Research Centre for Drone Technology

Centre for Drone Technology

Research

Centre for Drone Technology

About the Centre

The Centre for Drone Technology (CDT) at SRM University-AP is a multi-disciplinary centre that aims to train skilled personnel, increase community involvement, and establish a research hub through collaborative studies.

CDT strives to conduct research on drone technology and its applications in various real-life problems. The centre also aims to involve all relevant parties, including government agencies, private entities, and local communities, to understand their needs and cater the technology-driven solutions.

Mission

Centre for Drone Technology (CDT) provides technical and related support for in-house research on the fabrication, deployment and applications of drones carried out by the faculty and students.
The mission of CDT is to provide hands-on experience to demonstrate the potential applications using drone technology through UROP/Capstone projects/Project-based courses carried by the students as part of the curriculum.

Team CDT

The team of CDT comes with faculty and staff members of SRM University-AP with vast experience in fabrication, flight planning & deployment, data analytics, cyber security, and AI/ML, offering services to various government and non-government agencies. Services of CDT range from education, training, and implementation of customised solutions.

Dr. Pranav R T Peddinti

Coordinator

Dr Ramesh Vaddi

Member

Dr Harish Puppala

Member

Dr Raviteja KVNS

Member

Dr Md. Muzakkir Hussain

Member

Dr Firoj Gazi

Member

CDT Envisages..

  • Sharing knowledge and practices with other academic institutions and the local communities.
  • Conducting various research symposiums to formulate interdisciplinary problems enabling various faculty members to contribute solutions to real-world problems.
  • Serving as a Remote Pilot Training Organization (RPTO) to create the skill force that can cater to the Nation’s needs in the drone technology sector.

Goals of CDT

  • To promote research on drone technology within the university and actively collaborate with other academic/industry institutions/organisations.
  • To create an interdisciplinary research environment and encourage faculty members and students to explore the possible applications and reap the benefits of drone technology.
  • To provide experiential learning to the student community

Services offered by CDT at SRM University-AP

  • Consultancy services for drone-based solutions
  • Expert consultation
  • Student development/training Programmes
  • Faculty development programmes
  • Pilot training course
  • Course development and resource assistance

Opportunities at CDT

  • Paid summer internships to the students (Preferably students from BTech 3rd and 4th years) will be offered based on the available positions. Interested candidates are encouraged to send their CVs to centre.dronetechnology@srmap.edu.in

Facilities at CDT

State-of-the-art facilities and access to various types of drones with a wide variety of payloads that aid in remote data acquisition
Expert faculty with experience in drone fabrication and deployment
Consultancy services

Infrastructure of CDT

  • The lab facility of CDT contains two workstations
  • Access to High-Performance Computational services as a central facility in SRM University-AP
  • Access to the Metashape, which is used to process the data collected using UAVs.