Tag: wireless sensors

Campus to lead $27.5 million TerraSwarm Research Center

January 17, 2013:

Researchers in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences have been awarded $27.5 million over five years to spearhead the new TerraSwarm Research Center, which will address the huge potential — and risks — of the pervasive integration of smart, networked sensors connecting our world. Edward A. Lee and Jan Rabaey will serve as director and associate director, respectively, of the new multi-university team. The grant is being awarded by the industry members of the Semiconductor Research Corporation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as a part of the Focus Center Research Program.

Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow

May 9, 2012:

A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River on May 9, in a field test organized by UC Berkeley engineers. The devices, equipped with GPS-enabled smartphones, demonstrated the next generation of water-monitoring technology, promising to transform the way government agencies track one of the state’s most precious resources.

Remote sensing places nature at our fingertips

January 27, 2012:

UC Berkeley geologist Bill Dietrich and biologist Todd Dawson are two of many UC scientists placing remote sensors in natural reserves to map land, track animals and collect environmental data.

NSF awards $2 million to expand Sierra Nevada water sensors

October 3, 2011:

CITRIS researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Merced have received a $2 million NSF grant to expand their network of wireless sensors in the Sierra Nevada. The sensors enable remote monitoring of snow depth, stream flow, water content in soil and use of water in vegetation – data that will be used to help manage one of the most precious resources in the state.