Imraan Faruque


Dr. Imraan Faruque is an American who is most known as a designer and author in the unmanned aerial vehicle field. He is the designer responsible for a variety of UAVs, including several currently operational in Iraq, the most well-known being the R-series UAVs which are based on commercial airframes, along with work on Insitu's ScanEagle. These vehicles are normally deployed as a part of reconnaissance missions as they are unarmed but carry either a significant camera or FLIR unit.

Personal life

He was born on August 9 in Alexandria, Virginia, but soon moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he lived until 2002 when he moved to Blacksburg,Virginia, where he earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech. Also was in US FIRST robotics competition. Imraan is the brother of fellow Virginia Tech graduate, Ruel Faruque, a researcher and team member for the Virginia Tech DARPA Urban Challenge team.
On July 16, 2016 he was married to Rachel Mumbert.

Organizational Involvement

Faruque is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, an alumnus founding member of the Royal Aeronautical Society's Human Powered Aircraft Group at Virginia Tech, a Minta Martin Endowed Fellow at the University of Maryland, and is reported to do advisory work for various government and university agencies in unmanned aerial vehicle design and flight test at the Army's Fort Benning, GA; Eglin Air Force Base, FL; Tyndall Air Force Base, FL; and Patuxent River Naval Air Station, MD. He serves as a worship leader for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. Imraan is a post-doctorate scholar of the Virginia University of Maryland Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory where he has worked on "insect-like robots."

Published works

Faruque's published works include