Detweiler is the co-founder and co-director of the NIMBUS lab and the co-founder of Drone Amplified.Â
To be elected as a senior member of NAI, candidates must possess at least one United States patent that has been licensed or commercialized or have been issued at least five patents, according to the NAI.Â
There have been multiple patents issued for the projects worked on by Detweiler at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Detweiler said. Those patented works include technology that collects water samples from the air via drone, Detweiler said.Â
Drone Amplified, for which Detweiler has served as CEO since its founding in 2015, has helped develop and commercialize a technology named IGNIS that allows firefighters to more safely prevent and fight wildfires, according to Detweiler.Â