Dr. Kevin Adkins holds bachelor (UM), master (UM), and doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering. He is presently an Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. Professor Adkins’ interests include unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and their applications, boundary layer and aviation meteorology, and aircraft flight-test. Dr. Adkins’ present research involves using UAS and numerical methods to analyze changes to near-surface meteorology within wind turbine array boundary layers and on-farm research investigating how UAS are best integrated into crop management practices.


Dr. Adkins participated in the initial development of Embry-Riddle’s UAS curriculum and presently serves as a subject matter expert for the Unmanned Safety Institute (USI), the world’s leading provider of UAS safety education and training services to industry and academic institutions, and co-authored their textbook, Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Safety. Professor Adkins helped spearhead the University’s first FAA Section 333 exemption in support of academic research and now conducts research as a FAA certificated Part 107 remote pilot.


Prior to coming to Embry-Riddle, Kevin spent time as an officer and pilot in the United States Air Force and spent over a decade in engineering industry. While in industry, Kevin served as both an aircraft design and lead flight-test engineer. In addition to this, Professor Adkins has worked with NASA on the X-38 CRV and is an active pilot.

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