On Friday, May 6, I defended two project proposals before my PhD committee and was advanced to PhD Candidate. The first proposal was to build a series of natural experiments to determine the reliability of LoRa communications in forested, rugged terrain (i.e. Western and High Oregon Cascades). The goal of Read more
Over the preceding couple months, I began two research projects that focus on environmental sensing of earth systems. I will be writing proposals and defending them before my committee later this spring. The first project is hydrogeologic monitoring of springs and first order streams in the High Cascades supervised by Read more
At the end of May, Emilie Hooft, an Earth Sciences Professor at the University of Oregon, invited me to help with a large-scale deployment of seismic sensor nodes. I was part of a team of about 30 undergrad and grad students, along with four professors, who during the course of Read more
Wow! It certainly has been some time since my last post! First and foremost in this update is kudos for the official launch of ShakeAlert for the State of Oregon yesterday. This has been a monumental effort by Doug Toomey and the Oregon Hazards Laboratory for the past few years, Read more
Thursday last week I spent a day in the Coastal Range of Northwest Oregon near Portland installing a post-hole seismic sensor as part of the Oregon Hazards Lab management of resources in Oregon for the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. This was a combination sensor that captures large events quickly and Read more
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