- Phone:
- (812) 855-6984
- Email:
- bhimebau@iu.edu
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Sustaining Hoosier Communities, Resilience: Hoosier National Forest Dark Sky Designation Project
Project abstract
Forest light pollution monitoring sensors are designed and prototyped for the Hoosier National Forest in a SICE service learning course, E314 Embedded Systems. Five sensors will be deployed by the class in the Spring 2019 semester. This proposal seeks funding to build 100 light sensors in 2 phases where 35 sensors will be continuously deployed in the Hoosier National Forest. Hourly data from the light sensors will be collected from Aug 2019 - May 2021. This system, sensors and data, will support the Hoosier National Forest’s effort to obtain International Dark Sky Park designation.
Campus partners
- Intelligent Systems Engineering
Community partners
Hoosier National Forest
Counties involved
Lawrence, Orange, Jackson, Brown, Martin, Dubois, Crawford, Monroe