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Uncrewed Aerial Systems Committee

Purpose:

To develop a roadmap and serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas and knowledge among users, researchers and engineers from academia, industry and government with interest in the development of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) technologies and their applications to transportation management. The committee will also serve as a forum with resources representing airport operators, industry, academia, consultants and federal government - a collective voice with respect to policy and regulation.

Exchanges include conferences, workshops, special sessions in conferences, and publications to promote active discussions on relevant, existing and emerging UAS applications. The roadmap may include potential uses, policy challenges (i.e., no-fly zones and remote identification), technical challenges, potential benefits, research needs, implementation needs and timeline, and so on.



Please note: You must be a member of ASCE and/or T&DI in good standing to serve on a committee. If you do not meet this criteria, please update your membership before you apply.

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Meet the Chair

Blaine Wruck, P.E., M.ASCE

Blaine Wruck is a senior transportation engineer with the Deschutes County Road Department in Bend, Oregon. Blaine is focused on management and delivery of roadway capital improvement projects, traffic engineering, contract procurement and the County’s pavement management program. He has nine years of experience in engineering that includes consulting and public agency roles. Blaine has background in pavement engineering, construction inspection and surveying. He is also a Part 107-certified Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Remote Pilot with eight years of commercial UAS experience, and serves as Committee Chair of the UAS Committee within the ASCE Transportation and Development Institute.

Membership

  • Blaine Matthew Wruck, P.E., M.ASCE
    Chair
  • Halil Ceylan, Ph.D., C.Eng, Dist.M.ASCE
    Past-Chair
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  • Muhammad Sultan Amer, ENV SP, M.ASCE
    ASCE Staff Contact
  • Qassim Abdullah, P.L.S
    Member
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  • Edward Bartels, P.E., L.S., M.ASCE
    Secretary
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  • Surya S. C. Congress, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
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  • Samuel Dodt, P.E., C.Eng, M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
  • Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
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  • Brett Hoffstadt, P.E., M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
  • David Scott Hurwitz, Ph.D., EIT, M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
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  • Abbas Shiraz Kachwalla, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Russell F Knieriem, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • David Alan Lattanzi, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
  • Wei Lin, Ph.D.
    Member
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  • Tlotlego Maloka, M.ASCE
    Member
  • Rajrup Mitra, S.M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Rebecca Napolitano, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Kunle Oguntoye, Ph.D., S.M.ASCE
    Member
  • Michael James Olsen, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
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  • Peddinti Pranav, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
  • Anand Jagadeesh Puppala, Ph.D., P.E., BC.GE, F.ICE, Dist.M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
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  • Zhigang Shen, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Pejoohan Tavassoti, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
  • Yelda Turkan, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Corresponding Member
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  • Melissa Willis, M.ASCE
    ASCE Staff Contact
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