ODU BLAST 2017 – Building drones with Dr. Thomas Alberts, MAE graduate students Karthik Joshi and Brian Duvall and students from ODU Drone Club Adam Becerra, Chris Life, Doug Ford and James Flynn. “Drones to the Rescue” Dr. Thomas Alberts, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering – hands-on intensive build and fly drone workshop designed to introduce the participants to basic principles of flying and the use of drones in food/drug distribution under adverse conditions, such as extreme flooding.