NHERI Computational Symposium

List of Presenters

• Abbasi, Diako: Session 3A, "Assessing Adaptive Resilience in School Districts During Hurricane-Induced Closures"
• Abdelmalek-Lee, Eusef: Poster Session, "Development and Utilization of a Building Strong Motion Relational Database for Risk and Resilience Assessments"
• AL-Shatnawi, Mohammad: Poster Session, "Numerically Investigating the Effects of RTWC Types on the Wind Resistance Performance of Light-Frame Roof Structure"
• Amini, Kooshan: Session 3A, "An Application of Physics Informed Recurrent Neural Networks to Structural Dynamics"
• Amini, Mehrshad : Session 3B, "Model-data validation of the IN-CORE damage model for buildings impacted by Hurricane Ian (2022) at Fort Myers Beach, Florida"
• Appleton Figueira, Sebastiao: Session 6B, "Virtual Damage Assessment of Buildings Impacted by Hurricane Ian (2022) in Fort Myers Beach, FL"
• Araújo R., Gustavo A.: Poster Session, "Accelerating Finite-Element Structural Elastic Dynamic Analysis Using GPU Computing"
• Astudillo, Bryam: Poster Session, "Modeling uncertainty of full-scale specimens that employ spines and force-limiting connections"
• Baker, Jack: Session 6D, "Stochastic sampling strategies for infrastructure risk assessment"
• Bangalore Satish, Aakash: Session 3C, "Gaussian Process Surrogate-Aided Efficient Bayesian Posterior Sampling"
• Blowes, Kristen: Session 3A, "Using red tag probability to inform functional recovery design provisions"
• Bocirnea, Christina : Poster Session, "Deep Learning-Based Estimation of Peak Wind Pressures on Buildings from Short Duration Measurements"
• Bonus, Justin: Session 2, "Bringing Disney-esque Approaches to Tsunamis and Storm-Surge Design / Uncertainty Quantification via the NHERI SimCenter's HydroUQ"
• Braik, Abdullah: Poster Session, "A Novel Digital Twin Framework for Efficient Electric Power Restoration and Resilient Recovery in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Considering Interdependencies with Road Networks and Essential Facilities"
• Brennan, Judith: Poster Session, "Infrastructure Failure Impacts on Socially Vulnerable Communities in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona"
• Burton, Henry: Session 4, "Complete Reconstruction of Backbone Curves for use in Structural Macro-Element Models"
• Kenny Buyco: Session 5, "Risk Assessment Class Taxonomy: Workflows for different levels of multi-hazard risk assessment"
• Campos, Richard: Session 7C, "Firestorm Simulation and Analysis in a Changing Climate: An Oklahoma Case Study in Community Resilience"
• Cetiner, Barbaros: Session 6B, "NHERI SimCenter Workflows for Automated Extraction of Inventory and Damage Data from NHERI RAPID Reconnaissance Data"
• Cetinkaya, Mustafa : Poster Session, "Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Bridge Column Featuring SMA and ECC: considering variations in material properties"
• Chen, Qiang: Poster Session, "Laboratory Study of Tornado-Like Loading on a Low-Rise Building Model"
• Chimauriya, Hiramani Raj: Poster Session, "Empirical Model to Predict Scour Around Shallow Foundations Using Fully-Coupled 3D Numerical Simulation Studies"
• Cho, Eunsaem: Session 3B, "Probabilistic Hydrodynamic Modeling of Compounding rain-storm surge Flood Events for Vulnerability Assessments of Critical Infrastructures in Coastal Cities"
• Chu, Xiaolei: Poster Session, "Complexity profile as a global metric for multiscale collective behaviors of civil systems"
• Cinar, Gizem Ezgi: Poster Session, "Regional Tsunami Simulation Using R2D Tool"
• Coulibaly, Abdoul Aziz Sandotin: Poster Session, "Surrogate Modeling of Nonlinear Structural Systems with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Networks for Probabilistic Performance-Based Seismic Assessment"
• Dahal, Laxman: Session 3B, "Efficient Computational Strategies to Facilitate High-Fidelity Regional Seismic Risk and Resilience Assessment"
• Davidson, Rachel: Session 5, "Three example computational workflows as vehicles to enhance collaboration and advance research"
• Du, Xinlong: Poster Session, "Large-eddy simulation of wind loads on a ground-mounted solar array"
• Duarte, Thays: Session 3D, "Uncertainty quantification and guidance on the use of stochastic wind load models calibrated using wind tunnel experimental data"
• Ebrahimi, Behzad: Poster Session, "Next-Generation Tsunami Preparedness: A Real-Time, GPU-Accelerated Evacuation Simulator in a Game Environment"
• Elawady, Amal: Session 3B, "Balancing Protection and Risk: Understanding the Dual Impact of Trees on Low-Rise Buildings During Extreme Wind Events"
• Elhami-Khorasani, Negar : Session 3D, "Towards addressing the wildfire problem: Large-scale simulation of fire spread in communities"
• Enderami, Amin: Session 3A, "A Framework for Predicting a Community's Post-Disaster Temporary Housing Demand"
• Erler, Kayla: Session 3C, "DesignSafe Machine Learning Example Case for Regression Analysis"
• Fan, Chao: Session 7C, "Simulating Urban Heat Environment through Physics-based Deep Learning"
• Farahmandfar, Zeinab: Session 3A, "Alternatives for Resilient Communities with Consideration of Uncertainty"
• Faraone, Gloria: Poster Session, "Assessing Hazards Risk in San Diego with R2D"
• Fayaz, Jawad: Poster Session, "Bayesian Neural Networks based Structural Demand Estimation Surrogate Models"
• Fischer, Erica: Session 4, "Use of machine learning to identify mechanistic behavior of housing during the 2021 Marshall Fire"
• Flores, Anthony: Poster Session, "Exploring Landslide Dynamics using Anura3D: A Study on Numerical Analysis, Rigid Surface Modeling, and Material Point Method"
• Galasso, Carmine: Session 6D, "Dynamic cities, dynamic natural-hazard risk: representing urban changes and hazard interactions in regional risk modeling for decision making under deep uncertainty"
• Galvis, Francisco A. : Session 2, "Using Functional Recovery Simulations to Inform Stakeholder Decisions"
• Giovanis, Dimitris: Poster Session, "Seismic risk assessment of structures using manifold learning-based surrogate modeling"
• Gomez, Miguel: Session 3C, "A surrogate model for the prediction of the hysteresis behavior of reinforced concrete columns"
• Gorle, Catherine: Session 7D, "Towards high-fidelity large-eddy simulation of extreme wind/wave events in coastal regions"
• Hamburger, Rachel: Session 2, "A unifying framework and a shared model library for hurricane wind damage and loss simulation"
• Han, Xu: Session 3A, "Community resilience analysis under seismic hazard using agent-based modeling approach"
• Ibarra, Luis: Poster Session, "Identification of Main Predictors of Collapse Capacity on Steel Buildings using Several Sensitivity Analysis Techniques."
• Issa, Omar: Poster Session, "Machine learning-based optimization framework to support recovery-based design"
• Jamal, Tasnuba Binte: Poster Session, "Strengthening Community Resilience by Modeling Transportation and Electric Power Network Interdependencies"
• Jana, Debasish: Poster Session, "Integrating Equity into Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment and Retrofitting Strategies for the Los Angeles Hillside Transportation Network"
• Kalfas, Konstantinos N.: Poster Session, "Seismic Response of Rocking Structures Equipped with Pressurized Sand Dampers Through Real-Time Hybrid Simulations"
• Kalliontzis, Dimitrios: Session 3D, "Fluid-Structure Interaction with ALE-SSM: A new approach to simulate structural responses to fluid-induced loading for natural hazards"
• Kareem, Ahsan: Session 2, "Multi-scale simulation of typhoon wind field at building scale utilizing mesoscale model with nested large eddy simulation"
• Kasi, Zarak: Poster Session, "An Application of Physics Informed Recurrent Neural Networks to Structural Dynamics"
• Khedmatgozar Dolati , Seyed Sasan : Session 6A, "Quantifying the Effects of Seismic Loading History on the Collapse Behavior of Concrete Columns"
• Kijewski-Correa, Tracy: Session 1, "Automating assembly-based visual damage detection to accelerate learning from disasters"
• Kim, Jungho: Poster Session, "High-dimensional forward uncertainty quantification using surrogate model extracted from dimensionality reduction"
• Kim, Insung: Session 4, "AI for ASCE 41 Life Safety Seismic Performance Evaluation"
• Klepac, Steven: Poster Session, "BRAILS-enabled machine learning approach to predict building damage from coastal hazards"
• Kourehpaz, pouria.kourehpaz@ubc.ca: Session 2, "How important are parameter choices in seismic loss and recovery time estimation?"
• Kurumbhati, Maitreya Manoj: Session 3C, "Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling and Updating Applied to Linear FE Model of the Geisel Library"
• Lee, Jangjae: Session 3A, "Ensemble-based Time Series Modeling for Predicting Power Outages During Extreme Weather: A Multi-factor Approach Integrating Meteorological, Geographical, and Socio-Demographical Features"
• Lewis, Nicolette: Session 3D, "Partitioned Coupling OpenFOAM to OpenSees for Multi-hazard Fluid-Structure-Interaction Simulation of Civil Engineering Structures"
• Li, Min: Poster Session, "Surrogate-based Seismic Risk Assessment of Large-scale Transportation Networks Considering Component Damage Correlation"
• Lochhead, Mia: Session 4, "Surrogate Models of Highway Bridges for Regional-Scale Simulations of Transportation Networks"
• Lopez Ruiz, Maria Camila: Poster Session, "Implications of Bearing Rotations in Bridge Performance Using a Hybrid Simulation Experiment"
• Lowes, Laura: Session 6B, "Characterizing Damage to a Full-Scale Reinforced Concrete Building Tested using lidar"
• Lynch, Geraldine: Poster Session, "Influence of Different Building Damage Prediction Models on Regional-scale Seismic Risk Estimates"
• Lynett, Patrick: Session 4, "Machine-Learning Surrogates for Second-Order Corrections in Wave Models"
• Ma, Xuan: Poster Session, "Hurricane induced riverine-coastal flooding on communities of Atchafalaya basin"
• Manheim, Derek: Session 3B, "State-of-the-Art Modeling of Post-Disaster Waste Material Quantity and Composition from the Kahramanmaras Earthquake"
• Mayorga, C. Franco: Poster Session, "Effect of Uncertainty in RC Walls on Seismic Responses of Buildings with Force-limiting Connections"
• Meselhe, Amina: Poster Session, "Human-centered connectivity and transportation network recovery following a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake and Tsunami"
• Mivehchi, Maziar: Poster Session, "Towards the Quantitative Validation and Uncertainty Quantification of Liquefiable Geosystems"
• Molina Hutt, Carlos: Session 1, "Impacts of M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes on the Seismic Performance of Tall Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Buildings"
• Mozumder, Pallab: Session 3A, "Critical-Infrastructures Resilience Across US States During Extreme Events: Hurricane Harvey Versus Irma"
• Nejat, Ali: Poster Session, "Utilizing Deep Learning to Advocate for Equitable Community Resilience"
• Oh, Sebin: Session 3B, "Fragility field for the performance-based earthquake engineering on a regional scale"
• Ou, Gaby: Session 3B, "Improving regional building damage estimation with sparse samples using a Gaussian Process based multi-fidelity learning method"
• Pakzad, Amin: Poster Session, "High-Fidelity Dynamic Analysis of Pile Foundations: A Step-by-Step Procedure with Emphasis on Realistic Modeling and High-Performance Computing"
• Pan, Fei: Session 4, "Zero-shot Building Attribute Extraction from Large-Scale Vision and Language Models"
• Pervaiz, Fahad: Session 3D, "Assessing Coastal Bridge Vulnerability to Wave Loading During Hurricanes"
• Rashidi, Nasimeh: Session 4, "Machine-learning-enabled Dynamic Vegetation Mapping for Enhanced Wildfire Risk Assessment"
• Renna, Mia: Poster Session, "Effectively Prioritizing Hazard Mitigation Projects for the State of Illinois Through Quantifying Benefits"
• Renteria, Willington : Poster Session, "VAE as a transfer function to predict onshore hazard curve from offshore information"
• Saleh Namadi, Saeed: Poster Session, "Assessing Community Resilience and Mobility Shifts in Response to Major Disasters: A Case Study on Hurricane Ida"
• Seki, Akiri: Session 3D, "An application of hydrodynamic real time hybrid simulation to examine the response of single-degree-of-freedom oscillator subjected to solitary waves"
• Selvam, Rathinam: Session 7D, "Computation of Building Corner Peak Pressure Using CFD"
• Shaik, Riyaaz: Session 7C, "FUELVISION: A Multimodal Data Fusion and Multimodel Ensemble Algorithm for Wildfire Fuels Mapping"
• Shao, Xiaoyun: Poster Session, "Developing mem-models for natural hazard engineering research"
• Sharma, Neetesh: Session 2, "Optimal scenario selection for probabilistic multi-hazard analyses"
• Soleimani-Babakamali, Mohammad Hesam: Poster Session, "Deep Ensemble Learning for Rapid Large-Scale Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment—Application to 2023 Türkiye Earthquakes Satellite Images"
• Song, Wei: Poster Session, "Deep learning classifier for tornado damage assessment"
• Spence, Seymour : Session 1, "A Deep Learning-based Multi-Fidelity Monte Carlo (DL-MFMC) scheme for efficient reliability analysis of nonlinear structural systems subject to natural hazards"
• Subgranon, Arthriya: Session 2, "Uncertainty quantification of wind-tunnel-informed translation models for simulation of non-Gaussian stochastic wind pressures on buildings"
• Sun, Chao: Poster Session, "Large eddy simulation of wind turbulences over non-breaking and breaking waves"
• Sutley, Elaina: Session 5, "A Computational Workflow for Predicting Long-term Housing Recovery"
• Taflanidis, Alex: Session 6D, "Promoting computational efficiency for regional risk assessment applications"
• Toofani Movaghar, Parisa : Session 3B, "Exploring the sensitivity of regional risk assessment in the context of reduced order model fidelity"
• Valois Martinez, Juan Miguel: Session 3B, "Earthquake hindcasting and assessment of structural damage in an inventory of tall welded steel moment frame buildings"
• Vouvakis Manousakis, Ioannis: Poster Session, "Enhancing EDP Generation: Direct utilization of residual drift analysis results"
• Wang, Haifeng: Poster Session, "Hurricane Trajectory Synthesis using Conditional Neural Network"
• Wang, Jian-Xun: Session 4, "Scientific Machine Learning Enhanced Computational Fluid Dynamics"
• Wu, Chenhao: Session 3C, "Model misspecification in seismic code-prescriptive and risk-based assessments of CA bridges"
• Wu, Teng: Session 4, "Optimizing Post-Hurricane Recovery of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems via Knowledge-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning"
• Xian, Jianhua: Session 2, "Physics and data co-driven surrogate modeling for high-dimensional rare event simulation"
• Xu, Yongjia: Session 3C, "Data-Physics Coupling Driven Multi-Scale Response Simulation Method for Shear Wall Structures"
• Yang, Ya-Heng: Poster Session, "Incorporating Expert Knowledge for Bayesian Model Averaging in Structural Engineering: A Sammon's Mapping Approach"
• Yang, Di: Session 7D, "Effects of helical-shaped blades on turbulent flows in large arrays of vertical-axis wind turbines"
• Yen, Chu-Han (Clifford): Poster Session, "A Rupture to Rafters Workflow incorporating Soil-Structure Interaction: A Case Study in Istanbul"
• Yi, Sang-ri : Session 3D, "Database-enabled surrogate modeling to predict surface wind pressure statistics of two adjacent buildings"
• Zaker Esteghamati, Mohsen: Poster Session, "A design-oriented machine learning tool for seismic loss assessment "
• Zhang, Wenyang: Session 4, "Probabilistic machine learning approaches for efficient regional-scale seismic fragility and loss assessments of buildings"