Webinars


SimCenter Community Roundtables


Full YouTube Playlist: SimCenter Community Roundtables


Title: UQ Approaches for Computational Efficient Hazard/Vulnerability Assessment at the Regional Scale
Working Group: Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) in Natural Hazards Engineering
Host: Alexandros Taflanidis, University of Notre Dame
Date: September 23, 2024


Title: Advancing Hurricane Regional Simulation: A Community Discussion of Challenges & Opportunities
Working Group: Regional Simulation of Hurricanes
Host: Tracy Kijewski-Correa, University of Notre Dame
Date: September 27, 2024


Title: Liquefaction-Induced Hazards Effects on Buried Utilities
Working Group: Regional Simulations for Lifelines and Transportation
Host: Jon Bray, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Date: October 9, 2024


Title: Surrogate Modeling of Site, Building, and Bridge System Performance in Regional Earthquake Simulations
Working Group: Regional Simulation of Earthquakes
Host: Gregory Deierlein, J.A. Blume Professor, Stanford University
Date: October 10, 2024

Live Expert Tips


Full YouTube Playlist: Live Expert Tips with NHERI SimCenter


A Unified Framework and Library for Hurricane Risk Simulation
Rachel Hamburger, University of Notre Dame

July 25, 2024


Challenges in Regional Seismic Risk Assessments in British Columbia
Carlos Molina Hutt, University of British Columbia

June 6, 2024


Surrogate Modeling of Surface Wind Pressure Statistics
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley

April 26, 2024


Fragility Field for the Regional PBEE Analysis using R2D
Sebin Oh, UC Berkeley

April 19, 2024


High-fidelity Regional Seismic Risk and Recovery Assessment
Laxman Dahal, UCLA

April 17, 2024


New features in R2D: Seismic Hazard Tool and New Infrastructure Types
Jinyan Zhao, UC Berkeley

February 9, 2024


Regional Recovery Simulation and Resilience Assessment of Interdependent Systems -
R2D feature coming soon!

Dr. Nikola Blagojević

January 26, 2024


Bayesian model class selection using quoFEM
Dr. Aakash Bangalore Satish

January 12, 2024


Multi-fidelity Monte Carlo simulation for efficient seismic risk analysis using EE-UQ
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley

December 19, 2023


Characterizing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow in CFD Simulations using WE-UQ
Fei Ding, UC Berkeley

February 24, 2023


Regional-Level Building Inventory Generation for Natural Hazards Studies Using BRAILS
Barbaros Cetiner, UC Berkeley

January 27, 2023


Explore, Calibrate, and Propagate Uncertainties through Finite Element Models using quoFEM
Aakash Bangalore Satish, UC Berkeley

January 6, 2023


Global Sensitivity Analysis for High Dimensional Outputs using quoFEM
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley

December 2, 2022


How to develop and deploy surrogate models for structural response prediction" in EE-UQ
Kuanshi Zhong, Stanford University

May 6, 2022


Bayesian Calibration of a Reduced Order Model for Structural Response Approximation in EE-UQ
Aakash Bangalore Satish, UC Berkeley

April 29, 2022


Hazus-style, building-level performance assessment" in Pelicun
Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University

April 22, 2022


Replacing a computationally expensive simulation with a Gaussian process surrogate model in quoFEM
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley

April 1, 2022


Regional Assessment Analysis with User-Provided Fragility Functions in R2D
Stevan Gavrilovic, UC Berkeley

March 18, 2022


Interactive Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings in a Jupyter Environment Using Pelicun
Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University

February 22, 2022


Coupling Regional-Scale Tsunami & Storm-Surge Simulation with Local-Scale Structural Response in Hydro-UQ
Dr. Ajay B. Harish, University of Manchester, UK

January 28, 2022


Calibrating an OpenSees Material Model using Experimental Data in quoFEM
Aakash Bangalore Satish PhD, UC Berkeley

December 10, 2021


Regional Resilience Analysis with GIS with R2D
Stevan Gavrilovic, UC Berkeley

December 3, 2021


Fluid-Structure Interaction with OpenFOAM and OpenSees with Hydro-UQ
Ajay B. Harish, UC Berkeley

November 19, 2021


Global Sensitivity Analysis on a Structural System in quoFEM
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley

November 12, 2021


Ground Motion Selection & Scaling for Nonlinear Time History Analysis in EE-UQ
Kuanshi Zhong, Stanford University

October 29, 2021

Webinars by Hazard


Studying Coastal Hazards with Hydro-UQ
Ajay B. Harish, UC Berkeley

Aakash B. Satish, UC Berkeley
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley
Kuanshi Zhong, Stanford University

July 28 & 29, 2021


Effects of Flow Shielding & Channeling on Tsunami-Induced Loading of Coastal Structures
Andrew Winter, Siemens PLM Software

August 5, 2020


Tsunami-Induced Turbulent Coherent Structures: Large-Scale Experimental Observations and Interpretation
Nikos Kalligeris, UC Los Angeles

February 21, 2018


Modeling of 500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone Tsunami Inundation
Xinsheng (Shawn) Qin, University of Washington

November 1, 2017


Understanding Tsunamis and Their Effects
Harry Yeh, Oregon State University

August 30, 2017

Challenges in Regional Seismic Risk Assessments in British Columbia
Carlos Molina Hutt, University of British Columbia

June 6, 2024


Multi-fidelity Monte Carlo simulation for efficient seismic risk analysis using EE-UQ
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley

December 19, 2023


Live Expert Tips: Ground Motion Selection & Scaling for Nonlinear Time History Analysis in EE-UQ
Kuanshi Zhong, Stanford University

Oct 29, 2021


Regional Resilience Determination Tool: R2D Tool
Stevan Gavrilovic, UC Berkeley

May 21, 2021


EE-UQ
Frank Mckenna, UC Berkeley (P1)
Wael Elhaddad, UC Berkeley (P2)
Charles Wang, UC Berkeley (P3)

 June 17-19, 2020


Earthquake and Loss Assessment with SimCenter's PBE Application
Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University

April 30, 2019, 12-1pm


Uncertainty Characterization in Earthquake Engineering Simulation: An Introduction to SimCenter's EE-UQ Tool
Frank McKenna, UC Berkeley, NHERI SimCenter

April 23, 2019, 2-3pm


Running Large-Scale Regional Hazards and Loss Simulations
Wael Elhaddad, UC Berkeley,  NHERI SimCenter

February 25, 2019


HPC Ground Motion Simulations of Large Hayward Fault Earthquakes
Arthur Rogers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

November 14, 2018


Application Framework for Regional Earthquake Loss Estimation
Frank McKenna & Wael Elhaddad, NEHRI SimCenter

September 26, 2018


HPC Aided Seismic Risk Assessment of Vertical Concrete Dry Casks
Majid Ebad Sichani and Jamie Padgett, Rice University

December 13, 2017


Numerical Simulation of Concentrically Braced Frames using OpenSees

Andrew Sen, University of Washington

October 10, 2017


Uncertainty Analysis of Structural Seismic Response Parameters
Zachary Caamano-Withall, UC San Diego

June 28, 2017


HPC Aided Optimization of Viscous Damped Steel Buildings
Shanshan Wang, UC Berkeley

April 19, 2017

A Unified Framework and Library for Hurricane Risk Simulation
Rachel Hamburger, University of Notre Dame

July 25, 2024


Surrogate Modeling of Surface Wind Pressure Statistics
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley

April 26, 2024


Characterizing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow in CFD Simulations using WE-UQ
Fei Ding, UC Berkeley

February  24, 2023


Studying Coastal Hazards with Hydro-UQ
Ajay B. Harish, UC Berkeley

Aakash B. Satish, UC Berkeley
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley
Kuanshi Zhong, Stanford University

July 28 & 29, 2021


Regional Resilience Determination Tool (R2D): Hurricane Wind Field Simulations
Stevan Gavrilovic, University of California Berkeley

July 1, 2021


Model- and Prototype-Scale Physical Modeling of Wave Attenuation and Wave Force Reduction by a Mangrove Forest
Professor Tori Tomiczek, Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy

December 4, 2020


Computational Frameworks for the Implementation of Performance-Based Wind Engineering
Dr. Seymour M. J. Spence, Associate Professor, University of Michigan

November 23, 2020


Partial Turbulence Simulation for Predicting Peak Wind Loads on Buildings
Dr. Maryam Asghari Mooneghi, AECOM, California State University, Sacramento

October 16, 2020


Hurricane Loss Analysis for Single-Family Houses Considering Current and Changing Climate Conditions
Dr. Michele Barbato, University of California, Davis

October 6, 2020


2020 Joint WOW & SimCenter User Workshop
Overview of Computational Workflow for Regional & Building Level Simulations
Tracy Kijewski-Correa, University of Notre Dame

August 10, 2020


2020 Joint WOW & SimCenter User Workshop
Experimental and Computational Simulation of Wind Pressures & Forces on Buildings
Ahsan Kareen, University of Notre Dame

August 10, 2020


Inundation and Wave Loading Processes in Hurricane Scenarios
Andrew Kennedy, University of Notre Dame

July 24, 2020


WE-UQ

- Ahsan Kareem, (P1)
  University of Notre Dame
  Frank Mckenna, UC Berkeley
- Ahsan Kareem & Jiawei Wan (P2)
- Wael Elhaddad, UC Berkeley (P3)

July 8, 2020


Predicting the Wind Pressure Coefficient Distribution on a High-Rise Building Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Catherine Gorlé, Stanford University

June 24, 2020


DesignSafe The ADCIRC Suite of Storm Surge Simulators
Clint Dawson & Mahyar Sharifi,
University of Texas, Austin

   March 18, 2019


Computational Fluid Dynamics, Simulation & Computational Tools
Ahsan Kareem, University of Notre Dame

June 12, 2017


Exploring Wind Engineering
Arindam Chowdhury, Peter Irwin and Ioannis Zisis, Florida International University

May 17, 2017


Introduction to Wind Engineering
Kurtis Gurley, University of Florida

April 26, 2017

Cross Cutting Topics


Machine Learning Training for Natural Hazards Engineering, 2022

September 26-30, 2022


AI & Machine Learning in Natural Hazards Engineering: Technical & Modelling Q & A
Stella Yu, UC Berkeley

November 6, 2018


AI & Machine Learning in Natural Hazards Engineering: Approaches to Deep Learning
Stella Yu, UC Berkeley

October 2, 2018


DesignSafe Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Natural Hazards Engineering

February 18-19, 2020

Explore, Calibrate, and Propagate Uncertainties through Finite Element Models using quoFEM
Aakash Bangalore Satish PhD, UC Berkeley
January 6, 2023


Global Sensitivity Analysis for High Dimensional Outputs using quoFEM
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley
December 2, 2022


Tool Training Workshop:  Uncertainty Quantification Training for Application to Natural Hazards Engineering
February 22-23, 2022

  • Day 1: Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley - Watch Webinar
  • Day 2: Aakash Bangalore Satish, UC Berkeley & Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University - Watch Webinar

Global Sensitivity Analysis on a Structural System in quoFEM

Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley
November 12, 2021


quoFEM
Frank Mckenna, UC Berkeley (P1)
Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University (P2)
June 15-16, 2020


quoFEM
Aakash Bangalore Satish
Sang-ri Yi, UC Berkeley
May 24, 2021


Uncertainty Characterization in Earthquake Engineering Simulation: An Introduction to SimCenter's EE-UQ Tool
Frank McKenna, UC Berkeley, NHERI SimCenter
April 23, 2019


UQ Computational Advances for Natural Hazard Risk Assessment
Alexandros Taflanidis, University of Notre Dame
October 24, 2018


Uncertainty Analysis of Structural Seismic Response Parameters
Zachary Caamano-Withall, UC San Diego

June 28, 2017

Fragility Field for the Regional PBEE Analysis using R2D
Sebin Oh, UC Berkeley

April 19, 2024


High-fidelity Regional Seismic Risk and Recovery Assessment
Laxman Dahal, UCLA

April 17, 2024


New features in R2D: Seismic Hazard Tool and New Infrastructure Types
Jinyan Zhao, UC Berkeley

February 9, 2024


Regional-Level Building Inventory Generation for Natural Hazards Studies Using BRAILS
Barbaros Cetiner, UC Berkeley

January 27, 2023


Regional Assessment Analysis with User-Provided Fragility Functions in R2D
Stevan Gavrilovic, UC Berkeley

March 18, 2022


R2D Tool Workshop for Social Scientists and Recovery Researchers
Stevan Gavrilovic, UC Berkeley

February 11, 2022


Regional Resilience Determination Tool (R2D): Hurricane Wind Field Simulations
Stevan Gavrilovic, University of California Berkeley

July 1, 2021


Regional Resilience Determination Tool: R2D Tool

- Stevan Gavrilovic, UC Berkeley

May 21, 2021


2020 Joint WOW & SimCenter User Workshop
Overview of Computational Workflow for Regional & Building Level Simulations
Tracy Kijewski-Correa, University of Notre Dame

August 10, 2020


Gathering Data for Natural Hazards Engineering Using Web Automation
Wael Elhaddad, UC Berkeley

December 19, 2019


Running Large-Scale Regional Hazards and Loss Simulations
Wael Elhaddad, UC Berkeley,  NHERI SimCenter

February 25, 2019


HPC Ground Motion Simulations of Large Hayward Fault Earthquakes
Arthur Rogers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

November 14, 2018


Application Framework for Regional Earthquake Loss Estimation
Frank McKenna & Wael Elhaddad, NEHRI SimCenter

September 26, 2018

Hurricane Loss Analysis for Single-Family Houses Considering Current and Changing Climage Conditions

Dr. Michele Barbato, University of California, Davis

October 6, 2020


Tool Training Workshop: PBE
Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University

June 22-24, 2020

YouTube Playlists


Full YouTube Playlist: SimCenter Seminars: Early Career Researcher Forum


Tsunami-Induced Turbulent Coherent Structures: Large-Scale Experimental Observations and Interpretation
Nikos Kalligeris, UC Los Angeles

February 21, 2018


HPC Aided Seismic Risk Assessment of Vertical Concrete Dry Casks
Majid Ebad Sichani and Jamie Padgett, Rice University

December 13, 2017


Modeling of 500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone Tsunami Inundation
Xinsheng (Shawn) Qin, University of Washington

November 1, 2017


Numerical Simulation of Concentrically Braced Frames using OpenSees

Andrew Sen, University of Washington

October 10, 2017


Uncertainty Analysis of Structural Seismic Response Parameters
Zachary Caamano-Withall, UC San Diego

June 28, 2017


HPC Aided Optimization of Viscous Damped Steel Buildings
Shanshan Wang, UC Berkeley

April 19, 2017

Full YouTube Playlist: Natural Hazards Engineering 101 (NHE 101)


Inundation and Wave Loading Processes in Hurricane Scenarios
Andrew Kennedy, University of Notre Dame

July 24, 2020


Understanding Tsunamis and Their Effects
Harry Yeh, Oregon State University

August 30, 2017


Computational Fluid Dynamics, Simulation & Computational Tools
Ahsan Kareem, University of Notre Dame

June 12, 2017


Exploring Wind Engineering
Arindam Chowdhury, Peter Irwin and Ioannis Zisis, Florida International University

May 17, 2017


Introduction to Wind Engineering
Kurtis Gurley, University of Florida

April 26, 2017

Full YouTube Playlist: Advances in Computational Modeling & Simulation


Computational Frameworks for the Implementation of Performance-Based Wind Engineering
Dr. Seymour M. J. Spence, Associate Professor, University of Michigan

November 23, 2020


Partial Turbulence Simulation for Predicting Peak Wind Loads on Buildings
Dr. Maryam Asghari Mooneghi, AECOM, California State University, Sacramento

October 16, 2020


Hurricane Loss Analysis for Single-Family Houses Considering Current and Changing Climage Conditions
Dr. Michele Barbato, University of California, Davis

 October 6, 2020


Effects of Flow Shielding & Channeling on Tsunami-Induced Loading of Coastal Structures
Andrew Winter

August 5, 2020


Predicting the Wind Pressure Coefficient Distribution on a High-Rise Building Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Catherine Gorlé, Stanford University

June 24, 2020


Gathering Data for Natural Hazards Engineering Using Web Automation
Wael Elhaddad, UC Berkeley

December 19, 2019


Earthquake and Loss Assessment with SimCenter's PBE Application
Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University

April 30, 2019, 12-1pm, [PDT]


Uncertainty Characterization in Earthquake Engineering Simulation: An Introduction to SimCenter's EE-UQ Tool
Frank McKenna, UC Berkeley, NHERI SimCenter

April 23, 2019, 2-3pm [PDT]


Running Large-Scale Regional Hazards and Loss Simulations
Wael Elhaddad, UC Berkeley,  NHERI SimCenter

February 25, 2019


HPC Ground Motion Simulations of Large Hayward Fault Earthquakes
Arthur Rogers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

November 14, 2018


AI & Machine Learning in Natural Hazards Engineering: Technical & Modelling Q & A
Stella Yu, UC Berkeley

November 6, 2018


UQ Computational Advances for Natural Hazard Risk Assessment
Alexandros Taflanidis, University of Notre Dame

October 24, 2018


AI & Machine Learning in Natural Hazards Engineering: Approaches to Deep Learning
Stella Yu, UC Berkeley

October 2, 2018