Andy Wheeler Field Experiment

Construction Schedule

Week of .... University of Hawaii MIT Media Lab
January 22 Ship sample sensors and prototype rock to MIT, complete purchase of sensors and power supply components.  (click to see rock development)
Get IP Address for Volcano Observatory.
Install a computer in Volcano Observatory.
 
January 29 Start adding connectors to sensors and building rocks. (Feb 1) Hardware design is frozen.
February 5    
February 12 Rock construction completed. (Feb 16) Hardware back from manufacturing; testing and calibration begins.
February 19 Install sensors in the rocks.  
February 26   Ship components to Hawaii (for Feb 28 arrival).

Deployment Schedule

  March Activity
Thursday 1 All components should have arrived by this date.
Friday  2 Assemble all of the components.
Saturday 3 Assemble all of the components.  MIT team arrives (if not here already).
Sunday 4 Test
Monday 5 Test
Tuesday 6 Pack everything. Ship anything that will not be taken on the flight. 
Wednesday 7 Spare day
Thursday 8 Travel to the Big Island. Begin installation.
Friday 9 Complete the installation.
Saturday 10 Monitor and test from the Park.
Sunday 11 Monitor and test from the Park. Leave for Honolulu on a late flight.
Monday 12 Honolulu to wind out any outstanding details.

Deployment Team

Function Number of People Who
Installation Monitor (monitor units coming on-line from Volcano Observatory and in touch with the team via FRS radio) 1  
Truck Driver 1  
Rock Shuttles (take rocks to installers) 2  
Installers (plug in power, place rocks and record location information) 2  
Logistics and Trouble Shooters (plan the deployment, handle any unanticipated situations, substitute for any team members) 3 Wheeler, Biagioni, Bridges

Contacts

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

U.S. Geological Survey
P.O. Box 51, 1 Crater Rim Drive
Hawaii National Park, HI 96718

Don Swanson
Scientist-in-Charge
808-967-8863
Fax 808-967-8890
donswan@usgs.gov 

Wil Tanigawa
(lead computer person)
808-967-8803
tanigawa@usgs.gov

Ken Honma
(lead electronics person)
808-967-8846
khonma@usgs.gov

HVNP Research Center  
   
Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotel 800-442-5841
Hawaiian Airlines

link to schedules

Oahu: 838-1555
Mainland: 800-367-5320
Neighbor Islands: 800-882-8811

Air Cargo: 877-422-2746

 


Last Updated: Monday, January 22, 2001