The MIX Drone prototyping workshop series is back for Spring 2024! For the last three semesters, the MIX has hosted an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prototyping workshop series that brought in local industry partners that were first responders.
Working in small teams of six, in Sessions 1-3 students will assemble a baseline drone and learn the basics of working with the technology. By session 3, students will have assembled their baseline drone and test flown it indoors in the MIX. Sessions 3-6 will introduce topics related to extending the assembled drones. Sessions 7-8 will focus on testing activities in pursuit of recording their accomplishment of "mini-challenges".
The final Session 9 will be a "poster session"/"science fair" where each team will have a display to showcase their work.
The workshops, held on Thursdays at the MIX, will begin for the Spring semester on Thursday, February 15 and will be held every Thursday from 4:30-6:30PM, and run for 9 weeks with final presentations held April 18. Some sessions may end early, but will use the full length of time for the build sessions.
Applications are open with a deadline of Thursday, Feb. 8, at midnight. A notice of acceptance to chosen students will be sent by the end of day, Friday, February 9. Click here to learn more.