Drone Pilot Lance S

Lance S

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Location United States
Pilot type Agency
Languages English
Member since November 20, 2024
Travel rate $0.00/Per Mile
Company Name DronePhD
FAA License ID 3983697

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About Drone Operator

Navy Veteran Lance S. started his post Oklahoma State University career as an instructor as the Naval Nuclear Power School. Earning his M.S. in Industrial Engineering, he then pursued entrepreneurial gigs as a consultant in the IT field as well as continued assignments in college classrooms; eventually leading him to the role of High School Teacher – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. It is here that his passion and ‘bleeding-edge’ style led him to the development of a Drone Academy and winner of a National Innovation Award. UAVs then became not only his tools for teaching, but his hobby, research interests, and new source of revenue.

While pursuing his PhD dissertation topic in the field of sUAS for Nuclear Disaster Mitigation, he earned his Part 107 certificate and launched a small start-up to provide UAS mission services and help others obtain their licenses: DronePhD. A co-pioneer starting the vertical collaboration UAS@UCF, he also sponsored the Drone Team at Florida Polytechnic University while serving as professor in the S.T.E.M. program. Over the last 2 years, he has been a prominent aviator in the UAV world; accumulating many hundreds of autonomous and manual flight hours while conducting missions for Agriculture, Utilities, Real Estate, Insurance, Construction, and others. He has obtained sUAS Thermographer certification and is also a Mapping Specialist. Much of his field work has been conducting NDVI mapping for FL Citrus Groves, as well as Corn and Soybean analysis in the Mid-West.