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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

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

7. Ground Station Design
User Input
Camera
Controls

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

9. Discussion