NHERI Presents

Welcome to the NHERI Presents webinar series

In these monthly, 30-minute presentations, NHERI researchers provide details on ways their work is having an impact on engineering and science knowledge and practice. Please join us – and invite all of your colleagues to learn ways that NHERI research is making lives safer and infrastructure more resilient!

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Interdisciplinary Hurricane Reconnaissance in Coastal Environments: An example from the NEER/GEER response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024


Nina Stark, PhD, Professor, Director of the University of Florida Center for Coastal Solutions

October 21, 2026

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Upcoming Webinars


Nina Stark, University of Florida

October 21, 2026

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Tara Hutchinson, UC San Diego

November 18, 2026


Alejandro Martinez, UC Davis

January 20, 2027


NHERI Presents Archive

Creating Climate-Resilient Urban Coasts with Natural and Hybrid Infrastructure

Dr. Navid Jafari, Associate Professor Texas A&M University
September 16, 2026

Advancing Light-Payload Seismic Isolation through Cyber-Physical Testing with NHERI

Dr. Scott Harvey, Associate Professor University of Oklahoma
August 19, 2026

NHERI Facility Used: Lehigh University Cyber-Physical Simulation

Centrifuge Modeling of Permafrost Thaw: Challenges, Mechanisms, and Infrastructure Implications

Dr. Mohammad Khosravi, Associate Professor Civil Engineering MSU
July 15, 2026

NHERI Facility Used: UC Davis Geotechnical Centrifuges

Large-scale physical experiments to inform flood load design

Dr. Tori Tomiczek
June 17, 2026

NHERI Facility Used: Oregon State University Wave Research Laboratory

Soil Liquefaction Research with NHERI: From Centrifuge Modeling to Field Shaking

Dr. Arash Khosravifar
May 20, 2026

NHERI Facility Used: UC Davis Geotechnical Centrifuges, UT Austin Large Mobile Shakers

Creating collaborative pathways to conduct large-scale shake table projects

Dr. Barbara Simpson
April 8, 2026

NHERI Facility Used: UC San Diego Earthquake Shake Table

Improving Our Understanding of Cascadia Earthquake Risk through Integrated Simulation

Dr. Carlos Molina Hutt
March 18, 2026

NHERI Facility Used: NHERI SimCenter, NHERI DesignSafe

From Tornado Videos to Wind Data — A Physics-Based Framework for Inferring Near-Surface Wind Characteristics from Debris Flight Imagery

Dr. David Roueche
February 18, 2026

NHERI Facility Used: Florida International University Wall of Wind Facility

Large-Scale Experiments to Advance Knowledge on the Behavior of Steel Seismic Collectors toward Improved Design Procedures

Dr. Robert Fleischman
January 21, 2026

NHERI Facility Used: Lehigh University Cyber-Physical Simulation, UC San Diego Earthquake Shake Table

Expanding the scope of in-field post-wildfire investigations through NHERI

Dr. Erica Fischer
December 17, 2025

NHERI Facility Used: NHERI RAPID

Advancing Earthquake Resilience through Field-Scale Experimentation and Research-Industry Partnership

Dr. Diane Moug
November 19, 2025

NHERI Facility Used: UC Davis Geotechnical Centrifuges, UT Austin Large Mobile Shakers

Disaster Reconnaissance A Catalyst for Discovery, Collaboration, Commitment, and Impact

Dr. Elaina Sutley
October 22, 2025

NHERI Facility Used: Florida International University Wall of Wind Facility

Accelerating Discovery in Wind Engineering Research: Fusing AI, Automation, and High-Throughput Experimentation

Pedro L. Fernández-Cabán
October 1, 2025

NHERI Facility Used: University of Florida Wind Research Facility