Advanced Air Mobility – Concepts Contest Registration
Background:
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is an emerging unmanned aviation technology that is evolving in front of us. The aviation industry around the world is enthusiastically moving towards deploying into the airspace Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) such as the electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVOTL) vehicles. The AAM ecosystem includes platforms, technologies, infrastructure, and services. Aviation authorities are trying to keep pace with the industry and working hard to develop the regulations needed to make AAM safe and secure. AAM aircraft operate between AAM aerodromes within AAM Corridors – a performance-based airspace of defined dimensions in which aircraft abide by AAM specific rules, procedures, and performance requirements. Aircraft operating within AAM corridors follow specific procedures and do not receive Air Traffic Control separation services en route [1]. Air corridors are expected to be at an altitude of 500–2000 ft above Ground Level (AGL). As the density of aircraft and scale of operations increase, AAM corridors require rules of engagement for maintaining separation and deconfliction between aircraft.

Goals and Objectives:
The purpose of this innovation challenge is to engage undergraduate and graduate students across the world in developing novel concepts in unmanned air transportation. It is an opportunity for promoting drone research and education activities within the student community and to encourage them to engage in this exciting and emerging topic. Students will work to contribute concepts that are feasible to implement within the near future in real world. The following list of topics describe the scope of the innovation challenge. Participants are allowed to use community testbeds such as the NSF AERPAW platform (aerpaw.org) for their projects.

List of Topics:
    1. Air Corridors
    2. Command and Control
    3. Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance
    4. Sensing and Automation
    5. Traffic Management
    6. Data Collection, Aggregation, and Dissemination
    7. Safety, Security, and Privacy
    8. Acoustic Noise Modeling and Mitigation
    9. Detect and Avoid & Collision Avoidance
    10. Diversity and Inclusion
    11. Economics and Environmental Justice
    12. Video Games (Similar to Mini Metro) to Create Air Corridors

Requirements for Participation:
The competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students pursuing Bachelors or Masters or Doctoral degrees in any engineering discipline at any college or university in any part of the world. Specific requirements are listed below, all of which must be satisfied.

    · Each team should include a minimum of 2 students and a faculty advisor.
    · All participants must be IEEE members.
    · At least one student must be a member of IEEE VTS.

Evaluation Metrics:
Each submission will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
    • Alignment with the concept of Advanced Air Mobility (see Reference [1]).
    • Innovation, originality, and benefit to the society
    • Feasibility of implementation in the near future

Submission:
Participating teams need to submit a 5-page summary and a 5-minute video presentation describing the following elements:

1. Concept, 2. Implementation strategy, 3. Outcomes 4. Future Plans, and 5. Benefits to the society.

Timeline:
    • Due Date for Registration: October 2nd, 2022.
    • Due Date for submission: November 2nd, 2022.
    • Results: November 15th, 2022.

Awards:
Ten (10) teams will be recognized with a total reward of US $8,000.
    First Prize: $2000 and a certificate
    Second Prize: $1500 and a certificate
    Third prize: $1000 and a certificate
    Honorary Prizes (7): $500 and a certificate.

Contact
For any questions, please reach out to any of the organizers:
  1. Professor Kamesh Namuduri, Kamesh.namuduri@unt.edu
  2. Professor Vuk Marojevic, vuk.marojevic@ece.msstate.edu
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