Smart Environmental Monitoring: IoT-based Systems and Applications

This book highlights the latest advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) technology, revolutionizing environmental monitoring and enabling real-time, precise, and scalable monitoring solutions. It provides an in-depth exploration of how IoT technologies transform environmental monitoring systems, focusing on innovative technologies and architectures. This comprehensive book covers the latest innovations, applications, and case studies in deploying IoT systems for soil, air quality monitoring, water quality assessment, and climate monitoring systems. By bringing together expert insights from academia, industry, and government, this book offers a holistic view of the current state and future directions of IoT-based environmental monitoring. This book is valuable for researchers, engineers, and policymakers interested in developing and deploying innovative environmental monitoring solutions. It offers insights into future trends and challenges in the field.

Dr. Sneha Gautam is a Professor (Research) in Civil Engineering at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India, and a Visiting Professor at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea. He obtained his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur and has worked as a Researcher with INCLEN and the University of California, Berkeley. He also received a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, and conducted postdoctoral research at NCTU, Taiwan.

Dr. Robert Blaga is Scientific Researcher Gr. III at the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of the West University of Timisoara (WUT), Romania. He earned his Ph.D. from WUT in the field of theoretical physics. He then joined the Solar Energy Research Group of WUT, working on topics like the modeling of radiative transfer through the atmosphere, solar resource assessment, and forecasting the power output of PV systems. Recently, Robert’s work has focused on modeling the impact of aerosols on both PV systems and air quality.

Dr. Prasanalakshmi Balaji is Research Professor at the College of Computer Science at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. She obtained her Ph.D. from Bharathiar University, India. In continuation, she has completed a Postdoctoral in the Data Science Laboratory at the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Her areas of interest are neural networks, medical imaging, deep learning, machine learning, data science, and the Internet of Things (IoT).