Faculty Membership

We are committed to advancing national capabilities in areas of autonomy and navigation. This is a unique academic position because of the intersection of government, academia, and industry in a growing research field. We would love for you to join our team here at the ANT Center; you can learn more about the center and our research areas below.

Resources & Benefits

Laboratory

• Lab technicians to support your, students and intern projects
• Tools, sensors, hardware, and support for prototype development
• Vicon Motion Capture
• Differential GPS
• Golf car to host data collection
• Variety of sensors, computational hardware
• NHL Server
• 4 servers with 200 physical CPU nodes (400 threads) and 25 GPUs
• MOU with AFRL MAV Lab (large indoor motion capture facility)

UAV Flight Testing

• Many varieties of UAVs: fixed wing and multi-rotors
• Batting Cage for outdoor experiements
• Trailer for flight tests
• Qualified safety pilots
• Expertise to support flying operations, test planning
• Delegated authority for flight test and safety process for Class I & II UAS

Benefits

• Proposal support
• Financial tracking
• DTS/Travel assistance
• Purchasing assistance
• Scheduling/Meeting support
• Hiring/Recruiting of Interns and Research Engineers
• Writing/Article/Editing support
• Email blast and marketing
• Video support
• Vitas/Web site support
• Web publication of papers
• Public affairs submissions
• Student cubicle space
• Overleaf account
• Support for CRADAS
• Existing sponsors and relationships
• Project support and time from Research Engineers
   

What We Ask of You

• 21% IDC Rate
  • Provides for admin and lab support
  • Provides access to many of benefits on previous page
• Permission to list your ANT-related research as part of the ANT Center (and have you listed as an ANT faculty member)
• Information you provide us from your annual appraisal inputs to keep our records up to date
• Coordination with us if you would like to use ANT staff/facilities
• Information about your research interests/goals—the more we know, the more we can help make connections

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