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The Fly Zone: Presenters-2019
ARL (U.S. Army Research Laboratory)
Key Note Speaker
Presenting: Designing, building, and flight testing drones.
Dr. Joseph Conroy
Dr. Joseph Conroy is a an electronics engineer with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory located in Adelphi, MD. He is a life-long resident of the Washington DC area having obtained his B.S., M.S., and PhD all from the University of Maryland in College Park in Aerospace Engineering. His research areas include controls, dynamics, visual perception, and autonomy. He is currently leading a team of researchers developing new capabilities to enable autonomous perception and mobility on small unmanned aerial vehicles in support of Army missions.
ARL (U.S. Army Research Laboratory)
Presenting: Designing a Modular UAV Platform for Research and DevelopmentARL
Nikolas Vale
Nik Vale is a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory located in Adelphi, MD. Nik been a robotics enthusiast since the age of 5 and obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering (formerly known as NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering). His areas of interest are unmanned aerial vehicle system design and development, sensor integration and rapid prototyping. He is currently tasked with developing, producing, maintaining and operating custom developed unmanned aerial vehicle platforms along with integrating new and/or experimental components
ARL (U.S. Army Research Laboratory)
Presenting: Designing Custom Approaches to Software for Drones and Ground Control Stations
Paul Sabbagh
Paul Sabbagh is a Computer Scientist Contractor with General Technical Services L.L.C and provides technical support to US Government Agencies. He has a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Computer Science from Bowie State University. His current work focuses on software development towards sensor integration and designing versatile and efficient user interfaces.
Cecil College
Presenting: Drones for recreation and cinematography
Adam Jacono & Jon Cone
Drones for recreation and cinematography
We will discuss how folks can build their own mini drones and partner with certified professionals for cinematography projects.
The Fly Zone: Presenters-2019
Cecil County Sheriff
Presenting: How the public safety entities utilize drones on a regular basis to make your county and neighborhoods a safer place.
Sheriff Scott Adams & Rodney Manuel
The mission of the Cecil County Sheriff's Office is to improve the quality of life throughout Cecil County by striving to provide a secure community environment through the efficient delivery of police services. The men and women of the Cecil County Sheriff's Office are committed to dedicated service through superior performance. Their accomplishments and contributions to the Cecil CountSheriff's Office are part of the fabric of an agency, which epitomizes the best in law enforcement.
DroneSkinz
Presenting: Customizing your drone
Demo: First Person View (FPV)
Derrick Craddock
Founded by Derrick Craddock Sr. & Derrick Craddock Jr., DroneSkinz, LLC is a brand built to create & innovate the entire UAV Drone industry. The mission of DroneSkinz™ is to provide a cool, inexpensive, & stylish skin for UAV's that will appeal to the entire Drone Community. As the founder and creator of DroneSkinz, I have created, developed, and perfected DroneSkinz to get to where they are today. I am a freelance photographer, drone pilot, and an entrepreneur. I also have a knack for developing and designing things. I have always been fascinated with flight so I after wrecking several planes and helicopters I had almost given up on this expensive hobby. Then came the Parrot AR Drone. Now my hobby took on a whole new life. This is how DroneSkinz was discovered. With the help of my son DJ (Derrick Jr.) and his creative talents, we were able to refine DroneSkinz and make them marketable. We are prepared to work hard to make DroneSkinz a household name to all hobbyist, gamers, and AR Drone fliers alike. Thank you for taking the time to read more about me and my dream.
LASR Education
Presenter:
Jim Blanchard, ScD
Balanced 40+ year career spent in start up/early stage/emerging growth companies (20+ years); Academia (14+ years); Government and NGOs (10+ years); Applied Science focused on Human Performance Assessment. US Navy (1976-1978) Honorable Discharge. Licensed Aircraft Pilot and Vessel Captain. Active member of numerous Land.Air.Sea Robotics (LASR) strategy teams within DoD, DHS, and State level Defense and Homeland Security programs. Principal Scientist operating two (2) field labs in the DC area. My specific environmental KSAs are in Shore-Sea Interface, (armoring impact/living shorelines related to MHHW to -10M depth MLLW); and Wildland-Urban Interface (Post fire recovery/erosion). Spend about 200 days a year in the field, primarily Chesapeake Bay, Florida, California supporting Scientific Data-to-Information LASR workflow. Holder of 20+ patents worldwide. Savvy start-up founder in both Government & Private Sector initiatives, with numerous successes in service, technology, education, retail, and construction markets.
TOP SKILLS: Sales and Product Development, Systems Engineering, Team Development, Hands on Leadership.
USDronecon
Presenting: How to detect a drone ~ 2020 plans for USDroneCon ~ Drone deauthentication
Demo: Come fly a drone- never flew a drone before? Come and try your hand at flying a drone
Ralph DeFrangesco
Contact: Coming soon
USDronecon
Presenting: 2020 plans for USDroneCon~ How to use the follow-me feature of a drone
Stephanie DeFrangesco
Mrs. DeFrangesco holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems and has nearly completed her Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from the Naval Post Graduate school in Monterey California. Her MSEE degree is accredited as an Electrical Engineering Program at the advanced level by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). She began her career in computer security by turning an outdated company into an up-to-date technology infrastructure. Followed in her career as serving as a tier three technology professional for business networks as a technology expert in network security and a troubleshooting expert. She then expanded her career with as a system administrator for a non-profit organization and managed a variety of technologies for medical professionals, therapists and doctors. She revamped an entire company by updating all of the LAN and WLAN devices in addition to all 300+ users Mobil and IoT devices. After changing the entire infrastructure, she assisted in the turn over to electronic medical records to become HIPPA compliant. Her current career is in the Government sector.
Mrs. DeFrangesco is an information security speaker whom is committed to education others in the art of computer security, network security, wireless security and additional practices in securing Internet Of Things (IoT) technology Baltimore-Washington Metro are
The Fly Zone: Vendors-2019
Baltimore Aerials
Vendor:
Robert Burgee
robert@baltimoreaerialproductions.com
Baltimore Aerials is the unique aerial photography company offering full-service production using drone inspired content. We provide creative, marketing content, special event coverage, and much more. Serving Maryland, PA, VA and WV, we provide quality media the first time. Robertour RPiC has his FAA Part 107 Certification. We're FAA complaint and fully insured
Cecil College.
Cecil College
Vendor:
Adam Jacono & Jon Cone
Drones for recreation and cinematography
We will discuss how folks can build their own mini drones and partner with certified professionals for cinematography projects.
Cecil College
Vendor:
Shawn Markey
Cecil College is a comprehensive, open admission, learner-centered institution providing career, transfer and continuing education coursework and programs.
Our more than 90 degree and certificate offerings anticipate and meet the dynamic intellectual, cultural and economic development challenges of Cecil County and the surrounding region. Through our support services and a technologically enriched learning environment, Cecil College strives to empower each learner with the skills, knowledge and values needed for college preparation, transfer to four-year colleges and universities, workforce entry or advancement, and personal enrichment. It is our goal to be the premier provider for learning throughout the region.
Cecil College
Vendor:
James A. Morgan
Discussion of Cyber Security Programs at Cecil College and opening remarks.
imagine3Design
Vendor:
Pat Harris
Pat has worked in computer security for over 15 years. He was previously a mechanical engineer, focusing his time and talents as a draftsman and designer. Most recently, he followed his passion for design and started a small 3D Printing business called imagine3design, which specializes in printing small customizable parts. As a member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics since 1993, Pat has always been fascinated with aviation. Even as a young boy, you could find him building and flying model airplanes. Once he started working with drones there was an impetuous passion for unlimited imaginative uses for it. Although a drone hobbyist for now, he likes to tinker and enhance his drones. His next venture is learning how to use drones safely, commercially and not take the enjoyment out of it.
THE FLY ZONE: Vendors-2019
Skyllama.io
Vendor:
Andrew wachholz
Skyllama's mission is to create a community for aviation enthusiasts from all areas of the radio control and drone hobbies to promote safety, education, and the spirit of aviation. Our vision is to connect you to the places and people where knowledge is shared and the thrill of flight experienced. Our goal is to build a network of flying fields enabling us to expand and become stewards of the hobby beyond our local communities. For the curious and the aspiring aviation enthusiast alike, Skyllama connects people to the places where it all happens .
sUAS
Vendor:
Joseph Mitchell
sUAS LLC (www.sUAS.com) is the leading company in developing custom thermal vision systems for drones. Our solutions are turnkey products for customers to effortlessly integrate thermal cameras such as FLIR onto drones like DJI (Mavic, Inspire, Matrice) or other brands (Autel, Yuneec). We are the experts at repurposing common drones to use thermal cameras, making the whole solution affordable.
THE FLY ZONE: Vendors-2019
The Drone Guy
The drone Guy is a locally owned business in supporting drone flying. We fully support the next level of educating of drones, certifications and licensing. Through these efforts we are providing drone memorabilia. Including mugs, bumper-stickers, drones and on site 3D printing of drone bodies.