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Publication: The Hawkeye, , University of Louisiana - Monroe , Monroe, LA
Eyes took to the skies on Saturday as high school students took part in Sky Breakers Drone Workshop put on by professors and students in the unmanned aircraft systems management major.
This workshop was the fourth of its kind put on by ULM and the first in a two-part set this semester. The first one on Saturday was specifically for high school students, and middle school students will get their opportunity on April 1.
Sky Breakers engages students in the growing field of drone technology and gives them hands-on experience in flying professional drones.
Darrion Flunder-Jenkins, associate professor of aviation and director of unmanned aircraft research at ULM, expressed how vital it is that young students are aware of this drone program at ULM because of the massive number of jobs in the U.S. involving drones.
“We’re trying to get them more engaged in drone technology to let them know, hey, we have a drone program here on campus,” Flunder-Jenkins said. “We are here to teach how to fly drones, how to manage drones, how to deal with the FAA, how to handle an entire...