Join Structural Engineering Extreme Event Reconnaissance Missions

[announce at designsafe-ci.org]

Greetings, NHERI and DesignSafe members,


With the 2018 Hurricane seasons becoming active, the StEER network is
opening preliminary enrollment for researchers interested in participating
in possible responses to Florence or other major hurricanes this fall.


The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a 2-year EAGER grant
(CMMI 1841667) to establish the Structural
Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network. StEER’s mission is to deepen
the structural natural hazards engineering (NHE) community’s capacity for
reliable post-event reconnaissance by (1) promoting community-driven
standards, best practices, and training for RAPID field work; (2)
coordinating official event responses in collaboration with other
stakeholders and reconnaissance groups; and (3) representing structural
engineering within the wider extreme events consortium including GEER in
geotechnical engineering and SSEER in social sciences to foster greater
potentials for truly interdisciplinary reconnaissance. StEER will also work
closely with the NSF-supported Natural Hazards Engineering Research
Infrastructure (NHERI) RAPID facility and cyberinfrastructure
Reconnaissance Portal to more effectively leverage these resources to
benefit StEER missions.

While StEER will roll out a broad engagement strategy to work with the
community to establish its policies, resources and training programs, and
launch a formal member recruitment campaign, NSF has also made available
supplements to support StEER in responding to events during StEER’s
two-year development period.

Note that participating in StEER responses does not preclude researchers at
US academic institutions from petitioning NSF directly for RAPID funding,
but does provide the opportunity to deploy without delay as part of a
coordinated, multi-institution effort with logistical support and travel
funding. Industry partners (e.g., insurance, practicing engineers,
mitigation product specialists) are encouraged to follow the steps below
for opportunities to participate in a deployment, but will not be eligible
for NSF funding. StEER is also interested in unfunded collaborations with
local, state and federal officials, as well as non-US academic researchers
responding to an event.
NEXT STEPS

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   If you are interested in participating in possible responses to Florence
   or other hurricanes in the 2018 season (in roles that include those that
   field deploy, as well as those who support from their home institution),
   please *COMPLETE THIS FORM*
   <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjjN8Go6i3vZHQUDhxuQvwoFw1B-lSpqbVNJVhmBChJIWYAA/viewform?usp=sf_link>
   .
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   If you do not wish to participate in 2018 Hurricane Season response but
   are still interested in learning more about StEER and/or participating
   in future responses to earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes and other wind
   storms in the future, please *COMPLETE THIS FORM*
   <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe41k2d3DYZ5JuZ6nELIujnvyPm-dvg2281UMAH5nbBL38Rmw/viewform?usp=sf_link>
to
   join our mailing list.
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   If you know others who may be interested in learning more about StEER
   and particularly possible responses to the 2018 Hurricane season, please
   forward this email to them.


Wevappreciate your collaboration in helping to Build Resilience through
Reconnaissance. Please direct additional queries to admin at steer.network.

Best Wishes,

Tracy Kijewski-Correa

Khalid Mosalam

David O. Prevatt

Ian Robertson

David Roueche

StEER Director

StEER Associate Director for Seismic Hazards

StEER Associate Director for Wind Hazards

StEER Associate Director for Assessment Technologies

StEER Associate Director for Data Standards

University of Notre Dame

University of California, Berkeley

University of Florida

University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Auburn University
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