FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS: ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS

1. FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS: ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS Tom O’Rourke Cornell University

2. SENSORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL & INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS • Flexible SubstrateTechnology: • Polymer substrate • Thousands of sensors • Adaptable to field conditions • Proven durable & reliable • Any # of sensors • Any # of analytes • Interrogate individually - sensitivity • Sum sensor responses - dynamic range • Faster time response

3. Landfills • Environmental Monitoring • Water Supply • Pipelines FUNCTION FOLLOWS FORM • Sheets • Strips • Spirals • Cylinders

4. LANDFILLS

6. Wick drain installation equipment to be used for installation of flexible substrate sensor systems ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

8. PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS

9. Output for analyses CAP Flexible electronics sensor networks SAND CLAY CLAY Flow with analyte in Flow out SAND X X X X X X SAND BASE

10. WATER SUPPLIES Los Angeles Reservoir

11. a) Sensor Sheet c) Monitoring b) Spiral Configuration

12. Linings/Insertions for Ducts (Air/Gas Flow) Linings/Insertions for Pipelines and Fluid Conduits (Fluid Flow) PIPELINES AND DUCTS

13. Internal FRPs • Internal Linings • Trenchless Installation • Reinforcement to Mitigate Brittle Failure, Corrosion Effects, and Joint Leakage

15. Landfills • Environmental Monitoring • Water Supply • Pipelines FUNCTION FOLLOWS FORM • Sheets • Strips • Spirals • Cylinders