Ozone Data Collection Hexrotor
An automated hexrotor built for atmospheric ozone sampling at the University of Virginia
An automated hexrotor data-collection platform that I designed, built, and piloted at the University of Virginia for environmental research, in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Sciences.
The aircraft carried a precision ozone sensor (Model 202 Ozone Monitor from 2B Technologies) and an omnidirectional anemometer mounted above the airframe. It was operated around the Virginia Forest Laboratory to collect vertical ozone-profile measurements for atmospheric and environmental science studies.
I developed the onboard data-logging system using Arduino, along with automated mission-flight capabilities based on ROS and the DJI Onboard SDK. The platform was developed, tested, and flown during 2017–2018.