Grant: Collaborative Research and Training Experience
University of Toronto
$300,000.00
Research and Training Program in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
FY 2016-17
Summary
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) hold great promise for applications as diverse as natural resource monitoring, infrastructure inspection (pipeline, railways), agriculture, mineral exploration, journalism, and search & rescue operations. This is the most vibrant sector of the aerospace industry, growing more quickly than any other segment. It is forecast that the UAV sector will continue to experience strong growth for the next decade, and that, globally, almost US$90 billion will be spent on new vehicles and support systems over that period ($82 billion in the US alone and the creation of 100,000 new jobs). While the majority of the UAV market has historically been dedicated to military and security applications, the bulk of the predicted growth will come from civilian applications. Given Canada's vast geographical landscape (e.g. the Arctic) and natural resources, the Canadian commercial or civil UAV market is expected to grow rapidly. Canada has a long and successful history of leadership in aviation. Several Canadian companies have emerged recently to take leading roles in the growing civilian UAV market, nationally and internationally. Teaming up with five of these strong companies, this proposed Industrial Stream NSERC CREATE program is for a unique research and training opportunity focused on UAVs to give graduate students the interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurial, and leadership skills needed to propel Canadian aerospace companies forward into a prosperous future in this field. The academic team of eleven faculty members from three universities assembled for this program, brings the unique expertise of each member, and collectively spans all key scientific and technological areas related to the design, development, and operation of versatile UAV platforms and their civil applications. The strategic research training in UAVs creates a new interdisciplinary program that directly addresses the Canadian research priorities of Information and Communications Technologies and Natural Resources.
Program
Collaborative Research and Training Experience
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
466088-2015
Name nom
Liu, Hugh
Department département
Aerospace Studies, Institute for
Organization id
31
Institution établissement
University of Toronto
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2016
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
300000
Program id
CREAT
Program name en
Collaborative Research and Training Experience
Program name fr
Programme de formation orientée vers la nouveauté, la collaboration et l'expérience en recherche
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1078
Committee name en
CREATE Program
Committee name fr
Programme FONCER
Area of application code
703
Area of application group en
Transportation systems and services
Area of application group fr
Services et systèmes de transport
Area of application en
Aerospace
Area of application fr
Aérospatial
Research subject code
2108
Research subject group en
Mechanical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie mécanique
Research subject en
Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering
Research subject fr
Génie aérospatial, aéronautique et automobile
Partie
2
Nb partie
6
Application title
Research and Training Program in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) hold great promise for applications as diverse as natural resource monitoring, infrastructure inspection (pipeline, railways), agriculture, mineral exploration, journalism, and search & rescue operations. This is the most vibrant sector of the aerospace industry, growing more quickly than any other segment. It is forecast that the UAV sector will continue to experience strong growth for the next decade, and that, globally, almost US$90 billion will be spent on new vehicles and support systems over that period ($82 billion in the US alone and the creation of 100,000 new jobs). While the majority of the UAV market has historically been dedicated to military and security applications, the bulk of the predicted growth will come from civilian applications. Given Canada's vast geographical landscape (e.g. the Arctic) and natural resources, the Canadian commercial or civil UAV market is expected to grow rapidly. Canada has a long and successful history of leadership in aviation. Several Canadian companies have emerged recently to take leading roles in the growing civilian UAV market, nationally and internationally. Teaming up with five of these strong companies, this proposed Industrial Stream NSERC CREATE program is for a unique research and training opportunity focused on UAVs to give graduate students the interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurial, and leadership skills needed to propel Canadian aerospace companies forward into a prosperous future in this field. The academic team of eleven faculty members from three universities assembled for this program, brings the unique expertise of each member, and collectively spans all key scientific and technological areas related to the design, development, and operation of versatile UAV platforms and their civil applications. The strategic research training in UAVs creates a new interdisciplinary program that directly addresses the Canadian research priorities of Information and Communications Technologies and Natural Resources.
