STAFF PROFILE
Dr Alex Fisher
Position:
Lecturer, Aerospace and Aviation
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Aerospace Engineering and Aviation
Phone:
+61 3 9925 6144
Email:
alex.fisher@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Prudden, S.,Fisher, A.,Mohamed, A.,Watkins, S. (2017). An anemometer for UAS-based atmospheric wind measurements In: Proceedings of the17th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2017), Melbourne, Australia, 26-28 February 2017
- Fisher, A.,Clothier, R.,MacTavish, P.,Caton, J. (2017). Next-generation RPAS ground control systems: Remote pilot or air traffic controller? In: Proceedings of the 17th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2017), Melbourne, Australia, 26 - 29 February 2017
- Newnham, T.,Fisher, A.,Fang, L.,Clothier, R.,Palmer, J. (2017). Improving the field of regard of a time-of-flight camera for UAV mapping and collision avoidance in cluttered environments In: Proceedings of the 17th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2017), Melbourne Australia, 26 - 29 February 2017
- Panta, A.,Petersen, P.,Marino, M.,Watkins, S.,Fisher, A.,Mohamed, A. (2017). Qualitative investigation of the dynamics of a leading edge control surfaces for MAV applications In: Proceedings of the 9th International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Flight Competitioin (IMAV 2017), Toulouse France, 18-22 September 2017
- Fisher, A.,Ravi, S.,Watkins, S.,Watmuff, J.,Wang, C.,Liu, H.,Petersen, P. (2016). The gust-mitigating potential of flapping wings In: Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 11, 1 - 13
- Fang, L.,Fisher, A.,Kiss, S.,Kennedy, J.,Nagahawatte, C.,Clothier, R.,Palmer, J. (2016). Comparative evaluation of time-of-flight depth-imaging sensors for mapping and SLAM applications In: Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2016, Brisbane, Australia, 5-7 December 2016
- Fisher, A.,Mohamed, A.,Elbenhawi, M.,Clothier, R.,Watkins, S.,Carrese, R.,Simic, M.,Abdulrahim, M.,Palmer, J. (2016). Micro air vehicle soaring in urban environments In: Proceedings of the IEEE 2016 6th Australian Control Conference (AUCC 2016), Newcastle, Australia, 3-4 November 2016
- Prudden, S.,Watkins, S.,Fisher, A.,Mohamed, A. (2016). A flying anemometer quadrotor: Part 1 In: Proceedings of the 7th International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition - Past, Present and Future (IMAV 2016), Beijing, PR of China, 17 - 21 October 2016
- Watkins, S.,Mohamed, A.,Fisher, A.,Clothier, R.,Carrese, R.,Fletcher, D. (2015). Towards autonomous MAV soaring in cities: CFD simulation, EFD measurement and flight trials In: International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 7, 441 - 448
- Fisher, A.,Marino, M.,Clothier, R.,Watkins, S.,Peters, L.,Palmer, J. (2015). Emulating avian orographic soaring with a small autonomous glider In: Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 11, 1 - 20
- Cooperative simultaneous localisation and mapping for a team of unmanned defence platforms. Funded by: DST Competitive Evaluation Research Agreement (CERA) Program 2017 from (2017 to 2019)
- Turbulence Mitigation for MAVs through Noval Control Strategies. Funded by: Defence Science and Technology Organisation Contract from (2017 to 2017)
- Single Photon Avalanche Diode Sensors on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Funded by: Defence Science Institute Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2017)
- The intelligent Watch Dog Concept - On Demand Surveillance. Funded by: Defence Science Institute Grant 2015 from (2015 to 2015)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
4 PhD Current Supervisions and 2 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Unmanned aerial systems, Micro aerial vehicles, Autonomous systems, Sensing control, Aerodynamics, Fluid mechanics