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Andrew Aby Emmanual
President
About
The UWA Aviation Lab is a student-led engineering lab dedicated to advancing drone technologies by combining theory with practical industry applications.
Student-led. Industry-backed.
We bring together students across engineering, physics, and computer science to research, design, build and operate advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
> The club
UWA Aviation Lab
The UWA Aviation Lab (UWAAL) is a student led engineering lab dedicated to advancing drone technologies by combining theory with practical industry applications. Members take projects from first principles through to flight testing on campus.
> Our mission
Next-generation platforms
To develop adaptable, next generation drone platforms and empower students through direct experience in electronics, flight control, computer vision, autonomous navigation and mechanical design.
The Students Building It.
Students who research, design, build, and fly the UAVs.
Admin Team
Project Leads
Minn Khant (Scotty) Maw
Starter Team Lead
Members
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Amelia Taranto
Member
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Austin Stephens
Member
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Ben Biddulph
Member
Research Staff.
Staff who advise the lab and keep the work connected to research at UWA.
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Dilusha Silva
Associate Professor
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Michal Zawierta
Research Fellow
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Gurpreet Singh Gill
Research Associate
Backed by MRG.
Industry and research partnership with the Microelectronics Research Group at UWA.
> Industry & research sponsor
Microelectronics Research Group
University of Western Australia
We are proudly sponsored by and affiliated with the Microelectronics Research Group (MRG) at UWA. MRG develops compact spectroscopic sensors that mount directly onto our drone platforms to enable simultaneous analysis of plant, soil and environmental health.
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