Quantitative Data Analysis: CRASAR Small Unmanned Aerial Systems at Hurricane Ian
This paper provides a summary of the 281 sorties that were flown by the 10 different models of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) at Hurricane Ian, and the failures made in the field. These 281...
Challenges and Research Directions from the Operational Use of a Machine Learning Damage Assessment System via Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems at Hurricanes Debby and Helene
This paper details four principal challenges encountered with machine learning (ML) damage assessment using small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) at Hurricanes Debby and Helene that prevented,...
Wireless Network Demands of Data Products from Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems at Hurricane Ian
Data collected at Hurricane Ian (2022) quantifies the demands that small uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones, place on the network communication infrastructure and identifies gaps in the...
Analysis of Interior Rubble Void Spaces at Champlain Towers South Collapse
The 2021 Champlain Towers South Condominiums collapse in Surfside, Florida, resulted 98 deaths. Nine people are thought to have survived the initial collapse, and might have been rescued if rescue...
Key Findings for Small UAS for Post-Disaster Damage Assessment from the CURSE'26 Exercise
The CLARKE building and road damage assessment AI classifier was incorporated into the Catastrophic Unmanned Remote Sensing Exercise (CURSE) 2026, which trained 23 small uncrewed aerial systems...