The majority of electricity utilized by UC Berkeley, along with its entire steam supply for heating, is generated from a co-generation plant situated on campus, which, however, contributes to 80 % of campus CO2 emissions. Moreover, the aged energy delivery… Read More »DOE – Geothermal based Optimized Energy Systems (GOES)
CSI researchers fully instrumented a fully operational onshore wind turbine at the Rocky Ridge Wind Farm in Oklahoma in the Fall 2022. Analyzers using different technologies, including an analyzer that implements Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), are currently collecting data daily… Read More »Enel – Wind Turbine Tower Monitoring with Distributed Strain Sensing
Caltrans – Geotechnical Resistance Capacity and Stress Distribution of Soil/Grout Interface of Ground Anchors in Various Soil/Rock Conditions using Continuous Fiber Optics Strain Technology and Strain Compatibility Methodology CSI is working with Caltrans to develop a cutting-edge distributed fiber optic… Read More »Caltrans – DFOS-embedded Ground Anchors
CSI has collaborated with Caltrans to deploy a distributed fiber optic sensing technology, specifically Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS) and Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) to quantify the effect of Cast-In-Steel Shell (CISS) pile soil plugging on pile capacity. The construction processes… Read More »Caltrans – Evaluation of Soil Plug Geotechnical Resistance in the Design of CISS Piles
CSI, in collaboration with Texas A&M University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is part of a research team dedicated to establishing a cutting-edge field laboratory in the hydrocarbon-rich Eagle Ford Shale formation. Supported by the Department of Energy (DOE), their… Read More »DOE / LBNL – Supported R&D on Optical Time Domain Reflectometer Dynamic Strain Sensing System Development and Application to Hydraulic Fracture
CSI aims to advance understanding of the impacts of the urban underground on the subsurface temperature increase at the city scale. In this research, high-performance computing (HPC) based city-scale underground climate change simulator is developed. To calibrate and validate the… Read More »NSF – CMMI-EPSRC Modeling and Monitoring of Urban Underground Climate Change (MUC2)
CSI has proposed to develop and field demonstrate an integrated suite of novel, autonomous, and real-time NGS wellbore integrity monitoring technologies based on distributed electromagnetic and fiber optic reflectometry methods. Wellbore integrity is of paramount importance to the safe storage… Read More »CEC / LBNL – NGS-SMART: Natural Gas Storage – Safety Monitoring with Autonomous Reflectometry Technologies
UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers conducted a 4-point bend test and a shake table test to compare and evaluate the capabilities of two technologies: Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (OFDR) and Phase-based Time Domain Reflectometry (φ-OTDR) in the… Read More »CEC / LBNL- Integrated DFOS for Realtime Monitoring of OWT Gearbox and Tower Operation and Marine Animal Activities
Testing wildfire evacuation strategies and coordination plans for Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) communities in CaliforniaIn the event of a wildfire, government agencies need to make quick and well-informed decisions to ensure the safe evacuation of people. Small communities in Marin County… Read More »Berkeley ITS – Testing wildfire evacuation strategies and coordination plans for Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) communities in California
The Computational Modeling and Simulation Center (SimCenter) is dedicated to enhancing the nation’s ability to simulate the impact of natural hazards on structures, lifelines, and communities. They offer advanced computational modeling and simulation software tools, support, and educational materials to… Read More »NSF – Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure: Computational Modeling and Simulation Center 2021-2025