2022 Disaster Resilience Symposium

Agenda Dates: September 14 - 15, 2022

ET CT MT PT

10:00 9:00 8:00 7:00 Al Wavering (NIST)

10:15 9:15 8:15 7:15 Rachel Davidson

(University of Deleware)

11:15 10:15 9:15 8:15

Track 1 - Session 1:

Earthquake Speakers Track 2 - Session 1:Windstorm Speakers

11:30 10:30 9:30 8:30 Resilience of Steel Moment Frame Systems 

with Deep, Slender Column Sections Jason McCormick

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) System and 

LIDAR Experiments for the Characterization of 

Strong Wind Loads on Non-Structural Components 

and Near-Surface Wind Profiles

Chelakara Subramanian, 

Steven Lazarus

12:00 11:00 10:00 9:00 Aging Effects in the Seismic Performance of 

RC Structures

Petros Sideris, 

Mija Hubler

Measurement of Near-Surface Pressure, Wind and 

Wind-Induced Load Characteristics Using Novel 

Sensors in Thunderstorm, Tornado, and TornadoLike Environments

Franklin T. Lombardo

12:30 11:30 10:30 9:30

Developing a selective column retrofit 

framework for damaged & aging reinforced 

concrete bldgs to improve community 

resilience after earthquakes

Sergio F. Brena Assessment of Building Resiliency in Tornadoes 

Considering Transient Internal Pressure Effects

Hannah Blum,

Delong Zuo

12:45 11:45 10:45 9:45

Track 1 - Session 2:

Earthquake Speakers Track 2 - Session 2:Windstorm Speakers

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

Seismic Assessment, Retrofit Strategies and 

Policy Implications for Vulnerable Existing 

Steel Buildings

Gregory Deierlein Spatiotemporal Maps of Damaging Winds from 

Integrated Remote and In Situ Observations Michael Biggerstaff

2:00 1:00 12:00 11:00

Designing for and Assessing Functional 

Recovery in Seismic Retrofit of Existing 

Concrete Buildings: A Framework

Abbie B. Liel,

Maria Koliou

4-D Measurement and Modeling of EngineeringRelevant Windstorm Characteristics John Schroeder

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

Development of Realistic Seismic Input 

Motions for Improving the Resilience of 

Infrastructure to Earthquakes

Chanseok Jeong,

Boris Jeremic

Reconstruction of Four-Dimensional Near-Surface 

Wind Characteristics from Debris and Damage 

Attributes using Computer Vision

David Roueche

2:45 1:45 12:45 11:45

Track 1 - Session 3:

Earthquake Speakers Track 2 - Session 3:Windstorm Speakers

3:00 2:00 1:00 12:00 Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing 

Unreinforced Masonry Buildings Andreas Stavridis Coastal Inundation Events in Developed Regions Andrew Kennedy

3:30 2:30 1:30 12:30

Analysis, Comparison and Experiment 

Investigation of Hurricane Wind, Storm-Surge and 

Wave Load Model

Landolf RhodeBarbarigos

3:45 2:45 1:45 12:45

Enhancing Windstorm Resilience of Coastal 

Communities Through Ultra-High Performance 

Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Concrete 

Seawalls

Prannoy Suraneni

4:00 3:00 2:00 1:00

Residual Axial & Lateral Load Carrying 

Capacity of Pile Supported Marine Terminal 

Exhibiting Seismically-induced Local Buckling 

in Inground Plastic

Machel L. Morrison Characterization of Hurricane Boundary Layer 

Turbulence for Wind Hazard Mitigation Marco G. Giometto

4:15 3:15 2:15 1:15 End Day 1

45 min break

Concurrent Sessions

15 min break

Concurrent Sessions

Seismic Assessment and Retrofit Methods for 

Existing Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete 

Wall Structures

Ioannis Koutromanos

Day 1: September 14, 2022

Opening Remarks from the Deputy Director of the Engineering Laboratory

Keynote:

Infrastructure System Resilience: A Big Picture Perspective

15 min break

Concurrent Sessions
ET CT MT PT

10:00 9:00 8:00 7:00 Susan Margulies (NSF)

10:15 9:15 8:15 7:15 Julio Ramirez (Purdue 

University)

11:15 10:15 9:15 8:15

Track 1 - Session 1:

Fire and Wildland Urban Interface Speakers Track 2 - Session 1: Infrastructure and Community Resilience Speakers

11:30 10:30 9:30 8:30

Development of methodology for 

determination of ignition propensity by 

firebrands in wildland-urban interface

Babak Shorotban,

David Blunck

Leveraging Uncertain Disaster Field Data for 

Community-Scale Assessment of Connected 

Buildings and Lifelines

Iris Tien

12:00 11:00 10:00 9:00

Assessing the Utility of Safe-to-Fail Design to 

Improve Climate Hazards Resilience of 

Interdependent Infrastructure Systems

Giuseppe Mascaro

12:15 11:15 10:15 9:15 Disaster Recovery and Response Innovation 

through Fuel Cell Deployment

Destenie Nock,

James Grymes,

Alexandra Newman

12:30 11:30 10:30 9:30

Forecasting WUI Fire Resilience: Quantifying 

Firebrand Generation and Transport to 

Identify Communities at Risk

Albert Simeoni

Examining the Vulnerability and Recovery of 

Small Farms to Natural Hazards and the Impact to 

Rural Community Resilience

Christine Wittich

12:45 11:45 10:45 9:45

Track 1 - Session 2:

Fire and Wildland Urban Interface Speakers Track 2 - Session 2: Infrastructure and Community Resilience Speakers

1:30 12:30 11:30 10:30 Assessing long-range firebrand impingement 

rates in recent WUI wildfire events Janice Coen

Innovative Measurement and Modeling of 

Dynamical Social and Health Effects of 

Windstorms

Wei Song,

Guofeng Cao,

Zhen Cong

2:00 1:00 12:00 11:00

Leveraging Crowdsourced Data to Assess 

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Resilience in Diverse 

Gulf Coast Communities Impacted by Natural 

Hazards

Michelle Hummel

2:15 1:15 12:15 11:15 Modeling Intergovernmental Fiscal Impacts of 

Coastal Hazards Clinton Andrews

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

Track 1 - Session 3:

Fire and Wildland Urban Interface Speakers Track 2 - Session 3: Infrastructure and Community Resilience Speakers

2:45 1:45 12:45 11:45

An Integrated Housing Design and Logistics 

Operations Modeling and Analysis Framework for 

Hurricane Relief

Yongjia Song

3:00 2:00 1:00 12:00

Scalable Assessment of Urban Earthquake 

Resilience: A Novel Model-informed Deep 

Learning Paradigm

Mehrdad Sasani

3:15 2:15 1:15 12:15

Collaborative Research: Wildland Urban 

Interface & the Built Environment Design, 

Evacuation & Retreat Under No-Notice Fire 

Hazards

Debbie A. Niemeier Understanding Urban Resilience to Pluvial Floods 

Using Reduced-Order Modeling Valeriy Ivanov

3:30 2:30 1:30 12:30 Assessing Urban Post-Earthquake Community 

Recovery to Inform Pre-Disaster Planning

Jack Baker,

Rodrigo Costa

3:45 2:45 1:45 12:45

4:00 3:00 2:00 1:00

5:00 4:00 3:00 2:00 End of Day 2: Closing Remarks

Firebrand Material Ignition Conditions & 

Assessment Method Development

Brian Lattimer, 

Jonathan Hodges,

Steven Wong

15 min break

Concurrent Sessions

Development of a Fundamental Model for 

Ignition of Structural Wildland-Urban 

Interface (WUI) Fuels Subjected to Firebrand 

Attack

Michael Gollner, 

Jacques De Beer,

Mackenzie Conkling

45 min break

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Sessions

Improving Disaster Resilience by Quantifying 

WUI Community Ember Exposure Dac Nguyen

15 min break

Special Session on Academic-Federal Partnerships in Disaster Research and Reconnaissance

Panelists: Jeff Berman, Shideh Dashti, John van de Lindt, Jaqueline Meszaros, Jason Averill

Day 2: September 15, 2022

Opening Remarks NSF Assistant Director

Keynote: 

The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Coordinated Research AgendaMitigating the Impact of Natural Hazards on Communities

15 min break