Two standout members of the Temple Mechatronics Lab—the lead engineers behind the OWL-Sight detection system—spent this past summer as engineering interns at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. Now back on campus as graduate students in Temple’s 4+1 Master’s program, both have secured full-time post-graduation job offers with the company in Baltimore....
Conter Drone & Interception
Temple University Mechatronics Lab, Counter-UAV research team was proud to participate in the Tech Expo at the 2026 NDIA DVC Aerospace Conference on 6/9/2026, Advancing the Future Battlespace: Unmanned Aerial Systems and Counter-UAV Technologies. The team was honored to receive the Best Undergraduate Research Award as well as an...
Hannah Tugado and Santiago Troya earned the Best Visual Poster award at the ASME Philadelphia Section Banquet for their presentation on the Drone Mounted Air Quality Sensor System initiative. The project was developed as part of cOllab: Community Impact, a research and mentorship initiative within the Mechatronics Lab that connects...
The OWL-Sight Team, Connor Beck, Rocco Haeufgloeckner, and Henry Krumrine, showcased their work at the 2026 Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at the Howard Gittis Student Center on Main Campus at Temple University. The team presented a poster featuring preliminary results from their prototype...
As part of the OWL Project, the OWL Strike: Autonomous Drone Neutralization senior design team successfully presented their work in the Fall 2025 semester. The team members are Owen Pelonero, Gavin Buce, Danny Tropeano, and Andrew Freeman, shown from left to right in the picture above. In this project, OWL...
