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DoseNet aims to form a sensor network with schools throughout the Bay Area and beyond that will serve to establish a relationship between UC Berkeley and member high schools, with long-term goals of building students' understanding of scientific and technologic thinking while engaging and informing the community. We see interacting with young students as vital to improving community understanding of radiation and radiation risks as well as providing valuable hands-on experimentation in a relevant and cutting edge scientific endeavor. To aid in building this community, we plan to have semi-yearly workshops, bringing together students from across the network to present the results from measurements taken at their location and absorb new concepts from their scientific community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Developing this radiation sensor network will help to illustrate naturally occurring background radiation and associated temporal and spatial variations. Students can learn to complete research projects with the data they collect through the network and to make quantitative descriptions of their observations and the uncertainties associated with them. Through Berkeley Radwatch, the DoseNet community will provide a forum for dialogue among experts, educators, students, and ultimately the public. These sensors have the potential to give students hands-on experience with radiation detection and environmental sources while teaching them some of the basics of scientific thinking including large statistics data analysis and interpretation involving experimental uncertainties and error analysis.<\/p>\n

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Several undergraduate students have already been directly involved in the construction and interfacing. There is the potential for interested advanced high school students to contribute to on-going development. We have had 4-6 summer volunteer interns for the last three years. Those students contributed in a variety of ways, including developing new sensor systems for in-class use, upgrades to our network to include additional capabilities, network data analysis, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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    This network has the potential to continue expanding across California, the US and internationally. We foresee many on-going improvements to our network, including expanding to provide kits for those interested in building their own system to bring into our network, and integrating our dosimeter and environmental sensor network with other such networks already in use around the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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    These dosimeter devices are simple and cheap, containing three to four basic parts: a raspberry pi, a small dosimeter, optional additional environmental sensors, and a simple weather-proof case with a costum mounting structure designed to accommodate these parts. We also have touch-screen versions used for classroom activities and field work. The design includes the possibility to expand on these main components with additional sensors. This flexibility relies on the modularity of our python API for operating the device and the flexibility of the raspberry pi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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