This article describes the efforts undertaken at the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the development of a low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) test-bed for educational purposes. The objective of this test-bed is to provide an avenue for the involvement of undergraduate students (primarily) and graduate students (secondarily) in UAV research. The complete design and development of all hardware interfaces of the UAV platform including the on-board autopilot is presented. Based on flight test data a linear model has been developed for the lateral and longitudinal dynamics.

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Tenure track faculty members often find that the tenure process is very time consuming. This means that the successful tenure-track faculty member must find ways of balancing one's career with one's personal life. This paper presents perspectives for three new faculty members currently going through the tenure process at Texas A&M University. It concludes by summarizing some of the common issues facing new faculty and proposing solutions.

He received the BS degree in biomedical engineering (1988), the MS degree in biomedical engineering (1992), and the Ph.D. in biomedical engineering (1995) from Texas A&M University. After finishing his Ph.D., he was a lecturer in the Bioengineering Program and the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University. In August 1996, he joined the Electronics Engineering Technology faculty at Texas A&M University. His research activities include mixed-signal testing, analog circuit design and biomedical electronics.