The deadline to submit a session, town hall, or pre-conference workshop proposal for AGU25 has passed. Please search for and review proposed sessions below. Please note this site is frozen as of 4/29/25 and will not reflect any changes to proposals made after this date.


Conveners will be contacted by the AGU25 Program Committee with any requests for mergers or edits to proposals. Conveners will be notified of the acceptance of their proposal in mid-June.


Abstract submissions will also open in mid-June and the deadline for abstract submissions is 30 July, 2025.


Please visit the AGU25 website for more information or please contact AGU with any questions.

Session Proposal: The MacGyver Session: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Understand the Near Surface Environment (AGU25)

NS016
The MacGyver Session: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Understand the Near Surface Environment

Session ID#: 248831

Session Description:
With the popularity of Arduinos/ESP32s/Raspberry Pis, as well as the availability of inexpensive sensors that work with these devices, scientific data acquisition is becoming ever more accessible to a broader range of researchers. We invite everyone who has designed their own experiment, built their own sensors, or designed their own software to share what you have done with the broader community, and especially to show us how you have done this. Innovative sensor uses or sensor networks that measure any aspect of Earth’s near-surface environment, from centimeters to hundreds of meters below ground, are welcomed. We encourage you to bring your equipment to show what you have created, and to even use it to capture data live at the meeting!
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ED - Education
  • H - Hydrology
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

0535 Hardware solutions [COMPUTATIONAL GEOPHYSICS]
0994 Instruments and techniques [EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS]
1972 Sensor web [INFORMATICS]
9805 Instruments useful in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]
Primary Convener:  Rhett B Herman, Radford University, Physics, Radford, VA, United States
Conveners:  Burke J Minsley, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, United States, Brian Moyer, University of Maryland College Park, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, College Park, United States and Ryan D. Stewart, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, United States
 
Gravity techniques for site characterization: Homemade and bespoke algorithms (1974103)
William Brower Levandowski, Tetra Tech, Chapel Hill, United States, Daniel O'Connell, USGS Emeritus, Evergreen, United States, Lincoln Steele, Tetra Tech, Inc., Lakewood, United States, Majid Mirzanejad, Tetra Tech, Inc., Reno, United States and Lizzy Clyne, Tetra Tech, Inc., Portland, United States
 
Monitoring Surface Processes of Alpine Water-Harvesting Earthworks Using a Multi-Instrument Sensor Network (1983146)
Matthew C LaFevor1, Carlos E Ramos-Scharron2, Ismail Olajide1, Timothy Oyesode1 and Nieco Herrington1, (1)The University of Alabama, Department of Geography & the Environment, Tuscaloosa, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geography & the Environment, Austin, United States
See more of: Near Surface Geophysics
<< Previous Session Proposal | Next Session Proposal >>