Workshop 2017

Wireless Sensing for Urban Hydrology

August 23-25, 2017. Room 223 of the Gorguze Family Laboratory, University of Michigan.

CUAHSI, NCAR and the Kerkez Lab at University of Michigan have teamed up to host the first Open-Storm workshop, which will be held August 23-25th in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The goal of this workshop will be to provide students an end-to-end overview of the role modern sensing technologies will play in the study and management of urban hydrology. We will learn how to program, assemble, and deploy open-source wireless sensor nodes. Students will also learn how to use the CHORDS platform, a new cloud hosted real-time data system developed specifically for geoscientists. All forty registration slot have been filled and we expect participants from academia, government, and industry. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone in Ann Arbor.

Workshop Prep

Those who have time are highly encouraged to read a few papers and install the necessary software. This will help us move along more smoothly and make the most out of our time.

Software

If you plan to use your own wifi-enabled windows laptop, please install the latest version of PSoC creator: http://www.cypress.com/products/psoc-creator-integrated-design-environment-ide
Create Amazon web-services account: http://ncar.github.io/chords/aws.html

Reading

Schedule

Wednesday 8/23/17 – Intro and sensing fundamentals
9AM	Intro and logistic		All organizers
9:15AM	Urban hydrology: challenges and opportunities, intro to “Smart” stormwater systems		Kerkez

10:15AM	Coffee Break
10:30AM	Fundamentals of sensing and data acquisitions		Kerkez
11:30AM	Open-storm.org: An open source end-to-end urban sensing and control platform		Bartos
12:00 AM	Hands-on: Overview of the programming environment		Kerkez
12:30PM	Lunch
1:30PM	Hands-on: Digital IO logic and control – “Blinky”		Kerkez
2:00PM	Hands-on: Reading data from a sensor		Bartos
3PM	Break
3:20PM	Hands-on: Sending your sensor data to the web. Download the example project here. Those who finish quickly can try out other sensors or bring their own.		Bartos
5:30PM	Adjourn
	All workshop project solutions are available for download on https://github.com/open-storm/open-storm-workshop
Thursday 8/24/17 – Data services and sensor node fabrication
9AM	Introduction to the EarthCube CHORDS data platform		Martin/Daniels
9:40AM	Setting up a CHORDS real-time data portal		Dye
10:30AM	Break
10:45AM	Setting up a CHORDS real-time data portal (continued)		Bartos
11:45AM	Hands-on: Sending sensor data to CUAHSI’s data center		Clark/Dye
12:30PM	Lunch
1PM	Hands-on: Putting together the whole systems – Solar panels, batteries and enclosures	Watershed Tour	Kerkez
3:30PM	Break
3:50PM	Assemble and prepare sensor nodes for next day’s deployment	Watershed Tour	Kerkez
5:30PM	Adjourn
6:30PM	Optional group dinner – Mark’s Food Carts & Bills Beer Garden		Downtown Ann Arbor
Friday 8/25/17 – Deployments and Tours
9AM	Depart in groups to deploy sensor nodes.		Various group leaders
12:30PM	Lunch
1:30PM	Reconvene on campus to monitor deployed nodes.	Depart in groups to deploy sensor nodes (as needed).	Kerkez
4PM	Adjourn as necessary

Getting There

The workshop will be held on the University of Michigan’s North Campus, in room 223 of the Gorguze Family Laboratory (2609 Draper Dr.). If you are staying at one of the designated hotels, transportation will be arranged. Otherwise, public transit works really well, as do ridehare services, such as Uber and Lyft. Paid opublic parking is available right by the building in case you plan to drive yourself (please see map below).

Building and entrance

Classroom

Visitor parking (VP) is labeled. There is a lot right across the street of the building.