Amin Almozel

Dec 7 - Dec 13, 2025

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  Safety-Aware Pre-Flight Trajectory Planning for Urban and Rural UAVs Under Mechanical and GPS Failure Scenarios

  Amin Almozel, Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

  Dec 8, 12:30 - 14:30

  Building 4, Level 5, Room 5209

  safety planning uav failures trajectory design

  This work develops a safety-aware pre-flight planning framework for UAV missions, addressing risks such as propulsion failure, GPS loss, and communication outages. It ensures drones remain within reach of safe landing sites and accounts for dense urban constraints, including no-fly zones. Using a high-fidelity simulator with real geospatial data, the framework is validated for both routine and emergency scenarios, offering a structured approach to reliable, failure-tolerant UAV trajectory planning.