LEWIS 5
We are working the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh and the National Science Foundation and Low-Cost Efficient Wireless Intelligent Sensors (LEWIS) to enhancing community resilience where the sensor solutions are designed and built by the community. This represents a paradigm shift and a novel approach to smart and connected communities. The communities now will be designing and developing their own sensors/solutions they chose. In this proposal, Pueblo communities will design, build and implement their own LEWIS networks. These self-built distributed sensor networks will inform communities of trends and thresholds in landscapes that can assist in managing wildfires and providing early warning when fires and floods occur. This project’s long-term vision is to develop a Nationwide community of practice that shares ideas, designs, and applications for resilience in Tribal communities by co-developing capacity and communications related to sensor networks and decision- support tools. You can read more about this project here. If successful, they will deploy dozens/hundreds of LEWIS networks for their own use. We will ensure the project is sustainable and community centered, motivated by their needs/interests and knowledge. Please contact fmoreu@unm.edu if you want to help us design and develop LEWIS with our knowledgeable Native American partners.
