Imaging Ground Using Fiber Optic Cables
Sector: Education • Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Source: MIT News (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
PhD student Hilary Chang utilized MIT's fiber optic infrastructure to image the ground beneath the campus, employing a method known as distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). This innovative approach aims to characterize seismic hazards and improve building codes for earthquake resilience.
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- Closed
- Sector
- Education, Telecommunications, Broadband, Commercial
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
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- MIT News (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Description | PhD student Hilary Chang utilized MIT's fiber optic infrastructure to image the ground beneath the campus, employing a method known as distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). This innovative approach aims to characterize seismic hazards and improve building codes for earthquake resilience. |
Original sector | Telecommunications |
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Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Massachusetts |
City | Cambridge |
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Source | MIT News (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Education, Telecommunications, Broadband, Commercial |
Article published date | 2025-03-20 |
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