CIDER, a New Drone Education and Research Program at UC Santa Cruz

Seminar | September 14 | 12-1 p.m. |  Zoom

Speaker:  Becca Fenwick, Director of the UCSC CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research, UC Santa Cruz

Sponsor:  CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Becca Fenwick will present on her work with the CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the first UC undergraduate drone training program. CIDER offers training and research support for the use of drone technology across academic disciplines and industry sectors. Students benefit from experiential learning opportunities and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensure, and faculty gain access to licensed pilots who can conduct flights for research and teaching purposes, plus access to drone equipment. Industry partnerships and services contract provide internships and field training for students and research collaborations for faculty. CIDER values diversity and encourages students from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM to participate. The initiative recently received $1 million from the James Irvine Foundation to develop a workforce training program in the Salinas region.

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