{"id":338,"date":"2024-08-15T15:28:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/vumacs\/?p=338"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:38:46","slug":"uav-controller-evaluation-framework-is-presented-at-aiaa-aviation-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/vumacs\/2024\/08\/uav-controller-evaluation-framework-is-presented-at-aiaa-aviation-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"UAV Controller Evaluation Framework is Presented at AIAA Aviation 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ph.D. student Austin Coursey recently presented his work &#8220;<a class=\"gsc_a_at\" href=\"https:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/doi\/abs\/10.2514\/6.2024-4548\">An Experimental Framework for Evaluating the Safety and Robustness of UAV Controllers<\/a>&#8221; at the 2024 AIAA Aviation Forum. This work outlines a simple framework that facilitates evaluating and comparing the safety of UAV controllers. This work was inspired by results from the lab&#8217;s NASA System-Wide Safety project. Austin co-chaired and presented his work in the System-Wide Safety session at Aviation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-339 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/08\/aviation2024_austin2-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Austin presenting at the System-Wide Safety session.\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/08\/aviation2024_austin2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/08\/aviation2024_austin2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/08\/aviation2024_austin2-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin presenting at the System-Wide Safety session.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-341\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-341 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/08\/aviation2024_austin1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Abenezer Taye (GWU), Priyank Pradeep (NASA Ames, GWU alum.), Chetan Kulkarni (NASA Ames, VU and MACS alum.), and Austin Coursey at Aviation.\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/08\/aviation2024_austin1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/08\/aviation2024_austin1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/08\/aviation2024_austin1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2024\/08\/aviation2024_austin1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abenezer Taye (GWU), Priyank Pradeep (NASA Ames, GWU alum.), Chetan Kulkarni (NASA Ames, VU and MACS alum.), and Austin Coursey at Aviation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ph.D. student Austin Coursey recently presented his work &#8220;An Experimental Framework for Evaluating the Safety and Robustness of UAV Controllers&#8221; at the 2024 AIAA Aviation Forum. This work outlines a simple framework that facilitates evaluating and comparing the safety of UAV controllers. This work was inspired by results from the lab&#8217;s NASA System-Wide Safety project. 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