NHERI Monthly Recap, July 2020

Fri Jul 10 12:24:41 CDT 2020

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Upcoming Events
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July 12 - July 15
45th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop<https://hazards.colorado.edu/workshop/2020>
Broomfield, Colorado
Sponsor: Natural Hazards Center<https://hazards.colorado.edu>

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July 15 - July 16
Researchers Meeting (at 45th NHRA Workshop)<https://hazards.colorado.edu/workshop/2020/registration>
Broomfield, Colorado
Sponsor: Natural Hazards Center<https://hazards.colorado.edu>

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NHERI is monitoring the status of upcoming hazards engineering events in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to provide a community calendar when regular schedules resume.

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

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

  *   Disaster Resilience Research Grants, DRRG
  *   Support for justice and equality in natural hazards research
  *   UF Wind Hazard Damage Assessment Group publishes three key papers
  *   CONVERGE facility releases IRB training module
  *   StEER releases report on June 23 Oaxaca earthquake
  *   2020 MECHS Collaboratory video competition
  *   Researchers Meeting, July 15-16
  *   Dr. Yi joins SimCenter development team

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

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Disaster Resilience Research Grants, DRRG

NHERI and DesignSafe researchers should be aware of Program Solicitation NSF 20-581, Disaster Resilience Research Grants (DRRG).

With this joint solicitation, the NSF and the U.S Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) call for proposals for research to advance fundamental understanding of disaster resilience in support of improved, science-based planning, policy, decisions, design, codes, and standards.

NSF and NIST will hold an informational webcast on August 3, 2020, to discuss the DRRG program and answer questions about this solicitation. More details about the webcast will be posted at https://www.nist.gov/el/disaster-resilience/disaster-resilience-federal-funding-opportunity-ffo as they become available. The webcast will be archived and available for viewing for at least 3 months following the event.

Letters of intent are due August 14, 2020. Proposals are due by September 15, 2020.

Find details about the program, eligibility and submission instructions on the NSF website:

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20581/nsf20581.htm

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Support for justice and equality in natural hazards research

For those of us who stand against racism and wish to support people of color in our field, consider reviewing and signing on to a statement from the North American Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Research Institutes, NAAHDRI. Many of our colleagues who are leaders of centers and institutes across the region have already done so.

Statement on Systemic Racism and Disasters from the North American Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Research Institutes<https://www.naahdri.org/about/statements/>

If you wish to sign in solidarity with this statement, please email your name, title, and affiliation to Lori.Peek at colorado.edu<mailto:Lori.Peek at colorado.edu>.

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UF Wind Hazard Damage Assessment Group publishes three key papers

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Prevatt's Wind Hazard Damage Assessment Group, over the years.

Hats off to David O. Prevatt, PhD, his students and collaborators. Recently, the group published three papers of importance to their ongoing studies and the field of wind engineering. Their efforts, and those who continue to work in wind engineering, are helping reduce societal losses through application of their engineering research.

The Wind Hazard Damage Assessment group includes Dr. David B. Roueche of Auburn University; Mr. Anant Jain; Mr. Arpit Bhusar; Mr. Jason Lopez of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; in collaboration with Professor Frederick J. Haan of Calvin College.

The articles are as follows:

  *   Engineering-Based Tornado Damage Assessment: Numerical Tool for Assessing Tornado Vulnerability of Residential Structures<https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2020.00089/full>
  *   Wind Resistance and Fragility Functions for Wood-Framed Wall Sheathing Panels in Low-Rise Residential Construction<https://ascelibrary.org/doi/full/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002653?af=R>
  *   Tornado-Induced and Straight-Line Wind Loads on a Low-Rise Building With Consideration of Internal Pressure<https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2020.00018/full>

Learn how to follow the team and read the FULL STORY<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2020/july/uf-wind-hazard-damage-group-publishes-three-key-papers/> in the DesignSafe newsroom.

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CONVERGE facility releases IRB training module

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The NHERI-CONVERGE facility, headquartered at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, is excited to announce the release of a new training module that focuses on Institutional Review Board (IRB) procedures for extreme events research. With this module, natural hazards researchers will learn best practices in working with human subjects.

Released in June 2020, this course is the fourth in a series of online training modules<https://converge.colorado.edu/training-modules> developed by the CONVERGE research team. These interactive, 30- to 60-minute modules cover a variety of topics that assist hazards and disaster researchers and research teams from a range of disciplines, including engineering and geophysical sciences, in applying social science best practices to extreme events research.

Read the FULL STORY<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2020/june/converge-releases-institutional-review-board-training-module/>.

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StEER releases report on June 23 Oaxaca earthquake

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A Mexico City resident captured a fascinating footage of a swimming pool oscillating wildly after the June 23 quake. (Twitter: @Ponchole<https://twitter.com/Ponchole/status/1275463127597854720>)

The Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance<https://www.steer.network> (StEER) Network has released its Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (PVRR) summarizing its findings on the impacts of the 23 June 2020 Mw 7.4 earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico. The report was prepared by StEER’s Virtual Assessment Structural Team (VAST) and relies upon publicly available news reports, social media, and other resources. The PVRR can be accessed at https://aub.ie/steer_2020_oaxacamx_EQ and is curated on NHERI DesignSafe.

Anyone can follow StEER teams and their work on the DesignSafe Slack channel<https://www.designsafe-ci.slack.com>.

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2020 MECHS Collaboratory video competition

The MECHS Collaboratory<https://mechs.designsafe-ci.org> is pleased to announce the “MECHS 3-minute thesis" Video Competition for students conducting research related to hybrid simulation.

Promote your research and magnify your impact!

Winners will receive a certificate, be recognized on the MECHS homepage and YouTube channel — and be invited to deliver a MECHS webinar.

Graduate and undergraduate students from around the world are welcome to participate. Each entry should discuss some aspect of their dissertation or thesis that is related to hybrid simulation — which is also known as dynamic sub-structuring or pseudo-dynamic testing.

All submissions are DUE BY midnight (Eastern Time, USA) on July 31st.

Read the FULL STORY<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2020/june/mechs-collaboratory-video-competition/>.

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Researchers Meeting, July 15-16

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Please join the upcoming (virtual) hazards and disaster Researchers Meeting<https://hazards.colorado.edu/workshop/2020/researchers-meeting/overview>, scheduled for July 15-16, 2020.

Find the registration rates and registration link here:

https://hazards.colorado.edu/workshop/2020/registration

The 2020 Researchers Meeting is organized around the theme of The Data Revolution: Ethical Imperatives and Methodological Considerations for Hazards and Disaster Research<https://hazards.colorado.edu/workshop/2020/researchers-meeting/overview>.

Sessions will focus on new data technologies and capabilities, while also tackling enduring and emergent ethical and methodological considerations concerning why we collect data, what we measure, who we collect data from, and how we gather and share data in disaster contexts. Join us for 20+ concurrent sessions featuring over 100 original research papers, a distinguished keynote and plenary session, special training sessions on data collection and data publication, and a lunch and learn session with National Science Foundation (NSF) program officers.

The 2020 Researchers Meeting is scheduled to immediately follow the 45th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop<https://hazards.colorado.edu/workshop/2020>. All are welcome and encouraged to attend both (first-ever virtual) events.

The Researchers Meeting is organized by the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Disasters<https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/research-networks/research-committees/rc39-sociology-of-disasters/> (ISA-RC39) with the support of the Natural Hazards Center<https://hazards.coloardo.edu> and the CONVERGE facility<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/converge> at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Dr. Yi Joins SimCenter Development Team

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The SimCenter is pleased to announce that Dr. Sang-ri Yi has joined the software development team.  Dr. Yi is a reliability and stochastics domain expert and will expand the uncertainty quantification (UQ) capabilities of the SimCenter’s software.

Dr. Yi’s work at the SimCenter will advance computational efficiency for UQ applications that entail expensive numerical models. She will also work to further streamline the integration of algorithms for UQ analysis within the various SimCenter modules, providing an easier path for end-users to contribute their own tools,” said Alex Taflanidis, SimCenter’s UQ thrust area lead.

Read about Dr. Yi's expertise<https://designsafe-ci.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf97295b3279b4a8c19aeb00a&id=f3ba8c6021&e=66c42293dd>.

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