NHERI in the Media

2023

August 2023

August 23, 2023, Phys.org: Modeling spikes during volcanic tsunami generation.
August 30, 2023, Georgia Tech newsroom: Georgia Tech Making Waves in Tsunami Research
August 14, 2024, AZO Build: The Rise of Mass Timber Construction: Sustainability and Structural Advantages

July 2023

July 29, 2023, Geek Week (Poland): The largest earthquake test in history. Is the wooden skyscraper durable?
July 26, 2023, Daily Commercial News, Construct Connect: Next-gen mass timber touted as way for buildings to ascend to 20 storeys.
July 25, 2023, Da Zeen: Largest earthquake test for mass-timber tower successful in California
July 8, 2023, NY Post: Why naturally renewing mass timber is the building block of the future

June 2023

June 22, 2023, AIP Publishing: Physical modeling of spikes during the volcanic tsunami generation.
June 21, 2023: Datanami: Oregon Coastal Towns Seismic Dataset Wins 2023 DesignSafe Dataset Award
June 11, 2023, Gulf News: How a 10-story wood building survived more than 100 earthquakes. ) (June 5 Bloomberg story reprint)
June 9, 2023, Eureka Alert: California flooding from the ARkStorm
June 8, 2023, FIU newsroom: Wall of Wind challenge is launching pad for high school students, hub for alumni.
June 6, 2023, PropertyCasualty360: How a 10-story wood building survived more than 100 earthquakes
June 5, 2023, Bloomberg (paywall) How a 10-Story Wood Building Survived More Than 100 Earthquakes
June 2, 2023, Building Design and Construction: First-of-its-kind shake test concludes mass timbers seismic resilience
June 1, 2023, Big Island Video News: Kilauea Volcano Unrest Continues, Earthquakes Remain Elevated
June 1, 2023, Yahoo News, 'Wall of Wind' hurricane facility puts buildings through Category 5 test

May 2023

May 2023, Enerzine (France): Bois Massif : larme insoupçonnée contre les séismes
May 2023, Structure magazine: Simpson Strong-Tie Participates in 7.7 Moment Magnitude Earthquake Test of 10-Story Mass Timber Building
May 31, 2023, Fox 35/Yahoo Entertainment, Wall of Wind: Inside FIU's massive wind tunnel
May 30, 2023, The Architects Newspaper (Luke Studebaker), A ten-story, mass timber tower by LEVER Architecture underwent a shake test to investigate its seismic resiliency
May 29, 2023, Gradnja (Serbia) Rock Me Gently: The first earthquake simulation performed on a solid wood tower
May 23, 2023, USGlass News Network, Worlds Tallest Earthquake Simulator Tests Limits of Fenestration
May 22, 2023, Tom Scott (YouTube): Shake tables are way more complex than I thought
May 22, 2023, CEPro, How Wind Resistant Are Outdoor Draper Shades?
May 22, 2023, Fast Company, This wooden high rise wriggled its way through two devastating earthquakes
May 20, 2023, Boca Raton Patch, Eye of the Storm
May 18, 2023, Civil and Structural Engineer: University of Nevada, Reno researchers to participate in worlds tallest full-scale building seismic testing on earthquake shake table
May 17, Construction Canada, Canadian structural engineer backs California-based, tall wood seismic testing project
May 17, 2023, Contractor Supply: Simpson Strong-Tie Participates in 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Test of 10-Story Mass Timber Building
May 16, 2023, Civil and Structural Engineer: Simpson Strong-Tie Participates in 7.7 Moment Magnitude Earthquake Test of 10-Story Mass Timber Building
May 16, 2023, LBM Journal, Simpson Strong-Tie participates in earthquake test of 10-story mass timber building
May 16, 2023, Architectural Record, Shaken Not Stirred: Tallest Mass-Timber Shake-Table Test
May 16, 2023, ArchDaily (José Tomás Franco): First-Ever Earthquake Simulation in a 10-Story Mass Timber Building
May 16, 2023, Building Products Digest (David Koenig): Seismic Testing of Tallwood Building Sets Record
May 15, 2023, Journal of Commerce by ConstructConnect, RJC joins largest-ever earthquake simulator for mass timber buildings
May 15, 2023, Retrofit Magazine: Simpson Strong-Tie Assists in Earthquake Simulation on 10-story Mass Timber Structure
May 12, 2023, PR Times (Japan): The world's first shaking table test of a 10-story wooden building started in the United States
May 11, 2023, Financial Post: RJC Engineers to Support First-of-its-Kind Seismic Testing of NHERI TallWood Project
May 11, 2023, DJCOregon: Tall timber building undergoes seismic tests
May 11, 2023, Science: News at a glance: A respiratory disease vaccine, observing intensifying cyclones, and shaking a tall wooden building
May 11, 2023, KABC radio (Los Angeles)
May 11, 2023, PaintSquare: Seismic Testing Underway for TallWood Project
May 11, 2023, KMBZ (Kansas City, Missouri, talk radio)
May 10, 2023, Northwest News Radio (Seattle): "UW researchers run earthquake test on laminated wood building" (note: this clip is hosted on MuckRack.com. Our contract doesn't allow us to share these links broadly (i.e. on social) so this is for internal use only)
May 10, 2023, KEPR/Yakima CBS affiliate: "UW researchers run earthquake test on shake table" (note: this clip is hosted on MuckRack.com. Our contract doesn't allow us to share these links broadly (i.e. on social) so this is for internal use only)
May 10, 2023, KIRO/Seattle CBS affiliate: "UW researchers conduct earthquake tests"
May 10, 2023, KOIN/Portland CBS affiliate (Amanda Arden): Building made of Oregon-produced mass timber withstands major earthquake tests
May 10, 2023, SmartBrief for Civil Engineers newsletter: Mass timber tower withstands shake-table seismic test
May 10, 2023, ABC News (Julia Jacobo): Can a 10-story building made of timber withstand a 7.7 magnitude earthquake? Researchers test one to find out.
May 10, 2023, KOGO-AM radio (San Diego)
May 9, 2023, KING/Seattle NBC affiliate: "UW researchers conduct earthquake test" (note: this clip is hosted on MuckRack.com. Our contract doesn't allow us to share these links broadly (i.e. on social) so this is for internal use only)
May 9, 2023, Fox 5 (San Diego affiliate)
May 9, 2023, CBS8 (San Diego affiliate)
May 9, 2023, KUSI (San Diego independent news station)
May 9, 2023, ABC News (San Diego affiliate): UCSD tests tallest building on top of earthquake simulator
May 9, 2023, NBC News (San Diego affiliate): San Diego Scientists Build a 10-Story Building on a Quake-Shake Table
May 9, 2023, Temblor.net (Montana Denton): TallWood Project tests earthquake-resistant structure
May 9, 2023, San Diego Union-Tribune (Gary Robbins): 10-story tower survives fake earthquake in possible boon for tall wood buildings Also in LA Times, May 10, 2023
May 9, 2023, KPBS (Thomas Fudge): i 10 story wood building passes earthquake test
May 9, 2023, Engineering News-Record (Nadine Post): 10-story Mass Timber Rocking Frame Sailes Through Seismic Shake Tests
May 9, 2023, KOMO/Seattle ABC affiliate (Jackie Kent): UW researchers test how timber structures could withstand an earthquake
May 9, 2023: Fox 13 (Seattle affiliate) Good Day Seattle
May 8, 2023, Geekwire (Kurt Schlosser): Wood or would not? Earthquake test to study how 10-story timber building stands up to Seattle shake
May 8, 2023, Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: With one of the first mass-timber highrise apartment buildings in the United States about to open, researchers test how wood will stand up to a major Capitol Hill earthquake
May 6, 2023, USGS News (Hawaiian Volcano Observatory) USGS scientists install seismic nodes as part of the K?lauea Seismic Imaging Project Covers T-Rex at Kilauea.
May 4, 2023, Mirage News, Isobel Coleman Goes to FIUs Hemispheric Security Conference. Mentions NHERI Wall of Wind.

April 2023

April 16, 2023, HawaiI Tribune-Herald: Volcano Watch: Imaging the underground at Kilaueas summit
April 13, 2023, USGS News: Volcano Watch Imaging the Undeground at Kilaueas Summit
April 7, 2023, Popular Science: Can this 10-story wooden building survive a seismic shakedown?

March 2023

The College of Engineering and Computing at FIU. Newsweek(opens a new window), March 30. Mentions NHERI at FIU.
Researchers discussed their work as part of Aspen Ideas climate conference(opens a new window). FIU newsroom, March 22. Mentions NHERI at FIU.
FIU expands capabilities of wind tunnel testing using innovative cyber-physical method(opens a new window). Miami Community News, March 17. Feature on NHERI Lehigh/FIU collaboration.
How Do Powerful Winds Affect Tall Buildings? Lehigh University news(opens a new window), March 17. Feature on NHERI Lehigh/FIU collaboration.
Expanding capabilities of wind tunnel testing using innovative cyber-physical method(opens a new window). March 15. FIU News. Mirage News reprint(opens a new window), March 16. Feature on NHERI Lehigh/FIU collaboration.

February 2023

FGIA Annual Conference Participants Tour Seismic Shake Table Test Site(opens a new window). Glassonweb news, Feb 28.
Boosting Seismic Resilience(opens a new window). ASU News, Feb 27. Mentions NHERI.

January 2023

Final Schedule Announced for 2023 FGIA Annual Conference(opens a new window). US Glass Magazine, Jan 31, 2023. Mentions NHERI Tallwood.
Professor Keri Ryan on DesignSafe Radio podcast.(opens a new window) Jan. 26, 2023. Full interview covers NHERI Tallwood experiment, focus on non-structural elements.
Frontier Precision Unmanned Aids Drone-Based 3-D Mapping of Hurricane Ian Damage.(opens a new window) Commercial UAV news. Jan 5, 2023. Mentions NHERI RAPID.
Civil engineering professor to chair advisory board for NSF center addressing natural hazards.(opens a new window) Nevada Today. Jan 3, 2023. Covers update to NHERI SimCenter advisory board.

2022

December 2022

New data on how hurricane-force winds affect electric transmission towers.(opens a new window) TechExplore, Dec 22, 2022. Mentions NHERI DesignSafe NHERI at FIU Wal of Wind, FIU PI Arindam Chowdhury and multiple NHERI investigators.
Towers in the Storm.(opens a new window) Eureka Alert. Dec. 21, 2022. Covers winner of 2022 NHERI DesignSafe Dataset Award.
Special Episode: Touring TallWood | Keri Ryan"(opens a new window) DesignSafe Radio podcast. December 20, 2022.
Eagle Undergrad Joins National Effort To Advance Sustainable Construction of Earthquake-Resilient Buildings.(opens a new window) Embry-Riddle News. Dec. 9. Features student working on NHERI Tallwood.
Engineers will severely stress 10-story tower on UCSD quake table to test the mettle of tall wood buildings.(opens a new window) San Diego Union Tribune. Dec 1, 2022. Features NHERI Tallwood.

November 2022

LSU Civil Enginering Assistant Professor Studying the Effect of Debris on Structures in Natural Disasters.(opens a new window) Science X. Nov. 22, 2022. Mentions research underway at the NHERI OSU wave laboratory.
McKenzie Foundation professorship Civil & Environmental Engineering.(opens a new window) Nevada Today. Nov. 22, 2022. Mentions NHERI Tallwood.
5 steps to using mass timber in multifamily housing(opens a new window) Building, Design and Construction Magazine. November 16, 2022, Features NHERI Tallwood.

October 2022

Wooden high rises? San Diego hopes mass timber can help with climate goals(opens a new window) KPBS TV and radio. October 31, 2022. Features NHERI Tallwood.
Mass Timber Construction Podcast.(opens a new window) October 27, 2022. Features Tallwood PI Shiling Pei.
DesignSafe Award-Winning Dataset to Enable Better Tsunami Modeling.(opens a new window) HPCWire. Oct 10, 2022.
Miami Condo Collapse Update: NIST Ends Destructive Tests.(opens a new window) Home improvement YouTuber Jeff Ostroff published a video article featuring the NHERI UTexas Thumper truck. Oct 8.

September 2022

Champlain Towers South Investigation Completes Site Testing.(opens a new window) NIST news, Sept 29. Article reveals how the NHERI at UTexas Mobile Shaker team played a key role in the NIST Champlain Towers investigation. Reprint in Mirage News(opens a new window), Sept. 30.
Yellowstone flooding response includes geotechnical surveys.(opens a new window) Nevada Today, Sept 16. Mentions the NHERI RAPID and GEER.

August 2022

Earthquake research, commitment to students recognized(opens a new window) NEVADA Today, August 3, 2022. Feature on Keri Ryan mentions NHERI Tallwood.
Western Kentucky tornadoes spur engineering undergrad research(opens a new window) UKNOW U of Kentucky News, August 3, 2022. Mentions NSF RAPID.
The Insurance Industry Is the Harbinger of South Floridas Climate Change Risks(opens a new window) Treasury and Risk.com, August 29, 2022. Interview with Erik Salna of FIU, mentions NHERI at FIU, includes photo of the Wall of Wind.
Ring of Fire(opens a new window) Episode 6 of The End is Nye! On the Peacock channel (subscribers only), August 30, 2022. Several minutes of UCSD shake table footage appears on the show's 6th episode, focused on quakes, tsunami & volcanoes. View the series trailer on YouTube(opens a new window).

July 2022

NSF Director Touts Magnitude of UC San Diego Research and Outreach During Visit(opens a new window). Mentions NHERI, the UC San Diego shake table. EINnews, July 1. UC San Diego News Center(opens a new window), July 7. India Education Diary(opens a new window), July 11.
NSF funds CSU study of windborne debris hazards to improve building performance, urban resilience(opens a new window). Mentions NHERI, NHERI at University of Florida. Colorado State University News, July 5.
Les scientifiques se préparent à la possibilité d'un ouragan de catégorie 6(opens a new window). Feature on the Wall of Wind, NHERI at FIU, NICHE. Futura Sciences, June 11.
Bridges Under Pressure(opens a new window). Feature on winners of DesignSafe Dataset Awards. Eureka Alert, July 7. Tech Xplore(opens a new window), July 7. Homeland Security Newswire(opens a new window), July 7. UC Davis News(opens a new window), July 12.
New Hurricane Lab to Simulate 200mph Winds to Study Effects on Structures(opens a new window) USGlass News Network, July 29, 2022. Feature on NICHE and NHERI at FIU.

June 2022

NSF director: Lets seize this moment to achieve prosperity for all(opens a new window). Mentions NHERI and NHERI at University of Florida facility. University of Florida News podcast, June 1.
FEMA announces national initiative to modernize building codes at FIU Wall of Wind.(opens a new window) Florida International University newsroom. Feature on the Wall of Wind. Mentions NHERI, NICHE. June 1.
Feeling the Heat(opens a new window). Feature on winners of DesignSafe Dataset Awards. Eureka Alert, June 3. ScienceX.com(opens a new window), June 3. Environmental News Network(opens a new window), June 3.
UH grant-supported research to focus on tsunami damage caused by debris(opens a new window). Mentions NHERI research tsunami research at Oregon State University facility. University of Hawaii Manoa News, UH News(opens a new window), June 9. Maui Now(opens a new window), June 12. Kauai Now(opens a new window), June 12. The Maui News(opens a new window), June 14. Hawaii Public Radio(opens a new window), June 17.
Los científicos estudian la posibilidad de un huracán de categoría 6(opens a new window). Feature on the Wall of Wind, NICHE. Mentions NHERI. El Tiempo, June 9. Meteored(opens a new window), June 10.
Wood You Believe: Mass Timber Leading a Renaissance in Modern Construction.(opens a new window) Mentions NHERI Tallwood project. WSP.com, June 17. CSRWire(opens a new window), July 27.
Are We Prepared for The Big One?(opens a new window) Feature on NHERI at UC Davis facility. Mentions NHERI. UC Davis Magazine, June 21.
New lab to simulate 200 mph hurricanes in quest to make storm-resistant homes(opens a new window). Feature on FIU and NICHE mentions NHERI, NHERI at FIU facility, Wall of Wind. National Geographic, June 17. National Geographic Spain(opens a new window), June 20. National Geographic Netherlands(opens a new window), June 23. National Geographic Brazil(opens a new window), June 30.

May 2022

Who said that? Florida's quote of the day.(opens a new window) Ioannis Zisis quote. Florida Trend, May 3.
The College of Engineering and Computing at FIU(opens a new window). Feature mentions the FIU Wall of Wind. Newsweek, May 6.
Simulating natural disasters: The weather lab with 200mph winds(opens a new window). Features FIU and NICHE. SpectrumNews1, May 9.
Mr. Twister(opens a new window). Features StEER co-PI David Roueche and NSF-funded research to discover tornado damage data. Auburn Engineer, May 13.
Cat 6 hurricane simulator with 200 mph winds, 20-foot storm surge under design at FIU(opens a new window). Feature on FIU and the Wall of Wind; quotes NHERI at FIU co-PI Ioannis Zisis, mentions the NICHE award. Charlotte News & Observer, May 16. Republished in the Bharat Express News, Durham Herald Sun, News4JAX, Florida Today and others.
FIU to build Cat 6 simulator(opens a new window). Feature on FIU, mentions NICHE, Wall of Wind, PI Arindam Chowdhury. KeysNews.com, May 19.
Take a look: Florida hurricane facility replicates storm conditions to improve products, building codes(opens a new window). Feature on FIU, ClickOrlando, May 23.
Florida Lab to Mimic Category 6 Hurricanes with 200-Mile-per-Hour Wind(opens a new window). Feature on FIU and NICHE. Scientific American, May 25.
FIU experts are available to discuss the 2022 hurricane season(opens a new window). Mentions Amal Elawady from the NHERI Wall of Wind. FIU News, May 26.
Scientists hope to mimic the most extreme hurricane conditions(opens a new window). Science News, May 31. Mentions NHERI, NHERI UF, NHERI FIU, the Wall of Wind. Quotes multiple NHERI researchers.

April 2022

UW-housed RAPID Facility receives $6M renewal grant(opens a new window). Mirage News, April 7, 2022.
Wooden Skyscrapers on the Rise(opens a new window). Quotes Shiling Pei, PI for NHERI Tallwood project. Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2022.
FIU leads the way for Miamis tech hub ambitions at eMerge Americas(opens a new window). Mentions NHERI Wall of Wind. FIU newsroom, April 18, 2022.
Participated in the world's first 10-story wooden building vibration experiment in the United States(opens a new window). Aquira Home Group article mentions NHERI Tallwood project, PR News Release Service, April 28, 2022.

March 2022

Oregon timber product gets the tremor test in university study(opens a new window). Features the NHERI Tallwood project, PI Shiling Pei. KOIN TV. March 1, 2022.
UNM group designs rock-tapping remote control robot to detect potential slides(opens a new window). Mentions work with NHERI RAPID. University of New Mexico newsroom. March 2, 2022.
Florida University to design 'Category 6' hurricane wind and surge simulator(opens a new window). Feature story on NHERI Florida International University, quotes PI Arindam Chowdhury, mentions NICHE, NHERI OSU, UC San Diego. Washington Post, March 2, 2022.
Earthquake' to hit 10-story mass timber structure this summer(opens a new window). Features NHERI Tallwood, quotes Shiling Pei, mentions NHERI at UC San Diego, Woodworking network. March 3, 2022.

February 2022

Engineers deploy drones to survey Marshall Fire, gather lessons for future disasters(opens a new window). Mentions the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance group. University of Colorado Boulder newsroom, Feb 14.
An Engineer's Advice on Ensuring Structural Safety(opens a new window). Podcast interview with StEER principal investigator Tracy Kijewski-Correa, on the Employee Safety podcast.

January 2022

Clarkson University Prof Awarded $200K NSF Grant to Mitigate Wind Damage on Buildings(opens a new window). Story about Pedro Fernández-Cabán and his research at NHERI University of Florida. Clarkson University News, Jan. 5, 2022.
When water is coming from all sides(opens a new window). Story about modeling flood risks. Mentions DesignSafe. Science Daily, Jan. 13, 2022.
The Flow of Inteformation(opens a new window). A story about the Georgia Tech hydraulics lab. Mentions NHERI at Oregon State University and Hermann Fritz. Georgia Tech College of Engineering News, Jan 31, 2022.
FIU receives $12.8 million NSF grant to design an extreme wind, surge and wave testing facility(opens a new window). Published by the PR Newswire and FIU Newsroom(opens a new window), Jan 31, 2022. Reprinted/rebroadcast by CBSMiami(opens a new window), Spot on Florida(opens a new window), Local10News(opens a new window), Miami Herald(opens a new window), and others.

2021

December 2021

Civil engineer says buildings will need to prepare for stronger storms(opens a new window), Interview with David Prevatt of the U of Florida and StEER, National Public Radio, Dec. 13
We can build homes to survive tornadoes like Kentucky suffered. We just havent(opens a new window). Essay by David Prevatt, Washington Post, Dec. 27.
UNMs SMILab develops marine and underwater smart sensing in NSF/ONR project(opens a new window). Features NHERI RAPID facility. University of New Mexico newsroom, Dec. 21, 2021
RAPID reconnaissance: Capturing data in the aftermath of a disaster(opens a new window). Features NHERI RAPID facility. Interview with Michael Olson of NHERI RAPID. Engineering Out Loud podcast, Nov. 30, 2021.
Exploring Mass Timber: A Global Research Project with the NHERI TallWood Project Team(opens a new window). Coughlin Porter Lundeen newsletter, Winter 2021 issue.

November 2021

Sinking After Earthquakes(opens a new window). Data from the 2010 New Zealand earthquake series now available to the public, Eureka Alert, Nov. 24.
What can the 2018 Camp Fire teach us about resilience?(opens a new window) Interview with Oregon State University researcher Erica Fisher, Oregon Public Radio, Nov. 9.
Hurricane researcher follows storm fury in the lab and on the land(opens a new window). Forrest Masters featured in the From Florida podcast, Nov. 16.

October 2021

Civil Engineering Professors to Help Lead Natural Hazards Simulation Center(opens a new window). UCLA Samueli Newsroom, Oct 14.
Hurricane Michael damage wins 2021 DesighSafe Dataset Award(opens a new window). Eureka Alert, Oct. 13.
The College of Engineering and Computing at FIU(opens a new window). Newsweek, Oct. 10.

September 2021

When a Natural Disaster Hits, Structural Engineers Learn From the Destruction(opens a new window), Smithsonian magazine, Sept 16 (reprint)
What Survives the Storm(opens a new window), Hakai Magazine, Sept. 16 (original story)
Here Come the First Responders ... And the Engineers?(opens a new window), Atlantic magazine, Sept 19 (reprint)
SimCenter receives $12.75M renewal award from NSF(opens a new window), The Daily Cal, Sept. 23

August 2021

Meet Surfside's Disaster-Data Forensic Sleuths,(opens a new window) IEEE Spectrum, August 4
Notre Dames Tracy Kijewski-Correa says as Haiti begins another recovery, we must recognize, respect and accommodate country's own time scales(opens a new window), Newswise, August 16
Lessons from Surfside and Tropical Storm Grace(opens a new window), The Gleaner, August 21
OSU research shows scale models effective for predicting storm damage to wood-frame buildings(opens a new window), OSU Newsroom, August 24

July 2021

Interview with Lori Peek(opens a new window), principal investigator for NHERI-CONVERGE, in the COVID Calls podcast, July 27.
Sustaining Solid Ground(opens a new window), July 23, ASU News, July 23.
NIST Tags Evidence Related to Champlain Towers South Failure(opens a new window), in Engineering News Record, July 22.
Update on NISTs Investigation of the Champlain Towers South Collapse(opens a new window), in Homeland Security Today, July 16.
Interview with Ben Mason,(opens a new window) associate professor of geotechnical engineering, Oregon State University. In Engineering Out Loud: Engineering for Natural Disasters podcast, July 14.
Interview with David Prevatt(opens a new window), professor of civil and coastal engineering, University of Florida. Disasters Deconstructed podcast, July 5.