Environmental Compliance: Acquisition, Storage, and Analysis of Waste Oil Data
Authors
Patrick Brodeur, Renee A. Lanza, Elizabeth L. Morris, Edward Charles Osowski
Sponsor
United States Coast Guard
Advisors
Mustapha S. Fofana, John A. Orr
Term
October – December 2011
Project Outcomes
Abstract
In 2007, the United States Coast Guard in conjunction with the Department of Justice began implementing a Special Waste Oil Monitoring System on vessels that have repeatedly violated environmental regulations regarding oil-waste. Until now, the process for analyzing this data and been both slow and laborious. To address this, a system for data acquisition, storage and analysis was created. If implemented, this system will reduce analysis time from three months down to two weeks.