Imraan Faruque

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Imraan Faruque
BornAugust 9, 1984
Alexandria, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.S. Virginia Tech
Known forUAV Development

Dr. Imraan Faruque is an American who is most known as a designer and author in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) field. He is the designer responsible for a variety of UAVs, including several currently operational in Iraq, the most well-known being the R-series UAVs which are based on commercial airframes, along with work on Insitu's ScanEagle. [1] These vehicles are normally deployed as a part of reconnaissance missions as they are unarmed but carry either a significant camera or FLIR unit.

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Personal life

Faruque was born on August 9, 1984, in Alexandria, Virginia, [2] but soon moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, [2] where he lived until 2002. Faruque then moved to Blacksburg, Virginia, [2] where he earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech. [3] Faruque participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Faruque is the brother of fellow Virginia Tech graduate, Ruel Faruque, [2] a researcher and team member for the Virginia Tech DARPA Urban Challenge team. [4] On July 16, 2016, he was married to Rachel Mumbert.

Organizational involvement

Faruque is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, an alumnus founding member of the Royal Aeronautical Society's Human Powered Aircraft Group at Virginia Tech, [5] a Minta Martin Endowed Fellow at the University of Maryland, and is reported to do advisory work for various government and university agencies in unmanned aerial vehicle design and flight test at the Army's Fort Benning, GA; Eglin Air Force Base, FL; Tyndall Air Force Base, FL; and Patuxent River Naval Air Station, MD . He serves as a worship leader for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. [6] Imraan is a post-doctorate scholar of the Virginia University of Maryland Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory [7] where he has worked on "insect-like robots." [8] [9]

Published works

Faruque's published works include

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  4. ↑ Roanoke.com Archived February 1, 2013, at archive.today
  5. ↑ "Human Powered Aircraft Group at Virginia Tech". Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2007.
  6. ↑ "University of Maryland Chi Alpha website" . Retrieved April 20, 2007.
  7. ↑ "University of Maryland Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory Website". Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Birds, bees, and robots". Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Imraan Faruque Post Doctoral Scholar" . Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Initial Development of a Vision-Controlled Diesel-Fueled Unmanned Aerial System". 2006 AIAA Midatlantic Regional Student Conference. April 20, 2006. Archived from the original on September 11, 2006. Retrieved April 25, 2007.
  11. ↑ "Development of an Autonomous Aerial Reconnaissance Platform at Virginia Tech", Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Internationale, July 21, 2005
  12. ↑ "Flight Test Bed for Visual Tracking of Small UAVs" (PDF). 2006 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. August 21, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2007.
  13. ↑ Imraan Faruque (2012). Control-Oriented Reduced Order Modeling of Dipteran Flapping Flight. BiblioBazaar. ISBN   1249032547.
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