NHERI REU 2017
Student Projects
The 2017 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program featured seventeen students assigned to sixteen projects throughout the network of NHERI facilities.
At the conclusion of the ten-week summer program, students produced a research poster and paper for their project and gave a presentation on their experience. The posters and papers can be found below, and a copy of the presentation slides as well as a video recording of the presentations can be found at the "REU 2017" project within the DesignSafe Data Depot.
Ammar Musa and Olajide Ogunmola
Home university: University of Texas, San Antonio
NHERI EF Site: University of Texas Texas Advanced Computing Center
Faculty mentors: Charlie Dey and Maria Esteva
Graduate student mentors: Yuxiang Lin and Carl Bernier
Research project title: Creation of a tool for raw data comprehension
Research Paper: Paper-Musa & Ogunmola.docx
Jared Walbert
Home university: Humboldt State University
NHERI EF Site: University of Texas at Austin
Faculty mentors: Dr. Patricia Clayton & Dr. Farnyuh Menq
Graduate student mentor: Benchen Zhang
Research project title: Estimation of liquefaction at a regional level using geologic maps
Research paper: Paper-Jared Walbert.docx
Duy T. Nguyen
Home university: University of Florida
NHERI EF site: UF POWELL Structures and Materials Laboratory
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kurtis R. Gurley
Graduate student mentor(s): N/A
Research project title: Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP): Curation of hurricane wind data for DesignSafe-CI
Research paper: Paper-Duy Nguyen.pdf
Mark Mimms
Home university: University of Florida
NHERI EF site: UF Powell Family Structures and Materials Laboratory
Faculty mentors: Dr. Kurt Gurley and Dr. David Prevatt
Graduate student mentor(s): N/A
Research project title: Tornado damage assessment data curation and dissemination
Research paper: Paper-Mark Mimms.docx
Melody Trejo
Home university: California State University, Fullerton
NHERI EF site: Lehigh University, ATLSS Engineering Laboratory
Faculty mentor: Dr. Spencer Quiel
Graduate student mentor: Safwan Al-Subaihawi
Research project title: Resiliency of cladding systems for multi-hazards
Research paper: Paper-Melody Trejo.docx
Caleb Wegener
Home university: Humboldt State University
NHERI EF site: Florida International University - Wall of Wind
Faculty mentor: Dr. Ioannis Zisis
Graduate student mentor: Farzaneh Raji
Research project title: Wind-driven-rain field study on a full-scale model house
Research paper: Paper-Caleb Wegener.docx
Suzzanne Conover
Home university: University of Kentucky
NHERI EF site: Florida International University Wall of Wind
Faculty mentor: Dr. Arindam Chowdhury
Graduate student mentor: Mohammadtaghi Moravej, Ziad Azz
Research project title: Progressive failure studies of residential houses towards performance based hurricane engineering
Zachary Duskin
Home university: University of Reno, Nevada
NHERI EF site: ATLSS at Lehigh University
Faculty mentors: Dr. Richard Sause and Dr. James Ricles
Graduate student mentor: Alia Amer
Research project title: Stress-strain properties of cross laminated timber in compression
Research paper: Paper-Zachary Duskin.pdf
Anna C.T. Tsai
Home university: University of Washington
NHERI EF site: Oregon State University OH Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory
Faculty mentor: Dr. Daniel Cox
Graduate student mentor: Mohammad Shafiqual Alam
Research project title: Experimental observations of debris impact and damming loads for elevated structures subjected to transient waves
Research paper: Paper-Anna Tsai.docx
Danielle Charleston
Home university: University of California, Davis
NHERI EF Site: University of California, Berkeley - SimCenter
Faculty mentor: Dr. Matt Schoettler
Graduate student mentor(s): N/A
Research project title: Evaluating policies by simulating large scale regional seismic response
Research paper: Paper-Danielle Charleston.pdf
Tiffany La
Home university: University of California, San Diego
NHERI EF site: UC Berkeley SimCenter
Faculty mentor: Dr. Matthew Schoettler
Graduate student mentor(s): N/A
Research project title: Adaptation of the PBEE Framework: A building block for community resilience models
Research paper: Paper-Tiffany La.pdf
Joycelyn Ng
Home University: University of California, San Diego
NHERI EF site: UC San Diego High Performance Outdoors Shake Table
Faculty mentor: Dr. Shiling Pei
Graduate student mentor: N/A
Research project title: Studying the seismic behavior of cross laminated timber
Research paper: Paper-Joycelyn Ng.pdf
Monica Liu
Home university: University of California, Berkeley
NHERI EF site: University of California, San Diego- Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table
Faculty mentor: Dr. Shiling Pei
Graduate student mentor: Sarah Wichman
Research project title: Lateral load path analysis of cross-laminated timber structure
Research paper: Paper-Monica Liu.docx
Dexter Harris, Jr.
Home university: Morgan State University
NHERI EF site: UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jason DeJong
Graduate student mentor: Kathleen Darby
Research project title: Centrifuge model testing of liquefaction mitigation via microbially-induced calcite precipitation
Research paper: Paper-Dexter Harris.docx
Syed Ali Hasan
Home university: University of Texas, Austin
NHERI EF site: University of California, San Diego: Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table
Faculty mentor: Dr. Shiling Pei
Graduate student mentor(s): -
Research project title: Development and validation of a resilience-based seismic design methodology for tall wood buildings
Research paper: Paper-Ali Hasan.docx
Diana Melendez
Home university: Lehigh University
NHERI EF site: University of California, Davis - Center for Geotechnical Modeling
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jason DeJong
Graduate student mentors: Alexander Sturm (Ph.D.) and Gregory Shepard (M.S.)
Research project title: A feasibility study on gravelly soil characterization via centrifuge testing
Research paper: Paper-Diana Melendez.pdf