Imraan Faruque

Imraan Faruque is an American who is most known as a designer and author in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) field. He is the designer responsible for a variety of UAVs, including several currently operational in Iraq, the most well-known being the R-series UAVs which are based on commercial airframes, along with work on Insitu's ScanEagle. cite web | title=US Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | date=2006-07-18 | work=Description of some currently deployed military UAVs | url=http://usmilitary.about.com/od/uavs/US_Military_Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicles_UAVs.htm | accessdate=2007-07-18 ] These vehicles are normally deployed as a part of reconnaissance missions as they are unarmed but carry either a significant camera or FLIR unit.

Published works include "Initial Development of a Vision-Controlled Diesel-Fueled Unmanned Aerial System,"cite web | title=Initial Development of a Vision-Controlled Diesel-Fueled Unmanned Aerial System | date=2006-04-20 | work=2006 AIAA Midatlantic Regional Student Conference | url=http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cwoolsey/Advisees/Undergraduate/Faruque.htm | accessdate=2007-04-25 ] "Development of an Autonomous Aerial Reconnaissance Platform at Virginia Tech,"cite web | title=Development of an Autonomous Aerial Reconnaissance Platform at Virginia Tech | date=2005-07-21 | work=Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Internationale | url=http://uav.navair.navy.mil/seafarers/papers/VirginiaTec%20Kadet.pdf | accessdate=2007-04-25 ] and "Flight Test Bed for Visual Tracking of Small UAVs."cite web | title=Flight Test Bed for Visual Tracking of Small UAVs | date=2006-08-21 | work=2006 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit | url=http://pdf.aiaa.org/preview/CDReadyMGNC06_1305/PV2006_6609.pdf | accessdate=2007-04-25 ] A draft manuscript of a book entitled "UAV Analysis, Design, and Piloting for Engineers" has seen use in senior design courses at Virginia Tech.

He was born in Alexandria, VirginiaNet Detective: People Search] , but soon moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he lived until 2002 when he moved to Blacksburg,Virginia, where he earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech. [ [http://www.usinpac.com/media_details.asp?News_ID=110 India West article] ] Imraan is the brother of fellow Virginia Tech graduate, Ruel Faruque, a researcher and team member for the Virginia Tech DARPA Urban Challenge team. [ [http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/xp-105034 Roanoke.com] ]

As of May 2007, he is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, an alumni founding member of the Royal Aeronautical Society's Human Powered Aircraft Group at Virginia Tech, [cite web|title=Human Powered Aircraft Group at Virginia Tech|url=http://www.aoe.vt.edu/design/hpa/|accessdate= 2007-01-21] a Minta Martin Endowed Fellow at the University of Maryland, and is reported to do advisory work for various government and university agencies in unmanned aerial vehicle design and flight test at the Army's Fort Benning, GA; Eglin Air Force Base, FL; Tyndall Air Force Base, FL; and Patuxent River Naval Air Station, MD . He serves as a worship leader for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. [cite web |title=University of Maryland Chi Alpha website |url=http://www.umdchialpha.com/ |accessdate=2007-04-20]

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