Verstaevel, Nicolas Dr.

<strong>Let’s build a network of sensors monitoring environmental conditions</strong><p>Over the past 50 years the Illawarra Shoalhaven had more than 30 serious floods and three extreme floods, resulting in a fatality.</p><p>Floods have devastating consequences and affect the economy, environment and local people. To help combat the issue the Federal Government awarded $478,449 to the region for the <a href="https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/cities/smart-cities/collaboration-platform/Smart-Water-Management-Project-Illawarra-Shoalhaven.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smart Waterways project</a>.</p><p>The project use smart technology via the installation of sensors to gather data to monitor and provide information about the region’s waterways.</p><p>There are several project components including <a href="http://digitallivinglab.uow.edu.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smarter Schools for a Smarter Planet</a>, which is aimed at enabling regional high school students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics gain skills in the construction and use of smart technologies to monitor water issues relevant to their school environment.<br /><br /><strong>Working with the high schools students and teachers</strong><br /><br />UOW researchers engaged with ten high schools in the Illawarra and conducted workshops to explain to the student what is the Internet-of-Things (IoT), how they can start building sensors and their use in real-world applications. The workshop also introduced the concepts of open data and open software to the students. Each student were given the IoT development kit used during the workshop.<br /><br />The project also aimed at helping the high school teachers to develop their own IoT sessions through dedicated workshops. The project team then provide both the necessary equipment and technical support to the teachers and their schools.<br /><strong><br />Open data</strong><br /><br />The environmental data collected by the sensors built by the students will be shared with the community and will be also used by the other components of the Smart Waterways project.<br /><br /><strong>A collaborative project</strong><br /><br />The Smart Waterways project is a collaboration between Wollongong City Council, Shellharbour City Council, Kiama Municipal Council, Shoalhaven City Council, Lendlease Calderwood Valley Communities and SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong.<br /><br /></p>

<strong>Let’s build a network of sensors monitoring environmental conditions</strong><p>Over the past 50 years the Illawarra Shoalhaven had more than 30 serious floods and three extreme floods, resulting in a fatality.</p><p>Floods have devastating consequences and affect the economy, environment and local people. To help combat the issue the Federal Government awarded $478,449 to the region for the <a href="https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/cities/smart-cities/collaboration-platform/Smart-Water-Management-Project-Illawarra-Shoalhaven.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smart Waterways project</a>.</p><p>The project use smart technology via the installation of sensors to gather data to monitor and provide information about the region’s waterways.</p><p>There are several project components including <a href="http://digitallivinglab.uow.edu.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smarter Schools for a Smarter Planet</a>, which is aimed at enabling regional high school students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics gain skills in the construction and use of smart technologies to monitor water issues relevant to their school environment.<br /><br /><strong>Working with the high schools students and teachers</strong><br /><br />UOW researchers engaged with ten high schools in the Illawarra and conducted workshops to explain to the student what is the Internet-of-Things (IoT), how they can start building sensors and their use in real-world applications. The workshop also introduced the concepts of open data and open software to the students. Each student were given the IoT development kit used during the workshop.<br /><br />The project also aimed at helping the high school teachers to develop their own IoT sessions through dedicated workshops. The project team then provide both the necessary equipment and technical support to the teachers and their schools.<br /><strong><br />Open data</strong><br /><br />The environmental data collected by the sensors built by the students will be shared with the community and will be also used by the other components of the Smart Waterways project.<br /><br /><strong>A collaborative project</strong><br /><br />The Smart Waterways project is a collaboration between Wollongong City Council, Shellharbour City Council, Kiama Municipal Council, Shoalhaven City Council, Lendlease Calderwood Valley Communities and SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong.<br /><br /></p>