Subtopics

• Part 107 OperationsThe regulatory and command discipline of commercial flight — certification, airspace authorization, risk assessment and go/no-go judgment.
• Sensor Payload DesignCustom LIDAR and Raspberry Pi payloads designed and built in-house — the sensor package built to the inspection rather than bought off the shelf.
• Aerial Survey & InspectionCondition assessment of assets that are expensive, unsafe or simply slow to inspect from the ground.

Applied in

• UAV Sensor Payload Development2021 – January 2025Custom LIDAR and Raspberry Pi sensor payloads designed and built in-house for infrastructure inspection.
• New River and Kanawha Falls Site Assessment and Carrier Coverage Analysis2023–2024Site assessment and carrier coverage analysis for treatment and pumping facilities on the New River and at Kanawha Falls, paired with the communications design each site needed.

Through subtopics

1 further project references a subtopic of this entry rather than the entry itself.

• Union Rome Water Treatment Plant Inspection and System Design2022–2023Drone-assisted survey, thermal imaging and coverage assessment across 32 sites along the Ohio River, ending in a design package specified down to the part.

Career

• Founder and Principal Consultant · Young Tech Systems, LLC2021–present

Attested by

• FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot2020 · Active — recurrent currentCommercial remote pilot certificate for small unmanned aircraft under 14 CFR Part 107. Issued September 2020; recurrent training completed September 2026.

See also

• Aerial Survey & Inspection
• Sensor Payload Design