{"id":87590,"date":"2018-11-20T10:34:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=87590"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:45:25","slug":"drone-technology-uh-hilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/20\/drone-technology-uh-hilo\/","title":{"rendered":"New commercial pilot training and drone technology programs at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_87552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87552\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/uh-hilo-aeronautical-sciences-program.jpg\" alt=\"professor helping student during lab\" width=\"676\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/uh-hilo-aeronautical-sciences-program.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/uh-hilo-aeronautical-sciences-program-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo instructor Roberto Rodriguez (left) helps student prepare for drone field practice during a lab session.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new aeronautical sciences degree program at the <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> was approved by the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents.<\/p>\n<p>The provisional bachelor of science program has two concentrations, one in commercial professional pilot training, and another in commercial aerial information technology (which utilizes drones), where there is a high projected workforce need in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The new program will integrate aeronautical sciences with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s existing <abbr title=\"Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics\">STEM<\/abbr> programs in general education, agriculture, conservation biology, natural hazards, marine and terrestrial resources, astronomy and geographic information systems, education and research.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The commercial professional pilot training track places graduates on a solid footing to pursue a career as an airline pilot at a much more reasonable total educational cost than if they attended a mainland university with a similar program,&rdquo; said <strong>Bruce Mathews<\/strong>, dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Management. &ldquo;Due to the increasing demand for pilots resulting from a high proportion now entering retirement age, coupled with rising air travel globally, the prospects for rewarding career opportunities are high.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The program aligns with current professional programs at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo that prepare students for the workforce by providing a degree pathway to commercial aviation. The university has already established a certificate program in unmanned aircraft systems (drone technology), which was launched last year as a first step toward the aeronautical sciences program.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed program also aligns with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s focus on the application of science using tools for information development including geographical information systems, data visualization and data science.<\/p>\n<p>The program will add to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo students&rsquo; toolkit for data collection, information creation and information communication, and strengthen both undergraduate and graduate research across those fields.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/stories\/2018\/11\/16\/provisional-aeronautical-sciences-program\/\">Read the full story at <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Susan Enright<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The provisional bachelor of science program has two concentrations, one in commercial professional pilot training, and another in commercial aerial information technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[72,313,14,907],"class_list":["post-87590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-board-of-regents","tag-stem","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87590"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113563,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87590\/revisions\/113563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}