Mid-Latitude All-sky-imager Network for Geophysical Observation 2

Disturbances that propagate through the ionospheric region in Earth’s atmosphere, called ionospheric waves, were the focus of this project. SRI International has a network of nine imagers scattered throughout the United States that take pictures of the night sky. This project developed two systems that process these images. The first system integrated images from the imaging network and displayed the resulting mosaic over a geographical map projection. The second system enhanced, analyzed, and identified ionospheric wave features in each image. The team also provided SRI with a developer’s manual. These tools will be useful in providing a better tool for SRI to understand ionospheric waves

Developing an Integrated Traffic Corridor in Santa Fe through Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure

Santa Fe, NM experienced an increase in traffic congestion and accidents. Current traffic infrastructure is in need of improvement. This project inventoried traffic infrastructure around Santa Fe and investigated methods for calculating travel times through the city, with the goal of analyzing the implementation of an integrated traffic corridor. The project concluded that using INRIX data for travel times was reliable and that implementing an integrated traffic corridor in Santa Fe had a benefit-cost ratio of 75:1. Our results will provide accurate travel times to the public via dynamic message signs and potentially help the city of Santa Fe implement an integrated corridor in future years to help reduce traffic congestion and accidents