Empowering owners to safeguard their critical infrastructure.
By leveraging recent advances in fiber optic sensing, we transform complex data into actionable insights.
Lumidas is a technology startup on a mission to reduce the barrier to adoption of fiber optic sensing technologies for geotechnical monitoring of critical infrastructure. We specialize in emerging fiber optic sensing technologies, including distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). Our multidisciplinary approach enables us to develop innovative solutions tailored to complex geotechnical challenges. We cater to a diverse clientele, from operators and owners, to geotechnical consultants.
Our services
Distributed fiber optic sensing
Lumidas specializes in geotechnical monitoring solutions using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) and other fiber optic technologies to enable proactive decision-making for tailings facilities and other critical infrastructure.
Advanced data analytics and visualization
We help transform complex geotechnical datasets into actionable insights by using leading signal processing and analytical techniques, combined with our technical background in geotechnical engineering.
Geophysical monitoring
By harnessing background ambient noise, Lumidas uses advanced seismic techniques, including passive seismic interferometry, to monitor and identify the potential for changes of concern in the subsurface.
Geotechnical monitoring at the speed of light.
Lumidas combines fiber optic sensing with passive seismic techniques to reveal new insights underlying structure performance.
Distributed acoustic sensing
- Monitoring capabilities over tens of kilometers
- Near real-time measurements
- Highly sensitive to changes in strain, temperature, and vibrations
- Can be combined with geophysical techniques for seismic monitoring and characterization
Ambient noise interferometry
- Minimally invasive technique to monitor changes in seismic velocities, mainly sensitive to shear wave velocities at depth
- Complementary measurements over broad spatial extents
- Can be used with geophones, seismometers or fiber optic cable (distributed acoustic sensing)
News
In the spirit of reconciliation, Lumidas respectfully acknowledges that our work spans the traditional territories of many Indigenous Peoples across Canada. Our team lives and operates on the ancestral lands of: the unceded territories of the Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) in Montreal, the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples in Vancouver, including the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy, (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations) in Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nations Districts 5 and 6.