College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences (BCAS)
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-03 23:33:52
Major
Geology
Honors Course
Honors Project: 3370: 497-002; 497-003
Number of Credits
5
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2020
Abstract
This project aimed to develop a methane sensor for deployment on an unmanned aerial system (UAS), or drone, platform. This design is centered around low cost, commercially available modular hardware components and open source software libraries. Once successfully developed, this system was deployed at the Bath Nature Preserve in Bath Township, Summit County Ohio in order to detect any potential on site fugitive methane emissions in the vicinity of the oil and gas infrastructure present. The deliverables of this project (i.e. the data collected at BNP) will be given to the land managers there to better inform future management and planning. Despite showing initial promise, further work is needed to fully assess the utility of this system. Beyond this application, the proposed system has implications for the crowdsourcing of air quality data collection due to the low cost and commercial availability of hardware components and the open source nature of any necessary software.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Shanon Donnelly
First Reader
Dr. Linda Barrett
Second Reader
Dr. Hunter King
Honors Faculty Advisor
Dr. John Peck
Recommended Citation
DeMali, Gavin, "Developing a UAS-Deployable Methane Sensor Using Low-Cost Modular Open-Source Components" (2020). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1051.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1051
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Aeronautical Vehicles Commons, Atmospheric Sciences Commons, Climate Commons, Controls and Control Theory Commons, Electrical and Electronics Commons, Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Commons, Environmental Monitoring Commons, Fluid Dynamics Commons, Oil, Gas, and Energy Commons, Sustainability Commons, Systems and Communications Commons, Systems Architecture Commons, Systems Engineering and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Commons, Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons