NHERI Monthly Recap, February 2020

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March 4 - March 6
2020 National Earthquake Conference and 72nd EERI Annual Meeting<http://earthquakeconference.org/>
San Diego, California
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March 19 - March 20
ICWE 2020: International Conference on Wind Engineering<https://waset.org/wind-engineering-conference-in-march-2020-in-prague>
Prague, Czechia
Sponsor: WASET<https://www.waset.org/>

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April 22 - April 24
2020 NZSEE Annual Technical Conference<https://conferences.co.nz/nzsee2020/>
Wellington, New Zealand
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May 18 - May 20
Disaster Ethics Conference 2020<https://events.ruc.dk/disasterethics/home.html>
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sponsor: Roskilde University<https://ruc.dk/en> and York Univesrity<https://yorku.ca>

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May 26 - May 29
EMI Conference and Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference<https://www.emi-conference.org/>
New York, New York
Sponsor: ASCE<https://www.asce.org/>

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FEBRUARY 2020
Catch up with community happenings in NHERI's Monthly Recap.

Here's what's been happening around the network:

  *   Tech Transfer report online
  *   Harish joins SimCenter
  *   NHERI's Vielma joins UTSA faculty
  *   StEER team: Immediate impact in the Bahamas
  *   Salna inducted into Hall of Fame
  *   FEMA's report on Hurricane Michael available

Why haven't we heard from your team? Send us a story:
Email nheri.communications at mail.com<mailto:nheri.communications at gmail.com> or Slack #Communications.

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2019 Technology Transfer Committee report now online

In November 2019, the Technology Transfer Committee<http://bit.ly/32wgNAP> held an in-person meeting in Alexandria, Virginia. Topics included the presentation of several NHERI projects the committee has identified as having implementation potential, the discussion of a proposed publication of TTC findings, and plans for future TTC tasks.

The meeting report and presentations are now online<http://bit.ly/2T3a3Hm> in the DesignSafe DataDepot.

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Harish Joins SimCenter

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The SimCenter is pleased to announce that Dr. Ajay Harish has joined the software development team. Harish says he finds it exciting that the work being done at the SimCenter is highly interdisciplinary and combines ideas from engineering, mathematics and computer science.

He adds: “The SimCenter provides an opportunity to bring together knowledge of computational mechanics and numerical methods into software that can be used by researchers to understand natural hazards, and also by professionals and policy makers to mitigate damage.”

Read about Dr. Harish's expertise<https://designsafe-ci.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf97295b3279b4a8c19aeb00a&id=efa2459cd2&e=66c42293dd>.

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NHERI's Vielma joins faculty at the UTSA College of Engineering

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Karina Vielma joins the University of Texas San Antonio faculty as assistant professor of engineering education, the first position of its kind. Currently, Vielma coordinates education and outreach efforts for NHERI — including the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program<http://bit.ly/2uZA5BG> and the NHERI Summer Institute<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/summer-institute/>.

A joint hire between the UTSA’s College of Engineering and the College of Education and Human Development, Vielma will spearhead a new engineering education program and support mentorship of female, Hispanic and first-generation engineering students.

Read the FULL STORY<http://bit.ly/2w8vk9K>.

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StEER's post Dorian team aids Bahamian community

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When it comes to making a difference, disaster reconnaissance teams typically aim at future improvements.

But with its post-Dorian missions to the Bahamas, the Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance<https://steer.network/> network (StEER) proved that post-disaster teams can have an immediate positive impact on local communities.

On September 24, 2019, shortly after Dorian’s landfall, the first of two NSF-funded StEER reconnaissance teams, FAST-1<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.published/PRJ-2555>, landed in the Bahamas. The three-person team deployed cameras, including terrestrial, 360-degree cameras, and Applied StreetView technology. They also obtained door-to-door assessments of damaged buildings using the Fulcrum mobile app.

Within days, the data team was making imagery and info publicly available.

Read the FULL STORY<http://bit.ly/2I89Ts9>.

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FIU's Salna inducted into Meteorologist Hall of Fame

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On Feb 1, 2020, Groundhog Day, the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center inducted meteorologist Erik Salna into the Meteorologist Hall of Fame. The annual honor recognizes scientists whose contributions have furthered the science of meteorology and broadcast meteorology.

Salna, who was part of the team that built the Wall of Wind, is the associate director of education outreach for the Extreme Events Institute (EEI) and the International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) at Florida International University in Miami. He leads programs such as the Wall of Wind Mitigation Challenge for South Florida high school students.

Hall of Fame inductee Salna was featured on KVUE TV<https://www.kvue.com/video/weather/accuweather/meet-erik-salna-the-latest-inductee-to-the-meteorologist-hall-of-fame/607-0b7565c7-3d71-4424-9c09-7c6c0928890c>.

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FEMA report on Hurricane Michael now available

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On October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Michael> wreaked havoc on the Florida Panhandle. With maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, Michael made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane between between Mexico Beach and Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City. Forty-seven people died in Florida. Insurance claims totaled $5.53 billion.

In October 2018 and early January 2019, FEMA’s Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration’s Building Science Branch deployed a mitigation assessment team (MAT) to the affected areas in Florida.

The MAT was composed of subject matter experts in a variety of fields, including NHERI NCO member Tom Smith, AIA, RRC, F.SEI and principal at TLSmith Consulting Inc. Smith is an architect and respected authority on wind performance of buildings.

The MAT assessed the performance of hundreds of coastal and in-land residential properties, critical facilities, municipal and public buildings, seawalls as well as hurricane evacuation shelters. The team developed 69 recommendations for actions to take.

The full report is now available<https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/186057>. FEMA encourages the following groups to adopt its recommendations:

  *   Federal, state and local governments;
  *   private companies in the design and construction industry;
  *   building code and standards organizations;
  *   and other select stakeholders.

These 69 recommendations, when implemented, will help reduce injuries and mitigate building and their associated utility system damage from future natural hazard events in Florida and elsewhere.

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