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Project Overview

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Our project is part of the “Leading in a Digital World” course at Chalmers University of Technology. The aim of the project is to develop a low-cost sensor that can be applied to citizen science in order to fill the coastal data gaps. Therefore, the name of the challenge is “The Coastal Data Gap Challenge”. In this challenge, we aim to develop a Coastal Data (CD) platform that integrates scientific literature in a marine citizen science project. Our team has developed a coastal data collection sensor instrument, and as part of our project, we are conducting an analysis of one coastal/marine industry, the small boat marina industry, to ensure that our CD platform fulfills a true data user need. Through data collection such as interviews and general research, we are learning about this industry today as well as investigating how PESTEL forces might influence this industry in the future. 


With our project, we hope to contribute to the broader goal of enhancing coastal sustainability and management. On this website, you'll find information about our overall process and progress in a lab logbook format. Below is a shorter format of our logbook, providing an overview of the process.

Click HERE to read the full logbook.

 

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Lab 1 - Brainstorming & Research Exploration

OBJECTIVES

  • Creating a vision for what area we want to research and how to approach the stakeholders 

  • Calling potential stakeholders to find what kind of data would be useful for their field of research 

  • Iterative process - trying to find an idea that is viable from a research, economical, and technical point of view 

PROCEDURE​

  • Brainstorming and discussion about the industry, variables to measure, and stakeholders

  • Searching for relevant articles, websites, and interviewees for the PESTEL-analysis

  • Researching potential sensors

  • Contacting scientists at SMHI and Göteborgs University to get their input on what data would be useful for them 

  • Contacting marinas to engage in partnership

RESULTS

  •   Establishing a clear first idea on what data we want to collect and how we could collect it. A sensor that marinas handheld that small boatowner can borrow to collect data behind their boats. 

  • Found several possible interviews for our PESTEL analysis and started reaching out to them

NEXT STEPS

  • Contact the persons we are individually responsible for

  • Look for sponsors

  • Searching for parts to buy to construct our sensor

Lab 2 - Pitching & Exploration

OBJECTIVES

  • Creating a vision for what area we want to research and how to approach the stakeholders 

  • Iterative process - trying to find an idea that is viable from a research, economical, and technical point of view 

  • Visiting the Revere Lab to collect the "start kit" for the sensor 

  • Finding interesting persons to interview in our PESTEL analysis and perhaps booking interviews 

  • Writing our initial idea and recording it 

PROCEDURE​

  • Worked together to write and record our first idea

  • Reaching out for persons to interview for the PESTEL analysis and the environmental system analysis

  • Getting a tour around Revere Lab

  • Searching for sensor parts online and getting a better understanding of what is technologically and economically possible

RESULTS

  • First idea video performed and recorded

  • Booked interview for our PESTEL analysis: Darren Smith of Oceninfinity (Technology), David Josefsson of the Swedish Parliament (Politics), and Aron Westholm (Law)

  • Booked interview with Katrin Amann of Chalmers for the environmental system analysis

  • Booked meeting with one person in a small boat harbor

  • Created a draft of  questions for the interviews

  • Ordered GPS and temperature 

NEXT STEPS

  • Preparing interviews - researching and writing questions

  • Doing the interviews

  • Conduct an initial PESTEL analysis of our industry

Lab 3 - Marina Insights

OBJECTIVES

  • Preparation of interviews

  • Conducting interviews

  • Initiate deep dive into the marina industry

PROCEDURE​​

  • Resarched marinas - stakeholders, customers and their needs, environmental challenges, impact of digital technologies etc

  • Doing an initial PESTEL of global trends that influence marinas

  • Preparing questions for each person in PESTEL

RESULTS

  • Better understanding of marinas

  • Phase 1 of deep dive completed

  • Questions for interviews done

NEXT STEPS

  • Doing the interviews

  • Start programming the sensor

  • Continue the industry deep dive phase 2

Lab 1

OBJECTIVES

  • Doing the political, legal, technical, economic and social interviews of PESTEL 

  • Doing the interview for the environmental system analysis

  • Start programming the sensor

RESULTS

  •   Establishing a clear first idea on what data we want to collect and how we could collect it. A sensor that marinas handheld that small boatowner can borrow to collect data behind their boats. 

  • Found several possible interviews for our PESTEL analysis and started reaching out to them

PROCEDURE​

  • Brainstorming and discussion about the industry, variables to measure, and stakeholders

  • Searching for relevant articles, websites, and interviewees for the PESTEL-analysis

  • Researching potential sensors

  • Contacting scientists at SMHI and Göteborgs University to get their input on what data would be useful for them 

  • Contacting marinas to engage in partnership

Lab 4 - PESTEL Interviews 

OBJECTIVES

  • Doing PESTEL interviews, Political, Social, Technical, Legal, and Economic. 

  • Doing the interview for the environmental system analysis

  • ​Interview with Kullaviks hamn for a potential partnership

  • Start programming the sensor
     

RESULTS

  • Gained insights into the marina industry

  • Completed all PESTEL interviews except for environment and legal

  • Booked interview for environment and legal in PESTEL

  • Booked interview with Johanna Gipperth to talk about Eko Marina

  • A functioning temperature sensor

  • Recieved GPS sensor

PROCEDURE​

  • Interview with Markus Lundgren (Social), Darren Smith  (Technical), David Josefsson (Political), Klädesholmens Seafood (Economic), Katrin Atmann (Chalmers)

  • The legal interview cancelled, and with Kullaviks Hamn postponed

  • Looking for other interviews

  • Wiring and programming of sensor

NEXT STEPS

  • Doing the final interviews.

  • Finalize the sensor.

  • Starting the building the shell of the sensor if possible. 

  • Continue with the industry deep dive.

Lab 5 - Pitching & Interviewing

OBJECTIVES

  • Do the 1st pitch

  • Finish the sensor

  • Do the remaining interviews

  • Start with the deep dive report

PROCEDURE​

  • Half the group did the pitch on Zoom and the other watched 

  • Gave feedback to another group pitch

  • Had PESTEL interviews: HAV (Legal), Karl Norling (Environment). Also, interviewed Johanna Gipperth that is the project manager for Eko-Marina, and with the hamnkapten of Kullaviks Hamn

  • Researching and writing our deep dive report

RESULTS

  •  All interviews completed

  • Second pitch completed

  • A structure and plan for our report 

  • Partnership with Kullaviks Hamn initiated

NEXT STEPS

  • Finalize the sensor

  • Build the shell of the sensor

  • Done with industry deep dive and scenario analysis

  • Create and design the website

Lab 6 - Deep dive & Sensor

OBJECTIVES

  • Finish the deep dive

  • Complete the sensor and buoy

  • Take pictures and make a video

  • Build the website and put all information on it

PROCEDURE​​

  • Doing an impact-uncertainty graph and scenario matrix

  • Doing the environmental part of the deep dive

  • Programming of sensor and building of buoy 

  • Creating a website with WIX 

  • Writing all text for the website

RESULTS

  •   Industry deep dive finished

  • A fully functioning GPS and temperature sensor

  • Built a buoy for the sensor

  • Almost all information is up on the website

NEXT STEPS

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    Traveling to Kullaviks Hamn to test our sensor and collect data

  • Preparing for the pitch

  • Filming the clip that will be posted on the website

  • Creating the poster

  • Fixing details on the website

Lab 7 - Finalizing

OBJECTIVES

  • ​Complete the website and all documents that will be linked

  • Live test the sensor

  • Make the poster

  • Make a video for the website

  • Have a second pitch and make a script and presentation for the final pitch

PROCEDURE​​

  • Made the website more interactive, inserted more pictures, and made the homepage more informative

  • Went to Kullaviks Hamn to test the sensor

  • Writing and performing second pitch

  • Filming video in Näckrosdammen

RESULTS

  •   Integrated results from sensor-testing

  • Second pitch done

  • Script for final pitch done

  • Video done

  • Website done

  • Meeting with the Harbourmaster from Kullaviks Hamn

NEXT STEPS

  • MINI-CONFERENCE!

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Click on the picture to see our final pitch-presentation for an overview of the project and our sensor

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ABOUT US >

Ocean Sentinel is a Citizen Science project with a mission to educate and engage individuals to fill the data gaps that exist along the world’s coasts. Using the latest technology, we have developed a low-cost sensor that collects water temperature.

CONTACT >

T: +46 73-061 66 86

E: oceansentinel.data@gmail.com

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