Leah Sanders, Pe Email & Phone Number

Roanoke, Va, Us

• Instruct 60 students in AOE 2114 Fundamentals of Flight Training, a spring semester technical elective that serves as a ground school course in preparation for the FAA Private Pilot Knowledge Exam• Utilize FAA Advanced Ground Instructor certificate to provide successful students with the necessary endorsement to sit for the exam.• Present on topics including airplane systems and functions, principles of aerodynamics, aviation environment, weather theory, aircraft performance and navigation calculations, regulations, national airspace system, and human factors.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Responsible for defining, proposing, and implementing guidelines, processes, and procedures. Manage staff and resources to provide safe and effective operational support that enables aeronautical research by the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP). Exercise sound decision making and problem solving skills while providing subject matter technical and operational expertise to core functions and affiliate operations. Serve as liaison with internal and external stakeholders and facilitate collaborations and research growth with MAAP partners.

Managed complex flight operations using a variety of UAS platforms and sensors while ensuring compliance with FAA regulations.

EEE Consulting became part of WSSI in late 2020.

Blacksburg, Virginia

• Oversee unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations on natural resource sites ranging from a few acres to ~2000 acres• Achieved a Part 107.39 waiver for UAS operations over humans• Designed workflow for generating orthoimagery and photogrammetric models of natural resource sites• Remained up-to-date on and disseminated latest FAA regulations and industry trends to team. • Sought out opportunities both internal and external to educate others on the use of UAS in engineering• Review stormwater/erosion and sediment control plan sets and data• Prepare detailed proposal documents and manage multiple subcontractors• Design, implement and perform post-construction monitoring on stream restoration sites• Create complex watershed studies such as total maximum daily loads

• $25000 grant from Rolex alongside many other sponsorships that sends one North American each year around the world to work on various water-related projects• Collaborated on the progress of water management practices in the Netherlands• Contributed to the development of irrigation systems for drought-stricken farmers in Kenya• Explored and documented a century-old flooded iron mine in Wisconsin using rebreather and photogrammetry technologies• Utilized closed circuit rebreathers to dive into the cold and overhead environment while also managing complex photography equipment in order to document artifacts and create photogrammetric models• Collaborated with team of five scientists, historians, and engineers to create an application package to the National Register of Historic Places for the mine site, which was ultimately accepted• Worked with cinematographers on UAS flight and videography techniques for various nature films• Utilized LIDAR to analyze erosion effects on the cliffs of the California coastline