About this Professional Certificate
If you want to be the specialist who can procure and use cutting-edge systems to help save lives and cut disaster losses, this Professional Certificate provides the foundational knowledge you need when working with autonomous vehicles as well as unmanned aircraft systems and real-time, line-of-sight aerial or underwater vehicles.
Taught by instructors with decades of experience in drone technology applications in combat and civilian operations, systems design, and emergency management planning, this Professional Certificate will equip analysts and operational associates with the technical and planning know-how for emergency planning.
Additionally, those who have interest in drones, be it casual or in-depth, can use this course to gain insight into the basic elements of commercial off the shelf drone systems that are used in civilian missions and to gain insight into artificial intelligence applications and the emergency management, first responder, homeland security, and intelligence fields.
What you'll learn
- Learn classifications of drones (UAVs) according to technology focus and use.
- Gain an understanding of the commercial and research capabilities of drones including sensors, platforms, navigation, power source, propulsion, payloads, command, communication and control, range, altitude, speed, wide area surveillance.
- Develop a crucial systems view of drones with hardware and software including data collection, storage, and analytical requirements, and systems life cycle with needs and purpose: assessment, goals/objectives, requirements, testing and training.
- Compare US Federal government airspace policy and regulations with other nations.
- Establish expertise in risk factors and counter technologies including cyber and physical threats to drone systems and the ethical use of drones.
- Apply insights to forecasting, command and control, disaster relief operations, structural analysis, recovery, delivery of supplies, according to disaster types and hazard origin - natural, (storms, earthquakes, wildfires, etc.); etc.
From | UMUC, USMx, UMGC via edX |
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Hours | 24 |
Instructors | Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc., Brian Powers, M.A., Barry Douglass, Ph.D. |
Language | English |
Subjects | Science |
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Courses in this Professional Certificate
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Drones and Autonomous Systems I: Fundamentals Are you interested in learning about drones, be it casual or in-depth? You can use this course to gain insight into the basic elements of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) drone... edX | UMUC, USMx, UMGC |
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From | UMUC, USMx, UMGC via edX |
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Hours | 24 |
Instructors | Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc., Brian Powers, M.A., Barry Douglass, Ph.D. |
Language | English |
Subjects | Science |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Professional Secretary $41k
Gifted Certificate Program Coordinator $48k
Instructor, Paralegal Certificate Program $52k
Instructor and Taskforce Committee Member for Certificate in Fundraising Operations $60k
Finance Professional 3 $65k
Certificate Analyst $67k
Continuing Education Professor/Apparel Certificate Program Advisor $68k
Instructor, Sustainability Leadership Certificate Program $79k
Vice Assistant President Certificate Specialist $120k
Product Manager - SUT Compliance and Certificate Management $131k
Assistant Professor, Bereavement Certificate Program $139k
Professional Partner $155k
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