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Drone talk with Jay Seidel; we talk about what's new, what's coming and all the new rules are happening to the drone world. Jay is professor and director of the Fullerton Drone Lab at Fullerton College. He has always had a passion for aviation as he was a member of the Civil Air Patrol as a teenager, where he flew gliders and immersed himself in all things aviation. This, coupled with his other passion of visual storytelling is what lead him to drones and to create the Fullerton Drone Lab at Fullerton College.
He is a Part 107 certified UAS Pilot and has been flying drones since 2016. He is an AUVSI TOP (Level 3) UAV Instructor and is a member of the FAA’s Safety Team where he is a Drone Pro for Orange and Los Angeles counties. He regularly speaks across Southern California communities about drone safety and drone education.
He wrote the textbook Drones: Training and Applications to Digital Imaging and has been a guest speaker and trainer at a variety of industry workshops and conferences. He is the president of the AUVSI Lindbergh Chapter, which include members from all areas of autonomous systems from all of Southern California.
He served 12 years in the U.S. Army and California Army National Guard where he worked as an engineer and photojournalist.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism of Cal State Long Beach and his master’s degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton. He is helping to build the drone journalism course and program at CSULB, San Diego State University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.
In addition to teaching drone tech courses, he also teaches a variety of courses in multimedia and visual journalism and trains students on everything from writing and photography to audio and video (including drones and 360 video). He has worked as a journalist for more than 15 years.
He is also the festival director and founder of the Southern California Drone Film Festival, which showcases the creative work or aerial visual storytellers.
The Orange County native enjoys spending time with his family, sports, traveling, photography, flying drones, 360 video/VR, and all things tech.
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Drone talk with Jay Seidel; we talk about what's new, what's coming and all the new rules are happening to the drone world. Jay is professor and director of the Fullerton Drone Lab at Fullerton College. He has always had a passion for aviation as he was a member of the Civil Air Patrol as a teenager, where he flew gliders and immersed himself in all things aviation. This, coupled with his other passion of visual storytelling is what lead him to drones and to create the Fullerton Drone Lab at Fullerton College.
He is a Part 107 certified UAS Pilot and has been flying drones since 2016. He is an AUVSI TOP (Level 3) UAV Instructor and is a member of the FAA’s Safety Team where he is a Drone Pro for Orange and Los Angeles counties. He regularly speaks across Southern California communities about drone safety and drone education.
He wrote the textbook Drones: Training and Applications to Digital Imaging and has been a guest speaker and trainer at a variety of industry workshops and conferences. He is the president of the AUVSI Lindbergh Chapter, which include members from all areas of autonomous systems from all of Southern California.
He served 12 years in the U.S. Army and California Army National Guard where he worked as an engineer and photojournalist.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism of Cal State Long Beach and his master’s degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton. He is helping to build the drone journalism course and program at CSULB, San Diego State University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.
In addition to teaching drone tech courses, he also teaches a variety of courses in multimedia and visual journalism and trains students on everything from writing and photography to audio and video (including drones and 360 video). He has worked as a journalist for more than 15 years.
He is also the festival director and founder of the Southern California Drone Film Festival, which showcases the creative work or aerial visual storytellers.
The Orange County native enjoys spending time with his family, sports, traveling, photography, flying drones, 360 video/VR, and all things tech.
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