Dr Dmitry Bratanov
Academic Division,
Research Portfolio,
Research Engineering Facility (REF)
Biography
Dr Dmitry Bratanov joined QUT in 2013 as a Research Engineer at Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA) working on a computer vision detect and avoid system (DAA) within Project ResQu. Dmitry’s interests are in integrated INS/GPS/vision based solutions, 4-dimensional UAS navigation, geospatial analysis and environment identification. Dmitry holds BEng (Hons), MEng (Avionics) and PhD in navigation and control systems from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.Prior to QUT, Dr Bratanov worked at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich on the high-precision GNSS airborne gravimetry, and at Russian avionics leaders in accordance with DO-178B/C Level A. In the Project ResQu, Dmitry contributed to the improvements of DAA system and conducted the important sensitivity analysis of INS accuracy on DAA system key performance metrics. The outcomes of the analysis set a path to the system cost reduction on 5-7 times, that made a good business case for the DAA system commercialization.
Dr Bratanov lectured for ENB457, ENB354 at QUT on Software Engineering in Airborne Systems and Functional Safety. He is supervising work integrated learning students projects on airborne data visualisation using high-performance computing (HPC) of QUT’s Innovation Lab. In 2015, Dmitry joined the QUT Flight Operations team and holds CASA’s UAV Controller Certificate. He is responsible for the aircraft flight control, navigation, sensor integration, hyperspectral/multispectral/ultra HD datacollection and geospatial analysis. Over the last two years, the team has conducted over 70 missions for global leaders in aerospace, innovation and remote sensing including Boeing, Chevron, Australian Institute for Marine Science, PBCRC, Energex and many others. Dmitry actively participate in numerous STEM focused activities including: QUT Robotronica, UAV Challenge Medical Express, Aviation Career Expo, QUT/ARCAA’s open days, Avalon Air show, demos for board of PBCRC, investors and entrepreneurs.
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Research Engineer
Academic Division,
Research Portfolio,
Research Engineering Facility (REF)
Research field
Artificial intelligence, Electrical engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD in Engineering
Teaching
2016-2014: Lecturing at QUT on Software Engineering in Airborne Systems and Functional Safety for ENB354 unit Work Integrated Learning supervision: Airborne Data Visualization on HPC, Joshua Romero
2012: Training assistant in aeronautical publications data maintenance, Airservices Australia, Canberra
2011: Lecturer of Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Modern Avionics, (5th year), BMSTU, Moscow. Student evaluation: overall average score 4.7 out of 5.0. Laboratory supervision for postgraduates students, BMSTU, 2009-2011. Project supervision on "Design of dual axis gimbal for electro optical sensor for mini UAV", Yulia Sizova, BMSTU.
2010: MIEA internship supervision of 2 postgraduate students from Moscow Aviation University. Lecturer of Automatic Flight Control System (4th year), BMSTU Undergraduate project supervision, "Quadcopter: 3D model, flight dynamics model, sensors trade study and analysis", Rostislav Hapilov, BMSTU
Experience
QUT Flight Operations Team PBCRC 2135: Evaluating the effectiveness of UAS, hyperspectral, multispectral and high resolution RGB sensors at detecting Phylloxera in vineyards Design-Reference model for Integrated Flight Control System for MC-21 airliner Detect and Avoid System for Insitu ScanEagle UAV (Project ResQu)
Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Systems, Navigation and Control, 4D Navigation, INS/GPS fusion, Functional Safety, Avinics, DO-178C, Remote Sensing, Image based 3D reconstruction; Hyperspectral Imaging and Orthorectification
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Dmitry, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).