DesignSafe Radio

Today we delve into engineering education with Jeremy Waisome, instructional assistant professor at the University of Florida. As well as being an engineer and researcher, Waisome is an eloquent science communicator. She’s dedicated to educating the next generation of engineers — and the public — about vital engineering concepts. Among her many roles, she leads education and outreach efforts at the NHERI University of Florida facility.

#engineeringeducation #sciencecommunications #rolemodeling 

Jeremy Waisome at the University of Florida: https://www.essie.ufl.edu/programs/engineering-education/name/jeremy-waisome/

Jeremy Waisome’s personal website: https://www.jeremywaisome.com/about

LinkedIn: @jwaisome

Tune in for our full interview with NHERI RAPID Director Joe Wartman. After major earthquakes, hurricanes and floods, the RAPID team springs into action with specialized tools for data reconnaissance missions. Wartman discusses the RAPID equipment, key missions — and how engineers use perishable data to make our communities more resilient.

#NSFfunded #naturalhazards #engineering #research 

LinkedIn: @Joseph Wartman

Twitter: @NHERI_RAPID, @NSF 

Facebook: @RAPIDNaturalHazardsRecon

Click here for more information on the RAPID Facility.

Since operations began in 2018, the NHERI RAPID facility has deployed reconnaissance teams and equipment to more than 80 sites around the world. Director Joe Wartman describes several, including a mission to Florida after Hurricane Michael that helped change building codes and an emergency deployment to Miami after the Surfside Condo collapse in 2021. 

#naturalhazards #reconnaissance #datareuse #buildingcodes #extremeevent #tsunami #wildfire #community #resilience #surfsidecondo #NIST #GEER #StEER

Keep current by following the RAPID facility on Twitter: @NHERI_RAPID

Visit the NHERI RAPID website: https://rapid.designsafe-ci.org/

Looking for RAPID data? Visit the NHERI Data Depot: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/

Learn more about NSF-funded research in extreme events:  https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/extreme-events-research/

Meet up with members of the RAPID team at the 2022 AGU fall meeting: https://www.agu.org/fall-meeting 

LinkedIn: @Joseph Wartman

Twitter: @NHERI_RAPID, @NSF 

Facebook: @RAPIDNaturalHazardsRecon

What happens after a reconnaissance mission using NHERI RAPID tools? In this episode of DesignSafe Radio, RAPID director Joe Wartman discusses the post-processing phase, when collected perishable data gets converted into a form researchers can use. The RAPID team, with its knowledge and experience, smooths the way for research teams — from planning to obtaining practical output. 

https://rapid.designsafe-ci.org/

#NSFfunded #naturalhazards #extremeEvents #fieldresearch #reconnaissance #lidar #RAPP #bathymetry #accelerometers #seismometers #structuralengineering #geotechnical #research

LinkedIn: @Joseph Wartman

Twitter: @NHERI_RAPID, @NSF 

Facebook: @RAPIDNaturalHazardsRecon

Facility director Joe Wartman details the NHERI RAPID tool kit. Natural hazards reconnaissance teams can deploy the RAPID’s laser scanners, drones, multi-spectrum cameras, listening devices – even a bathymetry boat. With many years of collective field experience, the RAPID team itself provides invaluable technical expertise.

https://rapid.designsafe-ci.org/

#NSFfunded #naturalhazards #extremeEvents #fieldresearch #reconnaissance #lidar #RAPP #bathymetry #accelerometers #seismometers #structuralengineering #geotechnical #research

LinkedIn: @Joseph Wartman

Twitter: @NHERI_RAPID, @NSF 

Facebook: @RAPIDNaturalHazardsRecon

Joe Wartman

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Washington 
Principal Investigator, NHERI RAPID facility

Wartman introduces his NSF-funded natural hazards reconnaissance facility, called the NHERI RAPID. He clarifies the term “RAPID” (in all caps), which is a kind of generic term (not an acronym) inherited from the National Science Foundation. The actual name of Wartman’s University of Washington-based group is the “Natural Hazard and Disaster Reconnaissance Facility.” It suggests the speed at which his group responds to extreme events. 

LinkedIn: @Joseph Wartman

Twitter: @NHERI_RAPID, @NSF 

Facebook: @RAPIDNaturalHazardsRecon

University of Oklahoma earthquake engineer Scott Harvey is developing a base isolation system to protect valuable and sensitive contents inside buildings. He employed the shake table at the NHERI Lehigh University experimental facility to learn how his isolation system behaves under shaking. In his next experiments, Harvey will deploy the magic of real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) to numerically simulate buildings with his physical device -- using NHERI Lehigh’s well-known RTHS capabilities.

Video footage of Harvey’s isolation system on the NHERI Lehigh shake table: https://www.facebook.com/NHERILehighRTMD

Harvey’s NSF base isolation research : https://sites.google.com/view/harveyresearchgroup/research-projects/3d-seismic-isolation?authuser=0

A description of Harvey’s isolation system at NHERI Lehigh: https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/projects/quantifying-seismic-resilience-multi-functional-floor-isolation/

This video is supported by NSF grant #2129782: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2129782 

Protecting valuable equipment from earthquake damage

Rolling base-isolation system keeps objects safe within data centers, hospitals, and museums.

Scott Harvey, earthquake engineer from the University of Oklahoma, is developing a base-isolation system for protecting critical equipment and objects inside buildings: things such as data center computers, power systems, medical equipment -- even artworks. Harvey uses the multidirectional shake table at NHERI Lehigh experimental facility to test his base-isolator designs.

#baseisolation #earthquakeengineering #rollingisolation #NHERILehigh #shaketable #NSFfunded 

Learn more:

Harvey Research Group at the University of Oklahoma

https://sites.google.com/view/HarveyResearchGroup/

Details on Harvey’s base isolation tests at NHERI Lehigh

https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/projects/quantifying-seismic-resilience-multi-functional-floor-isolation/

NHERI Lehigh experimental facility

https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/facility/overview/

We learn about the NHERI Graduate Student Council from its president Holly Davies. 

GSC members are young researchers studying natural hazards in fields as diverse as engineering, social sciences, computer simulation, urban planning.

Follow the GSC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NheriGsc

And on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngsc/

Interested in joining NHERI’s Graduate Student Council? Visit the website: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/nheri-graduate-student-council/

Learn more about Holly Davies and the rest of the GSC leadership team: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/nheri-graduate-student-council/explore/leadership/

Register to watch the NHERI Summer Institute online: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/summer-institute/