Technical Integration

CASA's engineered systems play a unique role in integrating efforts across research trusts; indeed these test beds could not function without the multidisciplinary collaboration among CASA faculty, staff, and students from all thrusts.  In this section, we discuss the activities and accomplishments associated with our two core test beds in addition to an associated test bed on the UMass campus.

• Integrated Project 1 (IP1) is a four-node "end-to-end" system test bed aimed at precipitation and hazardous wind-sensing in "tornado alley" southwestern Oklahoma. This system is "end-to-end" in that critical and substantial end-user populations are involved in this test bed.
• The IP3 test bed is a student-led test bed in the area around Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The students are focusing on "off-the-grid" sensing in resource-poor (e.g., energy and communication-constrained) environments and also use plugged-in radars as well.
• Test bed. This project is an outgrowth of Brian Donovan's PhD dissertation where he examined the off-the-grid problem. While this test bed is not student managed, it is a source of ideas and technologies that are of benefit to the IP3/student led project and as such is an important Associated Project for CASA.