Projects
Detection and monitoring of insect pests in Eucalyptus plantations using satellite and unmanned aerial vehicle data Ghent University
Eucalyptus plantations are essential for the viability of local communities in South Africa. Invasive pests threaten their sustainability. Gonipterus is a leaf-feeding beetle that defoliates eucalyptus trees. Conventional methods for detecting infestation are spatially restrictive. In this project, we explore the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and time-series Sentinel-2 imagery to detect potential outbreaks of Gonipterus in an early ...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) assisted Internet of Things (IoT) Services to Support Transportation Infrastructure Maintenance and Sustainability. Hasselt University
Non-contact Automatic Structural Health Monitoring using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles KU Leuven
This research aims to develop a non-contact, automatic structural health monitoring system (SHM) for operational management and dynamic data access of existing damage prone structures. Unmanned ariel vehicle (UAV) equipped with vision and infrared cameras and using convolution neural network (CNN) algorithm would be implemented for automatic crack detection. Features such as stains, frequencies and accelerations would be extracted for ...
Agro-ecosystems mapping low cost photogrammetry, based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). KU Leuven
Real time volcano monitoring for early eruption prediction using unmanned aerial vehicles and image processing methods. KU Leuven
According to GVP (Global Volcanism Program), Ecuador occupies the third place of countries that have the largest number of volcanoes around the world. With a total of 84 volcanoes, of which 17 are considered potentially active, Ecuador is constantly threatened by volcanic activity. As result of past eruptions, nearly a million people have been affected and infrastructure has been damaged severally (hospitals, schools, highways, hydroelectric ...
Development of Educational Transportation Research Exchange Programs and Implementation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Transportation Infrastructure Maintenance and Sustainability" Hasselt University
No2Failure (N2F) - Bridging the gap between digital-twin based damage identification andfailure prognosis for critical structures, through automated and online measurementsenabled by unmanned vehicle swarms. KU Leuven
Modern industrial structures are increasingly complex in terms of geometry and materials. More specifically, the usage of composite and complex additively manufactured structures implies a greater range of possible structural damage modes for which the structure has to be frequently and thoroughly inspected. The massive cost implied by scheduled inspection techniques has led to intense industrial interest towards novel structural health ...
Enhancing Road Safety through UAV captured Aerial Footage and Deep Learning: Object Detection, Risk Prediction, and Real-time Analysis. Hasselt University
Towards high throughput mobile aerial sensor networks. KU Leuven
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, 'drones') are being more and more widely deployed. What started as fun toys has now become a tool of the professional. Many applications quickly come to mind, for example: mapping, search and rescue and law enforcement.
Current high-end UAVs are almost entirely custom designed systems. Although this type of design can deliver state-of-the-art performance, for example for the defense sector, the project ...