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Posted on September 26, 2016September 29, 2016 by Gordon Murray

On-campus FAA Testing Center

Kent State University’s FAA Test Center is located in the Aeronautics and Technology Building (ATB).  Please note, during school sessions, exams are only administered on Fridays.

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Joe Murray, Ph.D.

Joe Murray is an instrument-rated private pilot, SEL, SES, Complex, Tailwheel, Remote sUAS.

Murray was trained as an educational psychologist and is a former director, editor and writer for PBS television. He has worked in Europe and the Middle East, Cuba, Antarctica and South Africa. He is published widely in scholarly journals, national magazines and websites and recently authored a chapter in Contemporary Research Methods and Data Analytics in the News Industry ( iGI Global, 2015).

In 2010, Murray's efforts to reduce college textbook costs were recognized with a resolution by the 128th Ohio General Assembly and a Faculty Innovator Award from the Ohio Board of Regents. He was honored by the state legislature again in 2012 for his historic, record-setting flight to all of Ohio's 88 counties in an antique airplane. The flight, joined by circumnavigator, Dr. Ron Siwik, covered nearly 42,000 square miles in 36 hours. Murray chronicled the "first, longest, slowest, most peculiar flight to Wright Brothers Airport ever made," in his book, Lost in Oscar Hotel (Mirabilis/Ingram, 2014).

Dr. Murray's research and development on sUAS is supported in part, by a generous award from the Kent State University Foundation. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and a contributing faculty member in the School of Digital Sciences at Kent State University.

Advanced Flight OPS: Yuneec Typhoon H
Students who certify as Remote Pilot sUAS will advance to flying the Typhoon H. A hexacopter with retractable landing gear and a 360-degree camera. Advanced tracking and collision avoidance technology. Top speed of 22 MPH. 4K, 12 MP camera connected to three-axis gimbals. Transmit 720p HD video from over a mile away.
Advanced Flight OPS: Mavic Pro
Students who certify as Remote Pilot sUAS will advance to flying the Mavic Pro. A quadcopter with fixed landing gear and gesture control. Mavic Pro folds down to the size of a water bottle. Stabilized 4K camera and visual navigation system, with a 4.3-mile range and 27 minutes of flight time. GPS and GLONASS navigation, ultrasonic range finders, and 24 computing cores. The new system can navigate and plan routes to avoid obstacles with or without the help of satellite signals. Semi-autonomous in some intelligent flight modes. Will avoid most obstacles at speeds up to 22mph.
Primary Flight OPS: CX-10 Nano Drone
All Aerial Camera Ops students will build flight proficiency with the CX-10 Nano Drone. At about 12 grams, it is the world's smallest flying 29mm 4CH 2.4GHz 6-Axis Gyro LED RC Quadcopter.
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