2020 NIST Disaster Resilience Symposium

Agenda Dates: July 28 - July 29, 2020

ET CT MT PT No.

10:15 9:15 8:15 7:1510:30 9:30 8:30 7:30 1‐Key11:30 10:30 9:30 8:30

No. Track 1: WUI Speaker No. Track 2: Earthquake 

Moderator: Jiann Yang

12 11 10 9 16‐1 Imaging pyrometry of smoldering wood embers Peter Sunderland (University of Maryland) 18‐5 Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Unreinforced Masonr

Buildings 

12:30 11:30 10:30 9:30 16‐2

Development of Methodology for Determination of Ignition Propensity by Firebrands in Wildland-Urban Interface

Babak Shotorban (University of Alabama, Huntsville)

18‐6

Designing for and Assessing Functional Recovery in SeismRetrofit of Existing Concrete Buildings: A Framework

1 12 11 10 16‐3

Improving Disaster Resilience by Quantifying WUI Community Ember Exposure

Dac Nguyen, Nigel Kaye (Clemson University)

18‐7

Seismic Assessment and RetrofMethods for Existing NonDuctile Reinforced Concrete Wall Structures

1:30 12:30 11:30 10:30

Opening Remarks from the Director of the Engineering Laboratory

Day 1: July 28, 2020

Concurrent 

Sessions

1 hr break

From Disasters to Events – the role of WUI Fire Resilience

Day 1 Session 1

30 min break

Moderators: Steven McCabe 
ET CT MT PT No. Track 1: WUI Speaker No. Track 2: Earthquake 

Moderator: Eric Link

2:30 1:30 12:30 11:30 18‐1

Assessing long-range firebrand impingement rates in recent WUI wildfire events

Janice Coen 

(University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)

16‐5 Liquefaction-Targeted Ground Motion Parameters

3 2 1 12 18‐2

Development of a Fundamental Model for Ignition of Structural Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fuels Subjected to Firebrand Attack

Michael Gollner, Stanislav Stoliarov 

(University of California, Berkeley / University of Maryland)

16‐6

Decision-Oriented Column Simulation Capabilities for Enhancing Disaster Resilience of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

3:30 2:30 1:30 12:30 18‐3

Firebrand Material Ignition Conditions & Assessment Method Development

Brian Lattimer, Jonathan Hodges 

(Virginia Tech / Jensen Hughes) 

16‐9 Aging Effects in the Seismic Performance of RC Structures

4321

ET CT MT PT No. Track 1: DFS Speaker No. Track 2: Earthquake 

Moderator: Maria Dillard

4:30 3:30 2:30 1:30 16‐4

Improving Disaster Resilience Through Scientific Data Collection with UAV Swarms

Falko Kuester 

(University of California, San Diego)

16‐8

Seismic Assessment, Retrofit Strategies and Policy Implications for Vulnerable Existing Steel Buildings

5432 18‐4

Leveraging Uncertain Disaster Field Data for Community-Scale Assessment of Connected Buildings and Lifelines

Iris Tien (Georgia 

Tech Research Corporation)

16‐7

Resilience of Steel Moment Frame Systems with Deep Slender Column Sections

5:30 4:30 3:30 2:30

30 min break

Day 1 Session 2

End Day 1

Day 1 Session 3

Moderators: Steven McCabe & Moderators: Jay Harris & Chr
2020 NIST Disaster Resilience Symposium

Agenda Dates: July 28 - July 29, 2020

ET CT MT PT No.

11 10 9 8

2‐Key

12 11 10 9

No. 

1 12 11 10 18‐8

1:30 12:30 11:30 10:30 18‐9

2 1 12 11 18‐10

2:30 1:30 12:30 11:30

Day 2: July 29, 2020

Perspectives from 40 Years of Tornado Research

Spatiotemporal Maps of Damaging Winds from Integrated Remote and In Situ Observations

1 hr break

Measurement of Near-Surface Pressure, Wind and Wind-Induced Load Characteristics Using Novel Sensors in Thunderstorm, Tornado, and Tornado-Like Environments

Track 3: Wind

Day 2 Session 1

Moderator: Scott Weaver

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) System and LIDAR Experiments for the Characterization of Strong Wind Loads on Non-Structural Components and Near-Surface Wind Profiles

1 hr break
ET CT MT PT No. 

3:30 2:30 1:30 12:30 18‐11

4321 18‐12

4:30 3:30 2:30 1:30 16‐11

5432 16‐10

5:30 4:30 3:30 2:30

Innovative Measurement and Modeling of Dynamical Social and Health Effects of Windstorm

End Day 2

Coastal Inundation Events in Developed RegionsDevelopment of Tornado Design Criteria for Buildings and Shelters Subject to Tornado Induced Loads

Track 3: Wind

4-D Measurement and Modeling of Engineering-Relevant Windstorm Characteristics

Day 2 Session 2

Moderator: Marc Levitan