Design of a Low-cost Underwater Wireless Sensor Network for Water Quality Monitoring

Abstract

With the ongoing advancements in the field of wireless technologies and sensor networking, a lot of research is taking place in using such sensor networks for multitude monitoring situations, e.g. home, office monitoring systems, body area sensor networks, and environmental monitoring systems. These systems cost a lot and are complicated as in operating. Thus, our main goal is the development of low-cost, yet effective sensor networks for monitoring the quality of water bodies like lakes, water reservoirs, ponds, etc., Such systems would be deployed in a lake, a small reservoir, etc., which would relay back the real-time values of different parameters like pH, turbidity, temperature, etc., to the monitoring station wirelessly in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

Keywords:

• Sensor networks
• Underwater wireless sensor networks
• Water quality monitoring
• ZigBee technology

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Notes on contributors

Mohammad Haroon Waseem

Mohammad Haroon Waseem received a B.S degree in Electrical (Telecommunications) Engineering from COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Islamabad. Pakistan. During his Bachelors he was the team leader on the final year project, which was development of low cost and effective underwater wireless sensors for monitoring the quality of water The project was funded by the Ministry of Information and Technology’s ICT R&D fund. Currently doing independent projects based on wireless automation sensors, indoor Ariel platforms for multiple uses like building mapping, building surveillance etc. His current research interests include Wireless sensors for monitoring and surveillance, home and Industrial Automation, Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) for commercial and academic research usage. E-mail: [email protected]

Muhammad Alamzeb

Muhammad Alamzeb completed his Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Comsats Institute of Information and Technology in 2013. During his university time he had been involved in image processing and other computational projects. His interests include machine vision, automation and renewable energies. E-mail: [email protected]

Basir Mustafa

Basir Mustafa completed his Bachelors in Telecom Engineering from Comsats Institute of Information and Technology in 2013. During his time at the university Basir was a team member of a number of research projects that were focused towards building communication links in rural parts of Pakistan. He has also been a part of PTCL as an intern during summer of 2012. Currently working in OMV Pakistan an international oil and gas company pursuing multiple projects in Pakistan. E-mail: [email protected]

Fahad Malik

Fahad Malik completed his Bachelors in Telecom Engineering from Comsats Institute of Information and Technology in 2013. During his university time he had been involved in networking and hardware projects along with research on acoustic networks. E-mail: [email protected]

Mustafa Shakir

Mustafa Shakir got his PhD in Information and Communication Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China in 2008. He is an Assistant Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad since 2010. He has also worked at Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited and conducted sessions and trainings on Broadband Access, Next Generation Networks, IPTV, Data Communications and Understanding Telecom Networks and Services. His areas of interest include wireless networks and communication systems, ad hoc networks, sensor networks and next generation networks. E-mail: [email protected]

Mahmood Ashraf Khan

Mahmood Ashraf Khan got his PhD from the University of Aston in Birmingham, UK in 1992. He is serving as Director, Centre for Advanced Studies in Telecommunications (CAST) at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. He has over seventeen years of services at Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd, Islamabad, in different capacities. Dr. Mahmood has an extensive experience in conducting research & development programs at national and international level and providing consultancy services. He has coordinated with different international funding organizations and honored with excellence award from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan. His research interests include data communication systems, transport and access related networks and technologies. E-mail: [email protected]