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Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure

We all have experienced natural hazards in our lives: earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunami, floods: they impact our society at the most fundamental levels. Through rigorous testing and outreach programs, the team at the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure is committed to making sure the next natural hazard doesn"t have to be a disaster for you and your family. From the National Science Foundation and the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure: This is DesignSafe

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00:20:06

Special Episode: Touring Tallwood

DesignSafe Radio ·

2022/12/20

In this special DSR episode, earthquake engineer Keri Ryan takes us on a 20-minute walking tour of the NHERI Tallwood structure. See the 10-story mass-timber building under construction — from the outside in! This milestone experiment is taking place at UC San Diego on the world’s largest outdoor shake table. For the first time, researchers are developing and validating a resilient seismic design methodology for tall wood buildings. The work is funded by the National Science Foundation, with support

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00:11:31

NHERI Tallwood: A Primer with Keri Ryan

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2022/12/06

Today we chat with Keri Ryan, a co-principal investigator on the NHERI Tallwood project. We catch up with her onsite at the enormous UC San Diego shake table, a NHERI experimental facility. Ryan, an earthquake engineer at University of Nevada Reno, provides a succinct primer on the Tallwood research project, a 10-story wood building designed to resist earthquake loads.Curious? More background on NHERI Tallwood: http://nheritallwood.mines.edu/ Follow the NHERI Tallwood project with the live video at

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00:14:24

Special Episode: Introducing the NHERI Hackathon!

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2022/11/22

Machine-learning expert Krishna Kumar joins host Dan Zehner to discuss the annual NHERI Hackathon. Kumar details this exciting event, which takes place every year at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. Leveraging DesignSafe data and computational resources, participants have three days to code solutions to natural hazards problems using machine learning. Kumar is an assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at University of Texas professor.#naturalhazards #hackathon

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00:25:23

Full Interview with Barb Simpson

DesignSafe Radio ·

2022/11/08

The full interview episode with Stanford-based structural engineer Barbara Simpson — in person at the Oregon State University Wave Laboratory, a NHERI experimental facility.

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00:10:02

Women in Engineering - Barb Simpson

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2022/11/01

What’s it like to be a young woman in engineering? Barbara Simpson shares some undergraduate and PhD experiences and talks about the importance of having positive, confidence-building mentors. Now a research engineer at Stanford University, she says, “This is where I was meant to be.” Ultimately, she says, diversity in engineering makes for more ideas, perspective and fun.Follow Simpson’s blog: https://simpsoba.wordpress.comAnd follow her on Instagram: @simpsobaTwitter: @StanfordEng @HinsdaleOSU,

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00:06:09

Real Time Hybrid Simulation with Barb Simpson

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2022/10/18

Onsite at the NHERI OSU wave laboratory, Dan Zehner and Barb Simpson talk about “real time hybrid simulation.” This technique joins numeric models with physical experimentation enables engineers to deal with those pesky problems of scale. In a current project, Simpson is studying wind, wave, and soil behavior at play in offshore wind turbines — which in 2016 had average hub-heights of over 330 feet.#RTHS #hybridsimulation #windturbine #SSI #SFI #womeninengineering #windengineeringLinkedIn:

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00:08:35

Soil-to-Fluid Interactions with Barbara Simpson

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2022/10/04

Today we have an exciting meet-up with Stanford-based structural engineer Barbara Simpson — in person at the Oregon State University Wave Laboratory, a NHERI experimental facility. Simpson’s passionate about building computer programming skills in undergraduate engineers, particularly those in underrepresented groups who may lack such experience. She applies parallel processing in her own investigations in soil-to-fluid interactions in floating offshore wind turbines.Read more about Simpson’s work

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00:37:24

Engineering Education with Jeremy Waisome - Full...

DesignSafe Radio ·

2022/09/28

Today we delve into engineering education with Jeremy Waisome, instructional assistant professor at the University of Florida. As well as being an engineer and researcher, Waisome is an eloquent science communicator. She’s dedicated to educating the next generation of engineers — and the public — about vital engineering concepts. Among her many roles, she leads education and outreach efforts at the NHERI University of Florida facility.Waisome describes a variety of pathways to engineering and why

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00:12:42

Engineering Education as a Career Path - Jeremy Waisome

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2022/09/20

In our final episode featuring Jeremy Waisome fromthe NHERI University of Florida facility, we learn the importance of exposing high school andcollege students to engineering education as a college major. Waisome explains enrichingopportunities such as the NHERI Research Experiences for Undergraduates program and theimportance of having role models and mentors who come from one’s own community. She alsotalks about her own podcast: Modern Figures, which features Black women in computing. Catch up

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00:10:03

Misconceptions about Engineering - Jeremy Waisome

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2022/09/06

Misconceptions about engineering. Engineering educator Jeremy Waisome describes a variety of pathways to engineering and why having a diverse workforce is so important. “There’s so much that we underestimate what we do as engineers — and the impact it has on other people’s lives.” she says. At the University of Florida, Waisome trains high school teachers at Title 1 schools to incorporate engineering projects into their classrooms. #engineeringeducation #diversity #DEI #engineeringworkforce

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00:08:56

Engineering Education with Jeremy Waisome

DesignSafe Radio ·

2022/08/23

Today we delve into engineering education with Jeremy Waisome, instructional assistant professor at the University of Florida. As well as being an engineer and researcher, Waisome is an eloquent science communicator. She’s dedicated to educating the next generation of engineers — and the public — about vital engineering concepts. Among her many roles, she leads education and outreach efforts at the NHERI University of Florida facility.#engineeringeducation #sciencecommunications #rolemodeling Jeremy

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00:36:14

NHERI RAPID Director Joe Wartman - Full Interview

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2022/08/09

Tune in for our full interview with NHERI RAPID Director Joe Wartman. After major earthquakes, hurricanes and floods, the RAPID team springs into action with specialized tools for data reconnaissance missions. Wartman discusses the RAPID equipment, key missions — and how engineers use perishable data to make our communities more resilient.#NSFfunded #naturalhazards #engineering #research LinkedIn: @Joseph WartmanTwitter: @NHERI_RAPID, @NSF Facebook: @RAPIDNaturalHazardsReconClick here for more

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00:08:17

Post-disaster Reconnaissance Missions

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2022/07/26

Since operations began in 2018, the NHERI RAPID facility has deployed reconnaissance teams and equipment to more than 80 sites around the world. Director Joe Wartman describes several, including a mission to Florida after Hurricane Michael that helped change building codes and an emergency deployment to Miami after the Surfside Condo collapse in 2021. #naturalhazards #reconnaissance #datareuse #buildingcodes #extremeevent #tsunami #wildfire #community #resilience #surfsidecondo #NIST #GEER

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00:10:17

Post-processing Natural Hazards Reconnaissance Data

DesignSafe Radio ·

2022/07/12

What happens after a reconnaissance mission using NHERI RAPID tools? In this episode of DesignSafe Radio, RAPID director Joe Wartman discusses the post-processing phase, when collected perishable data gets converted into a form researchers can use. The RAPID team, with its knowledge and experience, smooths the way for research teams — from planning to obtaining practical output. https://rapid.designsafe-ci.org/#NSFfunded #naturalhazards #extremeEvents #fieldresearch #reconnaissance #lidar #RAPP

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00:07:15

RAPID Toolkit for Natural Hazards Reconnaissance

DesignSafe Radio ·

2022/06/28

Facility director Joe Wartman details the NHERI RAPID tool kit. Natural hazards reconnaissance teams can deploy the RAPID’s laser scanners, drones, multi-spectrum cameras, listening devices – even a bathymetry boat. With many years of collective field experience, the RAPID team itself provides invaluable technical expertise.https://rapid.designsafe-ci.org/#NSFfunded #naturalhazards #extremeEvents #fieldresearch #reconnaissance #lidar #RAPP #bathymetry #accelerometers #seismometers

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00:09:59

NHERI RAPID - Joe Wartman

DesignSafe Radio ·

2022/06/14

Joe WartmanProfessor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Washington Principal Investigator, NHERI RAPID facilityWartman introduces his NSF-funded natural hazards reconnaissance facility, called the NHERI RAPID. He clarifies the term “RAPID” (in all caps), which is a kind of generic term (not an acronym) inherited from the National Science Foundation. The actual name of Wartman’s University of Washington-based group is the “Natural Hazard and Disaster Reconnaissance Facility.” It

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00:10:38

Testing Seismic Isolation with Real-time Hybrid...

DesignSafe Radio ·

2022/06/07

University of Oklahoma earthquake engineer Scott Harvey is developing a base isolation system to protect valuable and sensitive contents inside buildings. He employed the shake table at the NHERI Lehigh University experimental facility to learn how his isolation system behaves under shaking. In his next experiments, Harvey will deploy the magic of real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) to numerically simulate buildings with his physical device -- using NHERI Lehigh’s well-known RTHS capabilities.Video

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00:10:01

Protecting Valuable Equipment from Earthquake Damage-...

DesignSafe Radio ·

2022/05/17

Protecting valuable equipment from earthquake damageRolling base-isolation system keeps objects safe within data centers, hospitals, and museums.Scott Harvey, earthquake engineer from the University of Oklahoma, is developing a base-isolation system for protecting critical equipment and objects inside buildings: things such as data center computers, power systems, medical equipment -- even artworks. Harvey uses the multidirectional shake table at NHERI Lehigh experimental facility to test his

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00:17:10

NHERI Graduate Student Coucil - Holly Davies

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2022/05/03

We learn about the NHERI Graduate Student Council from its president Holly Davies. GSC members are young researchers studying natural hazards in fields as diverse as engineering, social sciences, computer simulation, urban planning.Follow the GSC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NheriGscAnd on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngsc/Interested in joining NHERI’s Graduate Student Council? Visit the website: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/nheri-graduate-student-council/Learn more

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00:34:06

Brady Cox, University of Texas Mobile Shakers- Full...

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2022/04/19

Host Dan Zehner meets up with geotechnical engineer Brady Cox, professor of engineering at Utah State University and co-PI at the NHERI @ University of Texas mobile shaker facility. Cox introduces the UTexas mobile shakers, huge vehicles that simulate a range of ground motions for studying earthquakes. There’s “T-Rex,” perhaps the world’s only shaker capable of generating large dynamic forces in any of three directions — vertical, horizontal in-line, and horizontal cross-line. And the custom-built

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