Dr. 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.[1] These vehicles are normally deployed as a part of reconnaissance missions as they are unarmed but carry either a significant camera or FLIR unit.
Personal life
Faruque was born on August 9, 1984, in Alexandria, Virginia,[2] but soon moved to Charlottesville, Virginia,[2] where he lived until 2002. Faruque then moved to Blacksburg, Virginia,[2] where he earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech.[3] Faruque participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Faruque is the brother of fellow Virginia Tech graduate, Ruel Faruque,[2] a researcher and team member for the Virginia Tech DARPA Urban Challenge team.[4] On July 16, 2016, he was married to Rachel Mumbert.
Initial Development of a Vision-Controlled Diesel-Fueled Unmanned Aerial System (which he briefed at the 2006 AIAA Midatlantic Regional Student Conference),[10]
Development of an Autonomous Aerial Reconnaissance Platform at Virginia Tech,[11]
Flight Test Bed for Visual Tracking of Small UAVs.[12]
Control-Oriented Reduced Order Modeling of Dipteran Flapping Flight[13]
A draft manuscript of a book entitled UAV Analysis, Design, and Piloting for Engineers has seen use in senior design courses at Virginia Tech.
^"Development of an Autonomous Aerial Reconnaissance Platform at Virginia Tech", Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Internationale, July 21, 2005
