Sensor Networks and the “Smart Campus": A New Capstone for Civil and Environmental Engineering (Renewal Proposal)

Principal Investigator
Prof. Colette Heald, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Prof. Jesse Kroll, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Fund: Alumni Class Funds
Funding Period: AY2015
Department/Lab/Center: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Project Website: https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/1/sp15/1.092/index.html

The field of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) spans a wide range of cutting-edge topics related to sustainability in the built and natural environments. To match this level of innovation in CEE undergraduate education at MIT, we are developing a new senior capstone course focused on pervasive sensing. The class addresses themes in CEE by designing and deploying state-of-the-art sensor networks for MIT’s campus. Data from these networks will be accessible online, in real-time, for both researchers and the wider public. This proposal requests funds to support Year 2 of the development of this new capstone as well as the specific networks to be designed in Year 2, aimed at monitoring the emissions footprint and structural health of the MIT campus.