MEMS harsh environment sensor array-enabled hot spring mapping

Jonathon Oiler; Everett Shock; Hilairy Hartnett; Hongyu Yu

doi:10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688332

MEMS harsh environment sensor array-enabled hot spring mapping

Jonathon Oiler, Everett Shock, Hilairy Hartnett, Hongyu Yu

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We report the design and application of MEMS temperature and electrical conductivity sensor arrays for studying the harsh environments of hot springs. Centimeter-scale measurements were necessary to measure geochemical gradients across photosynthetic bacteria transition zones. Platinum, Parylene-C, and fused silica were critical materials used in fabrication. More than 700 temperature and 90 conductivity measurements were taken in the mixing zone where two geochemically different hot spring channels converged and the data show that the temperature gradients play an important role in determining where photosynthetic organisms appear. Additionally, a novel technique was developed for studying conservative parameters at centimeter spatial scales.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE SENSORS 2013 - Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)	9781467346405
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688332
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th IEEE SENSORS 2013 Conference - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 4 Nov 2013 → 6 Nov 2013

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Name	Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

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Conference	12th IEEE SENSORS 2013 Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	4/11/13 → 6/11/13

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