The following recent awards were granted to projects within the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) program.
University of California, Davis
- Centrifuge
- CPT-Based Characterization of Intermediate Soils, Award 1300518, Ross Boulanger, UC Davis
- Engineering Research Center for bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG), Award 1449501, Jason DeJong, UC Davis as sub to Arizona State
- Centrifuge Modeling of Coastal Soil-Structure Instability, Award 1538211, H. Benjamin Mason, Oregon State
- Liquefaction Evaluations of Finely Interlayered Sands, Silts and Clays, Award 1635398, Ross Boulanger, UC Davis
- Collaborative Research: Validation of Constitutive and Numerical Modeling Techniques for Soil Liquefaction Analysis, Awards 1635307, Bruce Kutter, UC Davis
- Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction Effects on Cyclic Failure Potential of Silts and Clays, Award 1563638, Scott Brandenberg, UCLA
University of Texas, Austin
- PECASE: Revolutionizing Surface Wave Methods for Engineering Analyses - from Deterministic and Incoherent to Probabilistic and Standardized (DIPS), Award 1261775, Brady Cox, University of Texas, Austin
Lehigh University
- Collaborative Research: Semi-Active Controlled Cladding Panels for Multi-Hazard Resilient Buildings
- CMMI 1463497 — PI James Ricles, Lehigh University; co-PI Spenser Quiel, Lehigh University
- CMMI 1463252 — PI Simon Leflamme, Iowa State University
- Collaborative Research: A Resilience-based Seismic Design Methodology for Tall Wood Buildings
- CMMI 1636164 — Shiling Pei, Colorado School of Mines
- CMMI 1635227 — PI James Ricles, Lehigh University; co-PI Richard Sause, Lehigh University
- CMMI 1635156 — James Dolan, Washington State University
- CMMI 1634628 — John van de Lindt, Colorado State University
- CMMI 1634204 — Jeffrey Berman, Unversity of Washington
- CMMI 1635363 — Keri Ryan, University of Nevada
University of Florida
- BWLT — Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel
- MRI: Deployment of a Versatile, Self-Configuring Turbulent Flow Condition System for a Shared-Use Hybrid Low-Speed Wind Tunnel, CMMI 1428954, Forrest Masters, University of Florida
- Cyber-physical systems approach to the optimal design of structures for wind hazards, CMMI 1636039 PI Brian Philips, University of Maryland, NHERI
- CAREER: Behavior of Hurricane Wind and Wind-Driven Rain in the Coastal Suburban Roughness Sublayer, Award 1055744, PI Forrest Masters, University of Florida
- Collaborative Research: Performance-Based Framework for Wind-Excited Multi-Story Buildings, CMMI 1462076, PI Ahsan Kareem, Notre Dame, NSF Enhancement Project, support by NHERI
- Collaborative Research: Performance-Based Framework for Wind-Excited Multi-Story Buildings, University of Michigan, Seymour Spense, Award 1462084, NSF Enhancement Project, supported by NHERI
- MAWLS — Multi Axis Wind Load Simulator
- Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure: Experimental Facility with Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, Wind Load and Dynamic Flow Simulators, and Pressure Loading Actuators, Award 1520843
- Upgrade to Instrumentation, Forrest Masters, University of Florida
- Masonry demonstration project being filmed for outreach, education and safety training, H.R. Hamilton, University of Florida
Oregon State University
- Non-linear Long Wave Amplification in the Shadow Zone of Offshore Islands, Award 1538624, Costas Synolakis, Pat Lynett, University of Southern California, DWB
- Non-linear Long Wave Amplification in the Shadow Zone of Offshore Islands, Award 1538190, James Kaihatu, Texas A&M University, DWB
- Fundamental Mechanics and Conditional Probabilities for Prediction of Hurricane Surge and Wave Loads on Elevated Coastal Structures, Award 1301016, Dan Cox, Oregon State University, LWF
- Probabilistic Assessment of Tsunami Forces on Coastal Structures, Award 1536198, Mike Motley, Randall LeVeque, Frank Gonzalez, University of Washington, LWF
- Two Phase Flow Modeling of Wind Influences on Wave Breaking, Award 1436642, Qinping Zou, University of Maine, LWF
- Numerical and Probabilstic Modeling of Aboveground Storage Tanks Subjected to Multi-Hazard Stomr Events, Award 1635784, Jamie Padgett, Rice University, DWB
- Physical Modeling of Submarine Volcanic Eruption Generated Tsunamis, Award 1563217, Hermann Fritz, Josef Dufek, Georgia Tech, DWB
- Telescopic Structural Flood Walls, Award 1621727, Jorge Cueto, Smart Walls Construction LLC, LWF
Florida International University
- Wall of Wind Facility
- Experimentally Validated Stochastic Numerical Framework to Generate Multi-Dimensional Fragilities for Hurricane Resilience Enhancement of Transmission Systems, Abdollah Shafieezadeh, Ohio State University
- Uncovering Potential Risks of Wind-Induced Cascading Damages to Construction Projects and Neighboring Communities, Youngjib Ham, Florida International University
- Collaborative Research: Progressive Failure Studies of Residential Houses Towards Performance Based Hurricane Engineering, Steve Cai, Louisiana State Unversity; Arindam Chowdhury, FIU
- CAREER: Full-Scale Simulation of Peak Responses to Reduce Hurricane Damage to Low Buildings and Use of Related Research to Develop Hurricane-Engineering Expertise, Arindam Chowdhury, FIU
- Innovative Hurricane Damage Mitigation Systems, Arindam Chowdhury, FIU
- Pervasive Spectrum Sharing for Public Safety Communications, Award 1443999, Kernal Akkaya, Florida International University
UC San Diego
- Collaborative Research: A Resilience-Based Seismic Design Methodology for Tall Wood Buildings, Award 1636164, Shiling Pei, Colorado School of Mines
