Scalable and Robust Prototype of Sensor Network for Real-Time Street Level Flood Measurement

REPORT : Aug. 30, 2019 HURRICANE HARVEY

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Gary Woods and team from the civil and environmental engineering department created low-cost flood sensors that were tested on Rice’s campus in spring 2019.

A team from the civil and environmental engineering department created low-cost flood sensors that were tested on Rice’s campus in spring 2019. The team created relatively low-price sensors and pitched the system to several entities interested in having real-time street-level flooding information.

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