Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure: Network Coordination Office 2021-2025

自然灾害工程研究基础设施：网络协调办公室 2021-2025

• 批准号: 2129782
• 负责人: Julio Ramirez
• 金额: $ 505.09万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2129782&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Natural; Hazards; Engineering; Research; Infrastructure

The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a distributed, multi-user national facility to provide the natural hazards engineering research community with access to research infrastructure that includes earthquake and wind engineering experimental facilities, cyberinfrastructure (CI), computational modeling and simulation tools, high-performance computing resources, and research data, as well as education and community outreach activities. Originally funded under program solicitations NSF 14-605 and NSF 15-598, NHERI has operated since 2015 through separate, but coordinated, five-year research infrastructure awards for a Network Coordination Office (NCO), CI, Computational Modeling and Simulation Center, and Experimental Facilities, including a natural hazard and post-disaster reconnaissance research facility. Information about NHERI resources is available at the NHERI web portal (https://www.DesignSafe-ci.org). Awards made for NHERI contribute to NSF's role in the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP). This award will renew the NHERI NCO from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2025, at Purdue University, with its partner institutions (University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas Tech University, and University of Hawaii at Manoa). The NCO will continue to serve as the leader and focal point for NHERI, building a global, multi-hazard, collaborative research community and research infrastructure focused on mitigating the impacts of earthquakes, windstorms, and the related hazards of tsunamis and storm surge on civil infrastructure and on cultivating the next generation of natural hazards researchers and educators. The NCO will provide the following activities for NHERI: (1) convene and support NHERI governance for network leadership (Council, Network Independent Advisory Committee, and User Forum); (2) update the NHERI Science Plan; (3) deploy transparent procedures for users to access the NHERI experimental facilities and field resources through a centralized scheduling platform on the NHERI web portal; (4) conduct educational and outreach activities, including a Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, Summer Institute for early career researchers and practicing engineers, and monthly graduate student meetings; (5) disseminate knowledge and accelerate the transfer into practice of research conducted in earthquake, coastal, and wind engineering and social sciences conducted by NHERI users; (6) communicate information about NHERI resources, events, and research and education accomplishments to the natural hazards community; and (7) form national and international strategic partnerships that can leverage and broaden NHERI resources to achieve a global, multi-hazard community. Through the NCO's community coordination of NHERI's human, experimental, field, cyberinfrastructure, and computational modeling and simulation resources, researchers will be empowered to build new knowledge and innovation for national resilience and sustainability of civil infrastructure with fewer fatalities, less interruption to societal functions, and reduced economic loss.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

自然灾害工程研究基础设施 (NHERI) 由美国国家科学基金会 (NSF) 支持，作为一个分布式、多用户国家设施，为自然灾害工程研究界提供研究基础设施，包括地震和风工程实验设施、网络基础设施（CI）、计算建模和模拟工具、高性能计算资源、研究数据以及教育和社区外展活动。 NHERI 最初由 NSF 14-605 和 NSF 15-598 项目资助，自 2015 年以来一直通过为网络协调办公室 (NCO)、CI、计算建模和仿真中心以及实验设施，包括自然灾害和灾后勘察研究设施。有关 NHERI 资​​源的信息可在 NHERI 门户网站 (https://www.DesignSafe-ci.org) 上获取。 NHERI 获得的奖项有助于 NSF 在国家地震灾害减少计划 (NEHRP) 和国家风暴影响减少计划 (NWIRP) 中发挥的作用。 该奖项将于 2021 年 10 月 1 日至 2025 年 9 月 30 日在普渡大学及其合作机构（德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校、德克萨斯理工大学和夏威夷大学马诺阿分校）续签 NHERI NCO。 NCO 将继续作为 NHERI 的领导者和联络点，建立一个全球性的、多灾种的协作研究社区和研究基础设施，重点是减轻地震、风暴以及海啸和风暴潮的相关危害对民用的影响基础设施以及培养下一代自然灾害研究人员和教育工作者。 NCO 将为 NHERI 提供以下活动： (1) 召集和支持 NHERI 的网络领导治理（理事会、网络独立咨询委员会和用户论坛）； （2）更新NHERI科学计划； （3）为用户通过NHERI门户网站上的集中调度平台访问NHERI实验设施和现场资源部署透明的程序； (4) 开展教育和推广活动，包括本科生研究经验计划、针对早期职业研究人员和执业工程师的暑期学院以及每月的研究生会议； (5) 传播知识并加速将 NHERI 用户在地震、海岸、风工程和社会科学领域开展的研究成果转化为实践； (6) 向自然灾害社区传达有关 NHERI 资​​源、活动以及研究和教育成果的信息； (7) 建立国家和国际战略伙伴关系，以利用和扩大 NHERI 资​​源，以建立全球性的多灾种社区。 通过 NCO 对 NHERI 人力、实验、现场、网络基础设施以及计算建模和模拟资源的社区协调，研究人员将能够为国家复原力和民用基础设施的可持续性建立新的知识和创新，从而减少死亡人数、减少对社会功能的干扰，该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。