Square One Education Network UAV Drone Competition

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In Wayne County we have been supporting students and schools with STEM programming such as our UAS Drone Competition. The competition is more than just flying the drones, but also programming the drones in the autonomous mode. Additionally, a data bot has been utilized in past competitions to gather data such as carbon dioxide. This simulated a real-world experience. The students had to monitor carbon dioxide emissions from multiple smokestacks to identify polluters with a high carbon footprint. They attached the data bot to the drone and lowered the probe into the smokestacks to determine carbon dioxide levels. This simulated a situation in which somebody like the environmental protection agency would monitor carbon dioxide emissions from companies to reduce the impact on climate change.

The drone competition is part of our STEM pathway. Interested students will continue through our Geospatial Technologies (GIS) pathway ultimately having the opportunity to earn their FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification, an ESRI Certification, 9 credit hours of university course work, and paid summer internships.

The images in the gallery are from Melvindale High School (2023) and Frederick Douglass Academy (2024).

Two students playing a drone videogame on a TV screen
Students and faculty together at the beginning of the competition gathering supplies
All participants in a gymnasium listening to a presentation
A group of students listening to a speaker at the drone competition
A group of students listening to a speaker at the drone competition
A group of students watching a presenter explain the rules at the drone competition
Students flying a drone through one of the hoops
Two students working together to fly a drone from a phone screen
Students flying a drone through one of the hoops
A student holding a controller, playing a computer simulation drone game
A rocket from the competition with stickers on the back
Students in a group flying a drone, with the drone in focus
A student maneuvering a drone with his phone screen
A student maneuvering a drone with his phone screen
Students gathered by a large TV screen practicing flying a drone
A drone in focus flying around the gymnasium
A student flying his drone with his smartphone
A group of students flying a drone together in the gymnasium
Drone instructors with students at the drone competition
Students gathered together for the final challenge of flying a drone forwards and back
Students posing with a trophy from this years competition
Students posing with a trophy from this years competition
Students posing with a trophy from this years competition
Students posing with a trophy from this years competition
Students posing with a trophy from this years competition
Students posing with a trophy from this years competition
The entire group from the 2024 drone competition gathered on the bleachers
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