Down the Hole and Back Again

A Strategic Plan for Downhole Sensing, a Reference Bore on the University's Own Ground, and Readings Held Provisional Until Their Instrument Returns

Slop University's Strategic Plan 2026-2031 sets out a capability in sensing for deep and hot boreholes, built around a reference bore with a temperature-controlled interval on the University's own estate. Across five focus areas it commits the institution to a shared instrument pool, explicit gap entries and a roll of unreturned instruments, and a discipline under which every downhole reading stays provisional until the instrument that took it has come back up and passed a closing check.

@misc{slop_yslmbd,
  author       = {Vigdis Emenike and Ragnhild Uzoma and Torun Ezeigwe},
  title        = {Down the Hole and Back Again: A Strategic Plan for Downhole Sensing, a Reference Bore on the University's Own Ground, and Readings Held Provisional Until Their Instrument Returns},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.yslmbd},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-strategy-instruments-that-go-yslmbd/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Strategic plan},
}