NHERI Computational Symposium

May 28-29, 2026

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List of Presenters

Ababio, GodfredDesigning Earthquake Reciprocal Exchanges with Retrofit-Informed Risk Reduction.Session 9B
Alagusundaramoorthy, PretheshaLES Evaluation of Terrain Adjusted Inflow Conditions on Gable Roof Buildings.Session 3A
Andrade, CarmenSurrogate Modeling of Highway Bridges for Regional Earthquake Simulation of Transportation Networks.Session 8B
Araujo R., Gustavo A.Enabling Higher-Resolution Nonlinear Structural Analysis Through GPU-Accelerated Solvers.Session 4A
Arora, PrateekA Digital Twin Approach for Dynamic Risk Assessment Under Sequential Earthquake Hazards.Session 4B
Atila, HaimitiMetamodeling of multi-hazard nonlinear stochastic dynamic systems with adaptive hybrid neural operator schemes.Session 4A
Baddipalli, ShivaA multi-hazard computational approach for damage assessment of steel buildings under fire-following-earthquake scenarios.Session 9C
Badmus, AfeezAdvancing a new paradigm for prioritizing residential buildings in community resilience using testbed simulations.Session 9B
Bavandpour, MajidProbabilistic Framework for Uncertainty Propagation in Wildfire Risk Assessment .Session 4C
Beeman, MaxNumerical simulations of wind loading in the presence of waves.Session 8D
Blagojevic, NikolaSimulating Regional Recovery After the 2025 Palisades Fire: Implications for Recovery Management .Session 4D
Blowes, KristenFuture wind risk using nonstationary probability models.Session 8D
Braik, AbdullahMulti-State Spatial Fragility Modeling Using a Warped Heteroscedastic Gaussian Process.Session 4B
Burlotos, ChristianosEvaluating San Francisco’s Soft-Story Retrofit Program: A Stakeholder-Engaged Regional Risk Assessment.Session 9B
Burton, HenryWildfire Exposure and Household Financial Distress: Evidence from Mortgage Default Data.Session 4C
Byun, Ji-EunAssessing risk across regional infrastructure networks at scale.Session 8B
Calana Somoza, GabrielaImproving regional wildfire risk assessment frameworks by including the probability of ignition sources.Session 2: Plenary Lightning
Cetiner, BarbarosFrom Imagery to Engineering Insight: Automating Post-Disaster Fire Damage Prediction with AI Using RAPID Imagery.Session 4C
Chen, ZhiQiangCategorical Theoretic Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainties for Civil Infrastructure Systems.Session 8C
Chen, GuangzhaoData Driven Method for Structural Roof Damage Evaluation.Session 4D
Cheng, MinghuiAn LLM-powered Chatbot to Automate Structural Analysis.Session 4A
Chu, XiaoleiThe Foundation Model of Ground Motion Generation.Session 3D
Cook, DustinNED: A Nonstructural Element Database for more robust and transparent performance-based seismic deign and functional recovery analysis.Session 3C
Costa, RodrigoAn agent-based model for couple housing and household recovery simulation.Session 4C
Coulibaly, Abdoul Aziz SandotinLong Short-Term Memory Networks-Recursive Averaged Multistep Sequence-to-Sequence (LSTM-RAMSS) Model as Emulators for Finite Element Models of Nonlinear Structural Dynamic Systems.Session 4A
Cox, DanModeling Overland Flow of Hurricane Surge and Wave and the Impact on the Buildings.Session 5: Research Spotlight
Crowley, HelenExpanding the Boundaries of Global Earthquake Risk.Keynote
Dabaghi, MayssaSeismic Risk Assessment of the Rafik Hariri University Hospital Neighborhood in Beirut and Resulting Patient Demands.Session 9B
Davidson, RachelComputing losses over time with an ensemble of hazard event sequences.Session 10: Research Spotlight
Dolati, SasanModeling Seismic Degradation and Axial Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Columns Using Nonlinear Continuum Finite Elements.Session 8A
Dong, ShangjiaA Joint Synthetic Housing-Household Inventory.Session 8C
Elhami-Khorasani, NegarInfluence of Built Environment Characteristics on Fire Spread Dynamics and Community-Scale Damage.Session 9C
Faghirnejad, SabaAssessing Public Tornado Shelter Access Using an Agent-Based Model of Household Sheltering Behavior.Session 8C
Fan, ChaoGenerative Agents to Model Household Adaptation in a Historically Flood-Prone City.Session 8C
Fathizadeh, MersadComputational Workflow for Batch Processing HVSR Data and Developing 3D Bedrock Surface Maps.Session 3D
Fidansoy, MelisFine-Scale Assessment of Landslide Risks in California.Session 9A
Field, TannerProject Overview and Finite-Element modeling of a Full-Scale Six-Story Hybrid Mass Timber and Steel Building Subjected to Shake Table Motions.Structural Systems, Calibrated Experiments & Component Performance
Filizadeh, RezaFlood Fragility Portfolios for Network Resilience of Transportation Systems.Session 8B
Fischer, Erica Dynamic modeling of water systems during wildfires.Session 9C
Fischer, EricaMulti-disciplinary framework for wildfire risk research.Hazard Characterization, Simulation Tools & Decision Support
Gebreyesus, Yosef Comprehensive Community-Level Risk Assessment of Aging Wood Residential Frames Under Seismic Loads.Community & Regional Risk, Policy, and Exposure
Gollner, MichaelFire Reconstruction and Risk Assessment in the Wildland-Urban Interface.Session 5: Research Spotlight
Gomez, MiguelRisk-Informed Earthquake Scenario Selection for Regional Infrastructure Networks Using Disaggregated System Metrics.Community & Regional Risk, Policy, and Exposure
Gong, WeibingA Physics-Informed DeepONet Framework for Rainfall Infiltration Forecasting in Unsaturated Slopes.Session 9A
Guikema, SethComing soon.Keynote
Hamilton, CharlotteHolistic Assessment of the Potential Benefits of Residential Seismic Retrofit Program for Canada.Community & Regional Risk, Policy, and Exposure
Helmy, SherifThree-Dimensional Nonlinear Simulation of Soil–Structure Interaction for Low- and High-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings Under Earthquake Loading.Session 8A
Herrera, MelisaQuantifying the Effects of Near-Fault Ground Motion Directionality on Regional Seismic Risk Assessment using Physics-Based Fault-Rupture Simulations.Session 4B
Houng, Soung EilScalable Scenario-based Earthquake Risk Modeling via Linearized Ground-Motion--Fragility Coupling and Probabilistic PCA.Session 3B
Hubbard, KeenanNumerical Investigation of Wave-Induced Uplift Forces on Elevated Coastal Structures Using DualSPHysics.Session 3A
Jeremic, BorisSeismic Shielding for Soil-Structure Systems.Session 9A
Jia, YimingMulti-Hazard Resilience Assessment of Coastal Communities.Session 9B
Jiang, JielingA Computational Framework for Two-Way Coupling Between Progressive Building Envelope Damage and Building Aerodynamic Loads.Session 3C
Jonnalagadda, VishnupriyaA Scalable Computational Framework for Regional Scale Flood Fragility Assessment of Bridge Networks Using Open-Source Data.Session 4B
K C, SajanEvaluating Frequency Contributions to Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration Using Observations and Physics-Based Earthquake Simulations.Hazard Characterization, Simulation Tools & Decision Support
Kareem, AhsanHigh-fidelity wind simulation and visualization for real cities based on Google Maps.Session 3B
Kassem, MirnaRegional Simulations of Rainfall-Induced Landslides: The example of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.Session 9A
Kazeem, ZulModeling Wildfire Dynamics and Resulting Thermal Loads on Water Infrastructure Using Continuous Percolation Theory.Session 9C
Kenawy, MahaOptimization of Physics-Based Regional Earthquake Simulations using Sequential Bayesian Experimental Design.Session 3D
Kianfar, HosnaA Computational Framework for Separating Shallow and Deep Resonance in HVSR Analysis.Session 9A
Kim, MinhoCoupling Cell2Fire with Downscaled High Resolution Wind Data.Session 9C
Kim, SangwooMachine Learning-Based Ground Motion Models for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes in California Using the NGA-West3 Database.Session 3D
Lee, JangjaeIntegrated Spatiotemporal Assessment of Infrastructure Resilience and Community Vulnerability in Houston.Session 9B
Lee, Jun-WhanHydro-UQ–Enabled GPU Simulations of Wave–Debris–Structure Interactions in Inland Coastal Forests During Tsunamis.Session 2: Plenary Lightning
Li, KexunPhysics-Informed Adaptive Fourier Neural Operator Framework for Nonlinear Seismic Response Prediction from SDOF to 5-Story MDOF Systems.Session 4A
Liu, YonggangStorm Surge and Coastal Inundation Nowcasts/Forecasts During Hurricanes Helene and Milton.Session 9D
Liu, YanUnveiling Occupant Response to Earthquakes: An Immersive Virtual Reality Study.Session 8C
Liu, JikunA Wide-and-Deep-Based Time Sequence Model for Predicting Power Outages Caused by Extreme Winter Storms.Session 3B
Liu, Chia-FuFrom Census Blocks to Buildings: Downscaling Workforce Data for Natural Hazard Impact Modeling.Session 2: Plenary Lightning
Lochhead, MeredithEvaluating the Impact of Seismic Retrofit Programs using VLM-Enhanced Building Inventories.Session 4B
Malik, Faisal NissarReal-Time Hybrid Simulation of Fluid-Structure Interaction Using AI-Based Surrogate Models.Session 3A
Mao, ZhiyangApplication of Multi-Stripe Analysis to Reinforced Concrete Frames with Implications for the FEMA P-695 Spectral Shape Factor Adjustment.Structural Systems, Calibrated Experiments & Component Performance
McBain, MorganFunctional recovery of mass timber buildings with post-tensioned rocking walls.Session 3C
Meiler, SimonaExtending tropical cyclone risk assessment through recovery simulations.Session 2: Plenary Lightning
Meng, ShiweiResilience-Oriented Deep Reinforcement Learning for Post-Hurricane Recovery of a Large-Scale Transportation Infrastructure System.Session 4D
Merino, YvonneRedefining Casualty Estimation Inside Buildings.Session 3C
Meselhe, AminaBuilding-scale observation and modeling of recovery from hurricane-induced damage and loss.Session 4D
Miura, YukiIdentify–Measure–Manage: AI-Driven Modeling of Infrastructure Risk and Adaptation under Climate Extremes.Session 5: Research Spotlight
Mohammadi, AmirrezaA Probabilistic Framework for Assessing Distributed Infrastructure Performance under Spatially Correlated Sequential and Concurrent Hazards.Session 3D
Molina Hutt, CarlosDatasets Supporting the 2026 NEHRP Functional Recovery Design Provisions.Session 3C
Movahhed, MohammadRapid Spatio-Temporal Prediction of Hurricane-Induced Flooding Via Knowledge-Enhanced Graph Neural Network.Session 9D
Mozumder, PallabAdaptation Investment Under Climate Uncertainty: A Dynamic Decision Model for Coastal Communities.Session 8C
Nazari, RouzbehA Scalable Framework for Multi-Hazard Flood Damage and Resilience Assessment in Urban Coastal Communities.Session 9D
Negri, RiccardoEstimating First Floor Height Above Ground Using Google Street View and Machine Learning.Hazard Characterization, Simulation Tools & Decision Support
Ni, XuechenIntegrating Agent-Based Modeling and Microscopic Traffic Simulation for Port and Intermodal Network Resilience under Hurricanes.Hazard Characterization, Simulation Tools & Decision Support
Nolde, GwynethRoofNet: A Vision–Language Model–Enabled Dataset for Scalable Building Exposure Characterization Across Natural Hazards.Session 2: Plenary Lightning
Oh, SebinPhase Diagrams for Multi-Scale Regional Structural Risk Under Natural Hazards.Session 4B
Orumiyehei, AmirhosseinIncremental Seismic Retrofit: A Cost-Benefit Procedure for Decision Making Procedure.Structural Systems, Calibrated Experiments & Component Performance
Pachev, BenjaminGlobal Peak Storm Surge Prediction.Session 9D
Padron, DanielSite-specific Joint Depth–Velocity Tsunami Hazard Accounting for Spatial, Phase, and Magnitude Dependence.Session 8D
Pakzad, AminFast Efficient Metamodeling for OpenSees-based Resilience Analysis (Femora).Session 9A
Pampanin, Stefano An International Alliance for a Step-Change National Risk Management Digital Framework and Dashboard.Session 10: Research Spotlight
Patel, Jainish MaheshbhaiHigh Fidelity Simulation-based Fragility Assessment Approaches to Account for the Effects of Neighboring Structures.Session 3A
Patra, PratikIntegrated Computational Framework for Seismic Load Paths and Functional Recovery in Cast-in-Place Diaphragms with Openings.Session 8A
Peltier, EdwardValidating water quality predictions in a synthetically generated drinking water distribution system.Session 8B
Pham, HuyRecovery Time and Seismic Performance of Life-Safety and Functional Recovery - Designed Buildings across Hazard Intensity Levels.Session 3C
Poudel, SumanQuantifying the Contribution of Wind-borne Debris Impact to Structural Failure through Multi-scale Modeling of Transmission Infrastructure.Session 3A
Qian, XiaoLinking People to Places: A Synthetic Housing-Household Model for Granular Disaster Risk Assessment.Community & Regional Risk, Policy, and Exposure
Qin, YirenSimulations of Flame Spread at the Wildland-Urban Interface in a Landscape-Scale Fire Risk Model.Session 9C
Rajee, Md Rayedul Islam Stochastic Buckling Reliability of Thin-Walled Tubular Sections: An AI-Enhanced Workflow using quoFEM and LS-DYNA.Session 8A
Randle, EmmanuelImpact of Spatial Correlation on Population Dislocation Estimates for Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes.Community & Regional Risk, Policy, and Exposure
Reida, TylerMeasuring Functional Recovery After Tornadoes: Linking Housing, Occupancy, and Socioeconomic Indicators.Session 4D
Ricles, JamesReal-Time Hybrid Simulation of Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction Systems Using AI-Based Surrogate Models.Session 4A
Rincon, RaulBias-based evaluation of sub-model fidelity integration effects on multiscale infrastructure resilience estimates.Session 3B
Romero Santiago, PedroA Decision Framework for Equitable Use of Federal Funds for Voluntary Buyout Programs.Session 4D
Romero-Loyola, JorgeExperimental Dynamic Characterization of Scaled Light Wood Framing Structures Subjected to Storm Surge Loading.Structural Systems, Calibrated Experiments & Component Performance
Roohi, MiladA Probabilistic Digital Twin Framework for Multi-scale Post-Earthquake Assessment of Instrumented Buildings.Session 2: Plenary Lightning
Rosenheim, NathanaelBridging the People Gap in Community Resilience Modeling: Introducing pyncoda.Session 2: Plenary Lightning
Roueche, DavidLeveraging WE-UQ for Generating Wind Fragility Functions for Performance-Based Engineering of Low-Rise Buildings.Session 3C
Salvatori, ChristianA novel macroelement-based strategy for modeling masonry structures.Session 8A
Sanad, Abdel-AzizA Transferable, Cause-Specific Deep Learning Framework for Wildfire Ignition Probability Estimation.Session 4C
Sanderson, DylanSimulation of hurricane surge and waves through the built environment at regional scales.Session 2: Plenary Lightning
Sapkota, ManishaAugmented-Input Variational LSTM for Nonlinear Structural Response Histories Metamodeling Accounting for Aleatory and Epistemic Uncertainty.Session 4A
Selamet, SerdarAssessing Structure-to-Structure Fire Vulnerability in WUI Neighborhoods.Session 4C
Simbort Zeballos, Enrique GerardoComparative Assessment of Gaussian Process and LSTM-Based NARX Surrogates for Large-Scale FE Models of Dam-Water-Foundation Rock Systems.Session 3A
Soncco Sinchi, Kurt WalterA Physics-Inspired Deep Learning Framework for Seismic Site Response Analyses.Hazard Characterization, Simulation Tools & Decision Support
Srivastava, Nehal AnshAdvancing Urban Flood Management and Design through Coupled Infrastructure and Storm Modeling.Session 8B
Su, MaijiaSite-based Stochastic Ground Motion Generation for Uncertainty Quantification in Earthquake Engineering.Session 3D
Sun, ChaoCFD-based Integrated Aero-Hydro-Structural-Mooring Dynamics Modeling of Floating Wind Turbines.Session 3A
Thapa, SurajRegional-Scale Vulnerability Assessment of Electric Transmission Infrastructure subjected to Flood Hazards in Oklahoma.Session 8B
Tsai, BenjaminLarge Eddy Simulation of Wave-Backwash Interactions and the Effects on Morphological Change.Session 8D
Valois Martinez, Juan MiguelProbabilistic Connection Fracture Assessment of Tall Welded Steel Moment Frame Buildings during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.Session 4B
Velasco-Reyes, ErickA Building-Aware Computational Workflow for Urban Storm Surge Modeling with Dynamic Structural Collapse.Session 9D
Vora, TanmayCommunityWindSim: An open-source framework to simulate wind flow around a community using computational fluid dynamics.Session 2: Plenary Lightning
Vouvakis Manousakis, IoannisCoupled seismic hazard and risk analysis for the treatment of time-dependent rupture effects.Session 3D
Wang, ZiyiSensitivity of Safety-Critical Structural Damage Estimates to Modeling Assumptions in Recovery-based Seismic Design.Session 3C
Wang, HaifengLocation-Conditioned HyperNetwork Modeling for Hurricane Track Simulation.Session 8D
Wartman, JoeComing soon.Session 10: Research Spotlight
Weng, YanmoA Hybrid Physics-based and Machine Learning Approach for AI-generated Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Prediction.Session 8D
Worsfold, BenjaminNonlinear Spring Calibration for Reinforced Concrete Column-Foundation Connection Bar Group Breakout Failure.Session 8A
Wu, ChenhaoUncertainty Quantification of Surrogate Exposure Characterization in Regional Seismic Risk Assessment.Session 3B
Wu, TengKnowledge-Enhanced Autoencoder for High-Resolution Downscaling of Hurricane Precipitation.Session 8D
Xie, YuhangVessel-risk-aware: a decision support model for vessel routing based on multicriteria decision analysis and an advanced Dijkstra algorithm.Hazard Characterization, Simulation Tools & Decision Support
Xu, SusuUnraveling and Understanding Household-level Adaptation Decision Diffusion after Hurricanes across U.S..Session 8C
Yi, Sang-riStochastic emulation for seismic risk assessment using recorded ground motions: evaluation of applicability and significance of intensity measure selection.Session 3A
Zahid, AqsaDecoding Urban Drainage Resilience: Linking Network Topology and Spectral Resilience to Dynamic Flood Vulnerability.Hazard Characterization, Simulation Tools & Decision Support
Zaker Esteghamati, MohsenA physics-informed machine learning approach based on knowledge distillation to support performance-based design.Session 4A
Zhang, JizeSpatially interpretable dimensionality reduction for storm surge analysis: a unified treatment to overcome missing data, model bias and high dimensionality.Session 9D
Zhang, YuchengLearning the Exact Flux: Neural Riemann Solvers for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws.Session 8D
Zhao, JinyanReducing seismic risk assessment uncertainty with physics-informed non-ergodic ground motion model: a case study on Los Angeles’ power transmission network.Session 3B
Zheng, Linqian Large-Eddy Simulations of Downburst Flow and Wind Loading using a Cooling Source Term.Hazard Characterization, Simulation Tools & Decision Support
Zhu, TingerSimulating Firm-level Direct and Contingent Business Interruption after Disasters.Session 4D