NHERI Computational Modeling and Simulation Center (SimCenter)

The SimCenter provides cutting-edge software to execute high-performance computational workflows, user support, and educational materials with the goal of advancing the nation's capability to simulate the impact of natural hazards on structures, lifelines, and communities.

Now Accepting Abstracts - Due January 8 (Extended & Final)

 

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WE-UQ Example

Featured Research App: WE-UQ

The WE-UQ Application provides researchers a tool to assess the response of a building subjected to wind loading. New capabilities of the open-source software allow computing components and cladding loads and area-averaged peak loads.

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SimCenter Research Apps

These applications address basic and advanced modeling, analysis and simulation needs across an array of Natural Hazards. They incorporate uncertainty quantification (UQ) and optimization concepts. Downloadable apps, user manuals, user feedback, and relevant resources are available on the linked resource pages.

Featured Educational Resource: SimCenter Teaching Gallery

The SimCenter Teaching Gallery provides teaching modules on a variety of engineering topics for use in course curriculums. Included in each module are: learning objectives, links to applicable SimCenter Research Tools, class materials (lecture slides, videos, homework assignments, and guides for instructors) as well as contact information for questions. The image below is from the course module "Computational Wind Engineering Educational Module."

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NHERI Computational Symposium

UC Berkeley, May 28–29, 2026
Abstracts due Jan 8, 2026 (Extended & Final)


2026 International Conference on Computational Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction – CompDSSI

Italy, July 1–3, 2026

 

Recent News


Keynote Speakers Announced

Dr. Helen Crowley (GEM Foundation) and Dr. Seth Guikema (University of Michigan) will keynote the 2026 NHERI Computational Symposium: Innovation Through Collaboration.

Update to BRAILS++

Introducing Households to the simulation pipeline.

Update to quoFEM Research Application 

Surrogate-aided Bayesian calibration reduces the need for model evaluations to give large models impressive speedup.

SimCenter Publishes Article in Frontiers in the Built Environment

SimCenter has just published an article in the journal Frontiers in the Built Environment, Earthquake Engineering, entitled “An open-source simulation platform to support and foster research collaboration in natural hazards engineering.”


Message to the Natural Hazards Engineering Community


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