https://www.wesa.fm/development-transportation/2024-05-21/mount-washington-landslide-mitigation-climate-change “Metro21 is now working with the City of Pittsburgh Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority and researchers at Penn State on a new pilot project to use existing fiber optic cables — like those used for the internet — as sensors to monitor underground hazards in Pittsburgh at a low-cost….

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN NOVEL SENSORS FOR NATURAL HAZARDS IN PITTSBURGH (May – August 2024) We seek two undergraduate research assistants as part of a project to test the novel use of underground fiber-optic cables for use in sensing hazards and underground phenomena like sinkhole formation, landslides, flooding, and sewer leakage. This is part of…

The FORESEE-Geohazards project (2022-24) was selected by the NSF CIVIC program and will leverage existing telecommunication fiber-optic infrastructure as a novel subsurface environmental sensor network in Pittsburgh PA. The goal is to identify certain geohazards and/or infrastructure issues such as landslides, leaking sewer pipes, or poor drainage. “Existing fiber optic cables used for high-speed internet…