SimCenter researchers joined the natural hazards community at the Natural Hazards Research Summit on May 14-15 at the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland. The goal of the summit was to enhance research impact by building partnerships to strengthen community resilience and take a deep dive into the research needs and priorities for our professions and the communities we serve. Participation by SimCenter researchers is noted below.

Lightning talks – Day 1

• “Accelerating the integration of high-fidelity methods for hurricane risk assessment with a unifying damage and loss simulation framework” - Rachel Hamburger, University of Notre Dame, graduate student.
• “AI-assisted workflows for automated extraction of building inventory and damage information from NHERI RAPID reconnaissance data” – Barbaros Cetiner, SimCenter development team.
• “Collaboration to advance regional hurricane risk management” – Rachel Davidson, SimCenter domain expert.
• “Surrogate Models of Highway Bridges for regional-scale simulations of transportation networks” – Meredith (Mia) Lochhead, Stanford University, graduate student.
• “Fostering collaboration to drive innovation in disaster recovery and community resilience” – Adam Zsarnóczay, SimCenter.

Posters

• “Regional Resilience Determination Tool (R2D)” Poster 5 – Jinyan Zhao, SimCenter development team.
• “Fostering collaboration to drive innovation in disaster recovery and community resilience” Poster 14 – Adam Zsarnóczay, Stanford University; Gregory G. Deierlein, Stanford University; Matthew Schoettler, UC Berkeley; Frank McKenna, UC Berkeley; Matthew DeJong, UC Berkeley. All SimCenter team members.
• “Surrogate Models of Highway Bridges for regional-scale simulations of transportation networks” Poster 45 – Meredith (Mia) Lochhead, Stanford University graduate student.
• “AI-assisted workflows for automated extraction of building inventory and damage information from NHERI RAPID reconnaissance data” Poster 89 - Barbaros Cetiner, SimCenter development team, Jeffrey Berman, University of Washington; Frank McKenna, SimCenter.
• “Integrating REWET into R2D for Flexible Restoration and Functionality Assessment of a Damaged Water Distribution Networks” – Poster 97 – Sina Naeimi, SimCenter development team.

Parallel sessions - Day 2
2B – Regional Simulations to Support Risk Mitigation and Resilience Planning
Organizers: Greg Deierlein and Adam Zsarnoczay, Stanford University, SimCenter.

Panelists/Speakers:
Greg Deierlein, Stanford University
Jamie Padgett, Rice University
Milad Roohi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Elaina Sutley, University of Kansas
John van de Lindt, Colorado State University
Adam Zsarnoczay, Stanford University

3B – Utilizing Street View Imaging for Community-level Natural Hazards Assessment
Organizer: Joe Wartman, University of Washington, NHERI RAPID Director.

Panelists/Speakers:
Chad Blevins, Community Manager, Meta | Maps
Lori Peek, Director, CONVERGE, University of Colorado Boulder
Maria Esteva, Data Curator, Designsafe, University of Texas, Austin
Barbaros Cetiner, SimCenter Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
David Roueche, Associate Professor, StEER, Auburn University

3D – Longitudinal Observation, Analysis, and Modeling to Measure and Enhance Community Resilience
Organizer(s):
Jamie Kruse, East Carolina University
Jennifer Bridge, University of Florida
Panelists/Speakers:
Meghan Millea, East Carolina University
Sara Hamideh, Stony Brook University
Elaina Sutley, University of Kansas
John van de Lindt, Colorado State University
Rachel Davidson, University of Delaware, SimCenter domain expert

An additional day of workshops hosted by the SimCenter followed the Summit on Thursday, May 16. The interactive workshops were led by the SimCenter developer team and included hands-on examples of SimCenter software applications that accelerate natural hazards research.