Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 2 No. 4 Winter 2017 | Page 3

8 Inside Associate Professor Kevin Kochersberger took a team from his Unmanned Systems Laboratory to Malawi in November and made history, during an autonomous drone test as part of UNICEF's drone testing corridor. Their air vehicle made an autonomous flight from a rural clinic to the airport carrying a package of simulated dried blood spot cards. In future, the cards could be used to help test for diseases such as HIV. Connect on social Facebook Twitter Prof. Azim Eskandarian - ME Department Head Rosaire Bushey - Communications Manager Contact us: 540-231-2965 email [email protected] CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO M.E. MOMENTUM WINTER'17 PAGE 3