical rescue team on a number of training exercise scenarios. Access to fast and accurate aerial inspection and recon is invaluable to response teams during emergencies.

Aerial Data and Imagery

I work professionally with Droners.io, Precisionhawk, and local central New York education institutions to generate and process professional aerial imagery. I also promote a positive view of drones and their capabilities through public education, panel talks, and flight training and youth programs.

Aerial Map of Wheaton College

This is a collaborative project with European Makers using multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with high resolution cameras to collect aerial photos, stitch them into stereographic panoramas, and host them on the krpano viewing engine. The project, Okolo, is still in its early alpha stages.

Building my Fleet

The carbon fiber racers and heavy lift aerial photography rigs I’m designing and building today are a far cry from my first hobbyist tricopter made of wood and hot glue. The quality of my components has taken a quantum leap since I started, as has my skillset and knowledge base, but my fascination with this rapidly developing field keeps me striving to learn more.

To view build albums and test videos visit the project!

Project: Drone Building

Skills: Programing / Piloting / Electronics

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Ranked Timeline Research

I worked with the head of the Computer Science department at Wheaton College, Michael Gousie, to create the Ranking Timeline, a visualization of ranked, time-series data using HTML5, Javascript display and D3js.

A comprehensive overview of the project and version information can be found on the project page

Project: Summer CS Research

Skills: HTMl5 / Javascript / d3js

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Aerial Mapping and Video

The expansive view from an aerial craft has always attracted me. Multirotors make this formerly prohibitive vantage point readily accessible.

Aerial photos can be combined into panoramas and stitched into robust stereographic visualizations. The high resolution panoramas, composed of a minimum of 18 still photos, produce a single image capable of being exported as anything from a horizontal infinitely panning spherical image to a transverse Mercator visualization.

My Aerial Videos and projects can be viewed on my YouTube account.

Project: Aerial Cinematography and Modeling

Skills: Piloting / Programming / Editing

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Building Multirotors

Design / Programing

Web Research

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Aerial Map of Wheaton

Piloting / Programming / Editing

Recent News

Aerial Map of Wheaton Caompus

17 January 2016

Working on creating a virtual map of campus from the air.

Summer Research Ended

1 September 2015

My summer research came to an end and the school year is well under way!

Latest Build Update

19 September 2015

Super light crafts with insane thrust to weight ratios are in style! My current entry is a 3D printed and carbon fiber u180 design capable of flying 5" triblade props with a hefty 4 cell battery easily achieving a 10-to-1 thrust to weight ratio. What will come next?

Contact Me

Want to learn more about me or ask any questions? Shoot me an email at zevirc@gmail.com

Zevi Rubin