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Campus as Lab projects spans diverse disciplines from tracking campus-wide carbon emissions to analyzing geo-exchange rock samples data. Because of this, datasets vary widely in format, size, and use-case, requiring different storage solutions to ensure accessibility, durability, and collaboration potential.

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🪨 Physical data

Physical Samples

• Rock cores from geo-exchange bore fields
• Soil or vegetation samples
• Typically stored in campus lab facilities or shipping crates

Visual and Creative Materials

• Student-created art installations (sustainability messaging)
• Physical prototypes or models used in ENGS design courses

🔢 Digital Data

Tabular / Structured Datasets

• Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions inventories (Excel, CSV)
• Campus electricity & fuel usage
• Water metering data

Streaming / Time-Series Data

• Geo-exchange sensor logs (temperature, flow)
• Real-time building energy use

Qualitative & Creative Media

• Student project presentations, posters, and recordings
• Research write-ups and white papers

High-volume Scientific Images

• Earth science imagery (rock scans, core sample data)
• Remote sensing or LiDAR data

💾 Storage Mediums Used

• DartFS – Large data (>10TB), secure research use (Level 2+)
• MySQL – Live, structured data for dashboarding and analytics
• Excel/CSV (Google Drive) – Used for standard tables and accessible student data
• Google Drive / OneDrive / SharePoint – Collaboration & documentation
• On-campus facilities – For physical objects, samples, or lab equipment