Low Altitude Surveillance Blimp Project Overview EE 499 January 30, 2007

Team Members Students Advisor Jordan Dressmann Tyler Doering Pursuing EE, CoE, Mathematics Minor, CS Minor Working in IDEA Lab under Dr. Lumpp and Dr. Rawashdeh Tyler Doering Senior Electrical and Computer Engineering, minor Computer Science 4 Co-op rotations with GE Consumer and Industrial – Appliances Currently member of the IDEA Lab Primary interests: Embedded Systems Hardware and Software Design Matt Ohlmann Senior in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics minor 2 Co-op rotations with BWXT-Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex Corbin Williams Senior EE, Mathematics Minor 4 year electronic tech. U.S.A.F. Advisor Dr. Osamah Rawashdeh Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Received his BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 2000, 2003, 2005 respectively Current member of the IDEA Lab Currently teaching EE 280, EE 281, and EE 222

Objective Tethered Surveillance Platform Test Platform Persistent Monitoring of Critical Facilities Nuclear Power Plant Public Sporting Events Homeland Security Test Platform Testing mission critical components for KySat and PAX River UAV Reuse of Camera System PTZ Camera System will be designed to be reused in PAX River Competition for target recognition

Complete System Overview Blimp - Corbin Payload – Tyler and Matt Ground Station – Jordan

Blimp Specifications Aerial Innovations Range Dimensions Cost Availability Model Volume (CU ft.) Length (Ft.) Diameter Weight (Lbs.) Payload ABS5 176 13.1 5.9 3.2 6.0 ABS7 265 14.8 6.5 4.0 9.3

Payload System Block Diagram *Block Diagram with modifications from proposal by Osamah A. Rawashdeh pg. 3

Ground Station Design User Input Camera Controls

Camera Control PTZ Camera Controls 1. GUI 2. Joystick 3. Virtual Reality Helmet

Discussion