NHERI SCIENCE PLAN: A RESOURCE FOR NATURAL HAZARDS ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS

[announce at designsafe-ci.org]

*THE NHERI SCIENCE PLAN: A RESOURCE FOR NATURAL HAZARDS ENGINEERING
RESEARCHERS*



With NHERI’s five-year Science Plan
<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/science-plan/>, natural
hazard engineers now have a roadmap for research.



When developing proposals to NSF, researchers are strongly encouraged to
consider tenets of the Science Plan, especially the Grand Challenges, Key
Research Questions and examples of needed research.

The Science Plan is the product a multidisciplinary effort. NHERI’s Network
Coordination Office
<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/organization/> (NCO) and the
NHERI Council of Awardees appointed a task group
<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/science-plan/> comprising
distinguished researchers and practitioners, all active in the field. The NHERI
awardees <https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/experimental/> also
contributed to the plan, including the NCO.

The resulting document serves as a roadmap pointing to highly productive
areas of study over the next five years. The plan also ensures that natural
hazards engineers in related disciplines work efficiently together to
achieve their common research goals -- all aimed at improving the
resilience against natural hazards of the civil infrastructure and
communities.

*Download **NHERI’s Five-Year Science Plan*
<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/media/cms_page_media/595/NHERI%20Science%20Plan%20(July%202017).pdf>
* (PDF)*

The Science Plan describes Grand Challenges, Key Research Questions and
examples of needed research to mitigate damage from earthquakes, wind
storms, storm surge and tsunamis. Appendices describe the NHERI
experimental facilities
<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/experimental/> and examples of
research that can be conducted at each site. The NHERI CyberInfrastructure
<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/about/designsafe/> and SimCente
<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/>r are described in the appendices, too.

“We urge all natural hazards engineers to review the plan,” says Billy
Edge, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at
North Carolina State University. “We are eager to see additions to the
plan’s example research topics – especially novel, interdisciplinary
research that will lead to new knowledge about civil infrastructure
performance under loads from hazards like wind, waves, and earthquakes.”

The Science Plan was created with input from all the NHERI awardees and
with broad community-based participation from earthquake, wind, and coastal
engineering professionals, as well as engineering education experts. During
a public comment period, the document was reviewed by the various NHERI
stakeholders.

A living document, the plan is periodically assessed and updated. A revised
edition of The Science Plan will be published by July 1.

*About NHERI.* The Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure is
funded by multiple NSF awards. NHERI engineers are dedicated to reducing
risk from natural disasters, including earthquakes,
tsunamis, windstorms and storm surge. Details at DesignSafe-CI.
<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/>

Contacts:

Julio Ramirez <ramirez at purdue.edu>
Director, NHERI NCO
Professor of Civil Engineering
Purdue University

Billy L. Edge <bedge at civil.tamu.edu>
Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
North Carolina State University

William T. Holmes <WHolmes at ruthchek.com%20>
Rutherford + Chekene Consulting Engineers

Thomas L. Smith <tlsmith at hughes.net%20>
TLSmith Consulting Inc.
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