NHERI Monthly Recap, December 2017

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Catch up with community happenings in NHERI's monthly recap newsletter.

Welcome to the monthly recap! Last month, we discovered new research from the University of Washington on 'breakaway' tsunami-resistant buildings. We also learned about exciting new projects funded by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) that are examining the seismic performance of transportation systems. Recent DesignSafe Radio podcasts featured intrepid hurricane hunters from NOAA discussing their unusual line of work. Also last month, the NHERI NCO organized a partnership planning meeting with Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience<http://www.bosai.go.jp/e/>, NIED.

Want to share your team's news? Post to the Communication channel on Slack<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/slack-online-collaboration/>, or send a note to Marti LaChance in NHERI Communications<mailto:nheri.communications at gmail.com>.

Did you get a chance to read NHERI's quarterly research newsletter? Find it online<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/quarterly/>.

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PEER Funds New Research in Seismic Performance of Transportation Systems
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The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, PEER, has continuing funding from the State of California related to the seismic performance of transportation systems. This funding supports the Transportation Systems Research Program (TSRP)<http://peer.berkeley.edu/transportation/>, the purpose of which is to lessen the impacts of earthquakes on the transportation systems of California, including highways and bridges, port facilities, high-speed rail, and airports. In September 2017, PEER issued a request for proposals, Solicitation PEER TSRP 17-01<http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2017/09/request-for-proposals-peer-transportation-systems-research-program/> , for one- and two-year projects aligned with the current TSRP research priorities and vision.

PEER received 13 proposals for seed funding and 34 proposals for full funding.  A seed project has a one-year budget equal to or less than $50,000.  These proposals received an expedited review by the Research Committee. Of the 13 seed proposals, the Research Committee has decided to fund six of the following six proposals.  See them here<http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2017/11/peer-tsrp-to-fund-six-seed-proposals/>.

Of the 34 full-funding proposals submitted, PEER selected 11.  Two projects are collaborations of PEER core campuses.  One project is a collaboration between PEER core campuses Stanford University and UNR, and another project is a collaboration between a PEER core campus, UC Davis, and a member of PEER Business and Industry Partnership (BIP) program, Forell/Elsesser Engineers.  See all 11 projects here<http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2017/12/peer-tsrp-funds-11-full-projects/>.

All of the funded projects will be listed soon on the PEER-TSRP<https://peer.berkeley.edu/transportation/> website at http://peer.berkeley.edu/transportation/projects/.

PEER thanks all the PIs who submittted proposals.  There are plans to have the PEER-TSRP RFP released annually in the fall and possibly biannually with another release mid-spring.

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Engineering Collaboration with Japan
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Hazard engineering researchers in the U.S. and Japan are interested in working and learning together. To discuss the collaborative partnership, representatives from both countries gathered for the First Annual Research Meeting in Tokyo, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

Attendees included officials from NHERI and NIED (the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience<http://www.bosai.go.jp/e/>); representatives from NSF and Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); and members of the hazard engineering research community.

More than 20 researchers attended the meeting where the breakout sessions covered a variety of possible research topics under the themes of wood, steel plus protective systems, reinforced concrete and non-structural components.

NHERI researchers are encouraged to review the summaries and workshop resolutions in the draft report and consider mutually beneficial collaborations.

The draft report for this event is available on the DesignSafe-CI website:

PDF: Report of the 1st Research Meeting (Draft)<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/media/filer_public/2b/aa/2baab520-f5b0-4486-9258-0b0a80ed9bff/draft_report_of_the_1st_research_meeting-v1.pdf>

Meeting presentations, including talks by DesignSafe PI Ellen Rathje and NSF-NHERI Program Director Joy Pauschke, have been published to the DesignSafe Data Depot:

1st Research Meeting Presentations (Data Depot PRJ-1765)<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.published/PRJ-1765>

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Developing 'Breakaway' Tsunami Resistant Buildings
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The best designs can also be the most surprising. A promising new concept for tsunami resistant buildings features breakaway walls and floors on lower levels that, when removed by forceful waves, strengthen the structure and better protect occupants seeking safety on higher floors.

Thanks to a $1 million National Science Foundation Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation grant<https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1726326&HistoricalAwards>, civil engineering researchers at University of Washington will be developing a new structural system to better protect communities during tsunamis. The research project, Vertical Evacuation Structures Subjected to Sequential Earthquake and Tsunami Loadings, will be led by professor and principal investigator Dawn Lehman<https://www.ce.washington.edu/people/faculty/lehamnd> and co-investigators Michael Motley<https://www.ce.washington.edu/people/faculty/motleym>, Charles Roeder<https://www.ce.washington.edu/people/faculty/roederc> and Pedro Arduino<https://www.ce.washington.edu/people/faculty/arduinop>. The researchers bring together expertise in structural earthquake engineering, tsunami engineering and geotechnical earthquake engineering.

The research is timely, with a major subduction zone earthquake predicted for the Pacific Northwest. An earthquake of this magnitude could trigger a tsunami, which would hit coastal communities the hardest.

Read the FULL STORY<https://www.ce.washington.edu/news/article/2017-10-23/developing-%E2%80%98breakaway%E2%80%99-tsunami-resistant-buildings>.

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Legendary Hurricane Hunters on DesignSafe Radio:
Hal Kibbey and Frank Marks of NOAA
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Each week, DesignSafe Radio host Dan Zehner meets amazing individuals involved with hazard research. This hurricane season, Dan has met with two of NOAA's intrepid hurricane hunters, people whose job it is to fly into hurricanes to gather meteorological data necessary to determine storm strength and direction.

On the November 9 episode, Dan talks hurricanes with former Navy pilot Justin Kibbey, who spent 10 years doing aerial reconnaissance and wartime flights over places like Iraq and Afghanistan. He flew the P-3 Orion, a four-engine turboprop designed to fly low and hunt submarines. Today, Kibbey pilots the P-3 for NOAA's hurricane hunters, taking a crew of researchers into the heart  -- and eye --  of hurricane storms. 2017 is his eighth season, and he has some stories to tell. LISTEN IN<https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-zehner/designsafe-radio/e/52181623>.

On the December 8 show, Dan chats with veteran Hurricane Hunter and meteorologist Frank Marks. Since the 1980s, Marks has flown 10,000 hours on NOAA's P-3 Orion aircraft, including through many, many hurricanes. Marks, who now leads NOAA's Hurricane Research Division, has enjoyed learning about hazardous weather all his life. He shares some of his favorite experiences with us. LISTEN IN<https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-zehner/designsafe-radio/e/52496636>.

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