DesignSafe is the web-based research platform of the NHERI Network that provides the computational tools needed to manage, analyze, and understand critical data for natural hazards research.
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A collapsed building in the city of Palu in Sulawesi, Indonesia, after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake hit the region in September 2018. Credit: Hariandi Hafid/SOPA/Zuma Wire
Peek Co-Authors Article on Research Ethics for Nature
Lori Peek, principal investigator of the NHERI CONVERGE initiative, co-authored an article in the November 2019 issue of Nature.
Planned Service Interruptions
27-June-2019 8:00am Central Time
No planned outages.
Full lifecycle data curation - discover, publish, share, upload/download.
Data analytics tools, HPC computational resources, and scientific visualization software.
Guides and policies to help utilize DesignSafe's Research Workbench.
Access data collected within a geospatial framework.
Account creation, first-time login, launching apps, and manipulating datasets.
Facility WORKSHOP | BIM, LiDAR and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)s for Earthquake Reconnaissance
January 22, 2020
NHERI Lehigh Seminar Series
DesignSafe TUTORIAL | Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Natural Hazards Engineering
February 18-19, 2020
The NHERI DesignSafe team in collaboration with the NHERI SimCenter will host a 1.5 day workshop on February 18-19 to bring together expertise in Natural Hazards Engineering and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Deep Learning (collectively known as AI/ML/DL).
Self-paced online tutorials, educational seminars, and facility workshops.
Opportunities for teachers and students to learn about hazards research.
10-week program on multi-hazard engineering, cyber infrastructure, and data.
Institute for early career faculty, K-12 educators, engineers, and researchers.
Experimental Facilities (including a rapid response facility), and the Computational Modeling and Simulation Center (SimCenter) provide shared-use laboratories for research in natural hazards engineering.
Community-driven, open source computational & simulation tools.
NHERI activities and awardees are coordinated by the NCO.
PEER Annual Conference
Event Date: January 16-17, 2020
2020 National Earthquake Conference & 72nd EERI Annual Meeting
Event Date: March 4-6, 2020
Online conversation hub for the natural hazards research community.
Services to facilitate natural hazards engineering collaborations.
Career opportunities and job information at NHERI awardee institutions.
An archive of news and highlights including discoveries, announcements, and upcoming meetings.
Regular podcast focused on the science behind natural hazards and their impact on everyday life.
Multihazard Engineering Collaboratory on Hybrid Simulation: A Research Coordination Network
