MTSU seniors Michael Clancy, left, of Franklin, Tenn., and Aiden Galdino of Brentwood, Tenn., use unmanned aircraft systems technology to launch a drone in early April during a mapping mission at Cummins Falls State Park near Cookeville, Tenn. They were part of six students collecting data and flying drones at this and other missions during the spring semester. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli) - Click for next picture.

Senior students in assistant professor Kevin Corns' aerospace unmanned aircraft system's class study a map of Cummins Falls State Park near Cookeville, Tenn., in preparation for launching drones while on a mapping mission to complete a project in early April. The group includes Aidan Galdino, left, of Brentwood, Tenn., Zachary Whittle of Lafayette, Ga., Michael Clancy of Franklin, Tenn., and Calvin Harris of Snellville, Ga. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli) - Click for next photo.

Jeremy Vaden, second from right, Cummins Falls State Park ranger, shows MTSU seniors in an unmanned aircraft systems class the area in the park near Cookeville, Tenn., where a missing hiker’s remains were found in late March. The students include Michael Clancy, left, of Franklin, Tenn., and Calvin Harris of Snellville, Ga., UAS lab coordinator Alex Fomenko and Aiden Galdino of Brentwood, Tenn., who’s charting data in the Department of Aerospace’s mobile command station. (MTSU photo by J. Intintoli) - Click for next picture.

After the launch of a drone, MTSU students in an aerospace unmanned aircraft systems class study the data coming to their iPad April 1 at Cummins Falls State Park near Cookeville, Tenn. Michael Clancy, left, of Franklin, Tenn., Daryl Hickman of Murfreesboro and Aiden Galdino of Brentwood, Tenn., chart a section of the park, which saw a hiker from Ohio turn up missing in February 2021.His remains were discovered March 29.(MTSU photo by J. Intintoli) - CLICK to RETURN to this News Story.