20181207 - University of Toledo Water Quality Sensor for NASA Globe Program

20181207 - University of Toledo Water Quality Sensor for NASA Globe Program

These Engineering students at the University of Toledo created a low-cost water quality sensor as part of their Senior Design Project. This work was done in conjunction with GLOBE Mission EARTH and is intended to provide a low-cost alternative to more expensive water quality sensors. The multi-probe that the students created includes sensors to analyze Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Conductivity and Temperature. The sensors connect via an Arduino board contained in the plastic housing. Data collected by the sensors are sent to the internal data logger and saved in .csv format on an SD card. 

Watch their video presentation below!

To learn more about Arduino, see here: https://www.arduino.cc/en/guide/introduction.

For further information about this low-cost option for water quality analysis, feel free to contact Dr. Glenn Lipscomb at glenn.lipscomb@utoledo.edu. You can also visit his University of Toledo webpage here: http://www.utoledo.edu/engineering/chemical-engineering/glenn.html.