[Announce] NHERI Monthly Recap, March 2017

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Upcoming Events

March 7 - 10
69th EERI Annual Meeting<http://2017am.eeri-events.org/>
Portland, Oregon
Sponsor: EERI<https://www.eeri.org>

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March 12 - 15
Geotechnical Frontiers 2017<http://www.geoinstitute.org/event/2017-03-12geotechnicalfrontiers/>
Orlando, Florida
Sponsors: Geo-Institute of ASCE<http://www.geoinstitute.org/>, IFAI-Geosynthetic Materials Association<http://geosynthetics.ifai.com/>

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April 6 - 8
SEI Structures Congress 2017<http://www.structurescongress.org/>
Denver, Colorado
Sponsor: ASCE Structure Engineering Institute<http://www.asce.org/structural-engineering/structural-engineering-institute/>

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May 1 - 3
NSF Large Facilities Workshop 2017<https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190458>
Livingston and Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sponsor: NSF Large Facilities Office<https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/lfo/>

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May 21 - 24
13th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering<https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/acwe/>
Gainesville, Florida
Sponsor: Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at UFL<https://www.eng.ufl.edu/>

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Welcome to the NHERI monthly newsletter!

Each month we help you catch up on news and events from the people and places within the NCO. If you have suggestions for stories to include, contact Marti LaChance at nheri.communications at gmail.com<mailto:nheri.communications at gmail.com>.

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RAPID facility slated to support deployments in September 2018
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Since the NHERI RAPID facility award was announced in September 2016, several major wind and seismic events have occurred, including Hurricane Matthew in October, which struck Haiti and the U.S., and the magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake in November, which hit New Zealand's South Island.

RAPID facility director Joe Wartman says research reconnaissance teams investigating these events inquired about deploying RAPID field equipment to the affected regions. To such inquiries, he says, "We have to tell them the answer is 'not yet, but soon.'"

Although the center has commenced operations, faculty and staff are still in the planning- and equipment-commissioning phase. The center is slated to begin supporting field deployments in September 2018.

The RAPID facility, headquartered at the University of Washington, is a collaboration between UW, Oregon State University, Virginia Tech and the University of Florida.

In January, the center convened a two-day community workshop to solicit feedback from stakeholders to develop a science plan and establish deployment protocols. In the coming year (2017-2018), the facility will acquire and commission major instrumentation to support post-disaster investigations.

Find details about the RAPID facility's future capabilities on the RAPID DesignSafe-CI site.<https://rapid.designsafe-ci.org/>

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Steve Mahin introduces the SimCenter at the 2017 WCEE
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Steve Mahin, NHERI SimCenter<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/simcenter/> director, highlighted the center during his keynote address at the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering<http://16wcee.com>, held January 9-13, in Santiago, Chile.

In his talk, Mahin described how multiple factors are altering and complicating how engineers design modern structures. These factors include rapid urbanization and transformation of the landscape; rapid introduction of new technologies, design and analysis tools; new structural systems and construction materials; tightening economic constraints; and changes in public expectations.

He emphasized the need for the natural hazards engineering community to take proactive and holistic approaches to improving the economy and ensuring the sustainability and resilience of structures, infrastructure systems and cities. Such approaches require collaborative contributions from experts in many disciplines; new and powerful software tools are needed to address these challenges adequately.

He outlined the new applications and workflow management tools being introduced by NHERI's SimCenter, explaining that they will enable multidisciplinary experts to work together using new or existing software applications in ways never before possible. In particular, the SimCenter's powerful, cloud-based, open source resources for computational modeling and simulation will allow multidisciplinary teams to work together synergistically to better understand and mitigate the adverse effects of natural hazards on the built environment.

The SimCenter will start rolling out details about its diverse array of services and educational programs over the next few months. The DesignSafe-CI website will be the primary portal for getting information on SimCenter activities and accessing its products. Mahin will be introducing the SimCenter at other meetings around the US, such as the 13th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering to be held May 21-24, in Gainesville, Florida.

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NCO leadership overview

Curious about NHERI leadership? Here's the gist:

NHERI's Purdue University-led Network Coordination Office (NCO<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/>) is responsible for organizing the governance<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/governance/> committees that determine the direction and policies of NHERI as well as ensuring the smooth scheduling<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/scheduling/> of research completed at NHERI experimental sites.

Another component of the NCO is the Education and Community Outreach (ECO<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/eco/>) team, based at the University of Texas San Antonio. This group is charged with leading efforts to provide training programs<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/overview/> and spread the message<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/> of the NHERI program throughout the hazards research community.

The NCO's organizational chart provides details<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/organization/>.

For updates for the NCO, stay tuned to DesignSafe-CI email announcements and this NHERI monthly newsletter.
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Using the new Facility Scheduling Dashboard
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In case you missed it, the NHERI NCO has rolled out a new system for scheduling research projects and recently held an introductory training session on using it. The Facility Scheduling Dashboard, which uses Microsoft Project Online, will help reduce paperwork and give you the tools you need to plan your projects and keep them on track-with less hassle!

The session covered the basics of the forms to fill out at the beginning of the project and how to update your project once it is underway.

If you missed this, or any other training webinar, catch up with a video recording at the DesignSafe-CI webinar archive:
https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/archive/

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Communications update from JoAnn Browning

Hello, everyone! We've had a personnel change here in the NCO. I am pleased to introduce Marti LaChance<mailto:nheri.communications at gmail.com> as your new NHERI communications contact. Some of you may remember her as the communications manager for the NEES award. I know I have very fond memories of working with her and am excited to have another opportunity.

Marti will be preparing our monthly and quarterly newsletters and managing NHERI social media. In the coming weeks, she will be contacting various sites for information.

But please do not wait to hear from Marti. I encourage you to send her updates about your site. She is interested in hearing about interesting experiments, coming events, key site milestones, unique tours and outreach programs, high-achieving students and faculty-anything of interest to the NHERI community and hazards engineering.

If you have any questions about NHERI communications, you may reach Marti at nheri.communications at gmail.com<mailto:nheri.communications at gmail.com>.

Warm regards,
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JoAnn Browning, PhD, EE
NHERI Network Coordination Office, Co-PI
Dean of College of Engineering
David and Jennifer Spencer Distinguished Chair
University of Texas San Antonio


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