Q3 NHERI Grant Awards JulySept 2018

Published on November 27, 2018

UC San Deigo

Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure: Upgrade of the Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table to Six Degrees of Freedom. Award Number: 1840870; Principal Investigator: Joel Conte; Co-Principal Investigators: Tara Hutchinson, Jose Restrepo, Yael Van Den Einde, J Luco; Organization: University of California-San Diego; NSF Organization: CMMI; Start Date: 10/01/2018; Award Amount: $8,500,000.

University of Washington

EAGER: Operationalization of the Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance (StEER) Network. Award Number: 1841667; Principal Investigator: Tracy Kijewski-Correa; Co-Principal Investigators: Ian Robertson, Khalid Mosalam, David Prevatt, David Roueche; Organization: University of Notre Dame; NSF Organization: CMMI; Start Date: 10/01/2018; Award Amount: $358,932.

University of Colorado, Boulder

CONVERGE: Coordinated Social Science, Engineering, and Interdisciplinary Extreme Events Reconnaissance Research. Award Number: 1841338; Principal Investigator: Lori Peek; Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder; NSF Organization: CMMI; Start Date: 09/01/2018; Award Amount: $3,000,000.

University of Florida

EAGER: Exploring Machine Learning and Atmospheric Simulation to Understand the Role of Geomorphic Complexity in Enhancing Civil Infrastructure Damage during Extreme Wind Events. Award Number: 1841979; Principal Investigator: Forrest Masters; Co-Principal Investigator: Luis Aponte; Organization: University of Florida; NSF Organization: CMMI; Start Date: 08/15/2018; Award Amount: $299,952.

Florida International University

MRI: Acquisition of a Three Component Particle-Image Velocimetry System to Enable Fundamental Research in Wind Engineering and Fluid Mechanics. Award Number: 1828585; Principal Investigator: Arindam Chowdhury; Co-Principal Investigators: Ioannis Zisis, Peter Irwin, Amal Elawady, Maryam Refan; Organization: Florida International University; NSF Organization: CMMI; Start Date: 09/15/2018; Award Amount: $466,076.

Collaborative Research: Hybrid Experimental-Numerical Methodology and Field Calibration for Characterization of Peak Wind Effects on Low-Rise Buildings and Their Appurtenances. Award Number: 1824995; Principal Investigator: Dorothy Reed; Co-Principal Investigator: Gregory Lyman; Organization: University of Washington; NSF Organization: CMMI; Start Date: 08/01/2018; Award Amount: $349,008.

Collaborative Research: Hybrid Experimental-Numerical Methodology and Field Calibration for Characterization of Peak Wind Effects on Low-Rise Buildings and Their Appurtenances. Award Number: 1825908; Principal Investigator: Arindam Chowdhury; Co-Principal Investigator: Peter Irwin; Organization: Florida International University; NSF Organization: CMMI; Start Date: 08/01/2018; Award Amount: $217,747.

University of Texas, Austin

System Level Seismic Performance of Steel Gravity Framing. Award Number: 1825691; Principal Investigator: Patricia Clayton; Co-Principal Investigators: Todd Helwig, Michael Engelhardt, Eric Williamson; Organization: University of Texas at Austin; NSF Organization: CMMI; Start Date: 09/15/2018; Award Amount: $649,976.