The Center for Transformative Environmental Monitoring Programs (CTEMPs) invites graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and professionals to participate in a five-day immersive, hands-on workshop focused on Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) for environmental monitoring.
The Reno–Tahoe region provides a unique natural laboratory for environmental sensing applications.
What You Will Learn
- Experimental design for fiber-optic sensing
- Installation and calibration of DAS & DTS systems
- Real-time data acquisition and troubleshooting
- Seismic, hydrological, and thermal signal interpretation
- Data processing workflows in Python / MATLAB
Program Highlights
- Monday (Aug 10 - start 9 AM): Introduction to Fiber-Optic Sensing & System Overview
- Tuesday: Field Deployment & Data Acquisition (Reno)
- Wednesday: Field Applications in Lake Tahoe
- Thursday: Full-Day Hands-On Experiments & Data Analysis
- Friday (Aug 14 end 2 PM): Participant Presentations & Wrap-Up
Instructors
- Eileen Martin – Colorado School of Mines
- Adrian Harpold – University of Nevada, Reno
- Mark Hausner – Desert Research Institute
- Chris Kratt – University of Nevada, Reno
- Sara Sayyadi – University of Nevada, Reno
Who Should Attend?
- Graduate students and postdocs
- Faculty incorporating fiber-optic sensing in research
- Scientists in geophysics, hydrology, civil engineering, and environmental sciences
- Researchers interested in seismic hazard, groundwater monitoring, and near-surface processes