Natural Hazards Research Summit 2022

7:30AM – Breakfast

Breakfast at hotel is included for all registrants.

8:15AM – Opening Remarks 

Grand Ballroom

Day 2 plenary session with opening remarks.

8:20AM – NSF Remarks 

Grand Ballroom

8:25AM – NHERI Decadal Visioning Study for FY 2025–FY 2035 

Grand Ballroom

Jared Kosters is Senior Technical Consultant at Nexight Group . He is the lead PI for Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Decadal Visioning for FY 2026-FY 2035. This award will gather input from the broad hazards engineering research and other related research communities to develop a Decadal Visioning (DV) Framework.

8:35AM – Community Update 

Grand Ballroom

9:00AM – Visioning Session:  
Future Research Needs and Priorities

Grand Ballroom

This 75 min mini-workshop will enable a deeper discussion into research needs and priorities from Day 1 Vision Session.  Round-table format used to develop a strategic roadmap to guide disaster research for the next decade, including focused discussions on modeling and data, reconnaissance, social science and convergence, hybrid testing, and current and future testing capabilities.

10:15AM – Break

Grand Foyer

15 min break with coffee and light snacks.

10:30AM – Focused Discussions, Block 1 

Various Breakout Rooms

A block of breakout sessions allowing attendees to join the converstion for a deeper dive into topics of interest.

(1A, in Salon K) Recent Investments in Large-scale Testing Facilities for Seismic and Windstorm Hazards

Present new/future capabilities of Large-scale Testing Facilities for Seismic and Windstorm Hazards and new research enabled by these facilities.

Panelists: Richard Sause (Lehigh Univ.); Christine Beyzaei (NIST); Dr. John van de Lindt (Colorado State Univ.); Tracy Kijewski-Correa (Notre Dame); Pedro Lomonaco (Oregon State Univ.); Hermann Fritz (Georgia Tech.)
 

(1B, in Salon J)  Focused Discussion: MECHS-Nonlinear Real-time Hybrid Simulation

The goal for this focused session is to discuss and highlight different strategies taken to enforce the tracking control of a real-time hybrid simulation with a non- linear specimen through short presentations. Whilst the focus is on control, the participants will be encouraged to develop innovative solutions to ensure the proper behavior of the system. To that end, classical and modern control techniques and non-orthodox approaches are encouraged and will serve as the basis of the discussion.

(1C, in Grand Ballroom) Computational Simulation and Data Analytics in Natural Hazards Research - Part 1: Regional Scale

The SimCenter and DesignSafe are co-hosting two companion discussions on computational simulation and data analytics in natural hazards research. Part 1 focuses on simulations at the regional scale. The session will begin with short introductory presentations followed by organized breakout discussions among the participants.

Panelists: Krishna Kumar (University of Texas, Austin), Adam Zsarnoczay (Stanford University)
 

12:00PM – Lunch and Poster Session

Grand Ballroom & Grand Foyer

This 90 min working lunch enables researches to share ideas and recent advances through informal discussion via a poster session.  NSF program managers are encouraged to attend.

Poster instructions are in the registration tab.  Contact dan.cox@oregonstate.edu for questions.

1:30PM – Focused Discussions, Block 2 

Various Breakout Rooms

A block of breakout sessions allowing attendees to join the converstion for a deeper dive into topics of interest.

(2A, in Salon K) From Inception to Implementation: Understanding Tech Transfer 

Industry perspectives, engaging with industry, panel with researchers and industry.

(2B, in Salon J) Graduate Student Panel: Lifting the Curtain of Academic Publishing in Natural Hazards Research

This workshop, designed for graduate students (and early-career researchers), peeks behind the curtain of paper publication on engineering, social science, and interdisciplinary natural hazards research. The session will include a focused discussion with Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) researchers and practitioners on best practices including cultivating resources and mentorship, building a research agenda and project, and working through the editorial process and rejection aimed toward a variety of academic publications.

Panelists: Tracy Kijewski-Correa (Notre Dame), Jennifer Bridge (University of Florida), Lori Peek (University of Colorado Boulder), Tim Cockerill (University of Texas at Austin)
 

(2C, in Grand Ballroom) Computational Simulation and Data Analytics in Natural Hazards Research - Part 2: Local Scale

The SimCenter and DesignSafe are co-hosting two companion discussions on computational simulation and data analytics in natural hazards research. Part 2 focuses on simulations at the local scale. The session will begin with short introductory presentations followed by organized breakout discussions among the participants.

Panelists:  Krishna Kumar (University of Texas, Austin), Adam Zsarnoczay (Stanford University)
 

(2D, in Salons F-G) Panel Discussion: Integrating social science and engineering research for hazard resilience modeling

Panelists: Donghwan Gu (NIST), Maria Watson (U of Florida), Nathanael Rosenheim (TAMU), Bethany Desalvo (US Census), Marccus Hendricks (U of Maryland)
 

3:00PM – Break

Grand Foyer

15 min break with coffee and light snacks.

3:15PM – Focused Discussions, Block 3 

Various Breakout Rooms

A block of breakout sessions allowing attendees to join the converstion for a deeper dive into topics of interest.

(3A, in Salon K) International Collaborations on Natural Hazards Research

One of the key responsibilities of the NHERI Network Coordination Office is to develop and implement strategic key partnerships with major and unique experimental and computational facilities (national and international) to enhance the scientific experimental resources and support that can be available to the natural hazards engineering research community. The international partnerships require approval by NSF. The objectives of the session will be to discuss potential new activities for international collaboration with NHERI, and avenues for the researcher community in the Natural Hazards area to get involved.

Panelists:  Masahiro Kurata (Kyoto University, DPRI), Kentaro Tabata (NIED), Alberto Pavese (University of Pavia, EUCENTRE), Roberto Nascimbene (IUSS Pavia, EUCENTRE), Girma Bitsuamalak (Western Ontario University, WindEEE), Prof. Tiziana Rossetto (University College London, EPICentre), Chung-Che Chou (NCREE NARLabs, Taiwan, NTU), Chiun-lin Wu (NCREE NARLabs)
 

(3B, in Salon J) Panel Session: Perspective of Early Career Faculty in Natural Hazards Research

This 90-min panel session is designed to provide peer advice on developing successful research programs and proposal development in the area of hazards and disasters, including leveraging NSF investments in hazards research.

Panelists: Allison Reilly (University of Maryland), Andrew Sen (Marquette University), Barbara Simpson (Stanford University), Amal Elawady (Florida International University) Matthew Bandelt (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
 

(3C, in Salon H) New Tools and Methods for Analyzing Natural Hazard And Disaster Reconnaissance Data

The NHERI RAPID facility has helped NSF-supported "extreme event reconnaissance/research" (EER) organizations and other teams and investigators collect perishable field data from major natural hazards and disaster events worldwide. This has produced a 100+ terabyte treasure trove of engineering, natural and social sciences, and public health open data archived on Designsafe-ci. The panel will discuss next-generation tools, approaches, and techniques (including data analytics, machine learning, computer vision, and statistical modeling) for processing, assessing, and analyzing these unique data sets to support discoveries in natural hazards engineering.

(3D, in Salon F-G) Engineering Inclusive Elements into Research

How are rich and inclusive experiences purposefully designed in research environments? And why is it important to create inclusive spaces in engineering? Join the conversation that helps answer these questions. And beware! One size does not fit all. This session will provide practical ways to think about incorporating diversity equity and inclusion in your research work and mentoring experiences that have worked for others.

4:45PM – Break

Grand Foyer

15 min break with coffee and light snacks.

4:50PM – Closing 

Grand Ballroom

NHERI director Julio Ramirez delivers closing remarks about the summit.