George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation

1. Prof. Julio RamirezNEEScomm center Director and NEES Chief Officer NEEScomm PerspectiveDallas TX March 3, 2014 George E. Brown, Jr.Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation NEES GB Workshop

2. I-10 Los Angeles, 1994 Northridge CA Miyako City, 2011 Iwate Prefecture NEES Mission • Accelerate improvements in seismic design and performance of the infrastructure by supporting efforts of NEES users to: • improve PBD Procedures, evaluation methods & strengthening techniques • develop the next generation of researchers, educators, and engineers NEES Strategic Plan at nees.org

3. NEES Strategic Plan Aims Available at nees.org Vision: A global infrastructure network that improves the RESILIENCE of new and existing construction, and supports the education of the next generation of engineers and scientists.

4. Partnerships and Collaborations

5. SERIES Interoperability of Databases

6. NEES Today Access to world class laboratories linked through robust user-requirements driven Cyberinfrastructure Integrates-Leverages-Broadens Participation NEESLaboratories NEESCyberinfrastructure Community

7. NEES- A new Paradigm for Research Collaboration • Shared-Use laboratories to experiment in ways that • could not be done before by a broader community • 422 research projects- 174 from NSF; 248 from Industry and Shared-Use • 52% NSF and Shared-Use Projects with off-site PIs and Co-PIs in 2013 and 2014 • 5 safety incidents in FY11, 3 in FY12 and 2 in FY13 with a target of 0 • 4.5/5 user satisfaction survey and 98% equipment site utilization • 4 MoUs offering access to unique world class facilities and data sharing • Over 200 REUs, 85% pursuing advanced degrees- 53% female and 31% minority • A fully integrated network of world-class laboratories powered by a robust and user-requirements driven CI: • Coordinated scheduling, maintenance and calibration • Uniform policies for access, safety and operation • Sharing resources and best practices • Benefits of scale

8. NEES Success Stories Keri Ryan Keri Ryan earned her PhD at University of California, Berkeley and began her career as an Assistant Professor at Utah State University in 2004. Prior to becoming involved in NEES, she was inexperienced in the laboratory setting and had little opportunity to pursue such endeavors locally. Her breakthrough came when she became PI of the NEESR-SG project NEES TIPS: Tools to Promote Widespread Implementation of Seismic Isolation and Protective Systems. The NEES TIPS project, which is nearing completion, has performed an interesting series of experiments at University at Buffalo’s Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL), UC Berkeley’s nees@berkeley laboratory, and Japan’s Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Center (E-Defense) through a cooperative agreement between NEES and E-Defense. Ryan leveraged this experience for another NSF project Collaborative Research: An Innovative Gap Damper to Control Seismic Isolator Displacements in Extreme Earthquakes. Through the NSF shared use policy, this project will utilize the shake table array at University of Nevada, Reno, where she is currently an Associate Professor. “Leading an experiment at E-Defense was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The findings from these tests have accelerated understanding and unleashed a new set of challenges for continued functionality. The best thing about the NEES program is that it provides fair access to state-of-the-art experimental facilities to all researchers, and opportunities for cultural exchange.”

9. Knowledge TransferASCE NEES Special Issues 28 NEES Research Papers Published, July & August 2013

10. NEES/EERI Research to Practice Webinarshttp://nees.org/education/for-professionals/researchtopracticeseries • 900 plus registered attendees and 2,579 total attendance • 338 webinar participants have applied for and been granted PDH’s from EERI • The last five webinars: • Behavior and Design of Concrete-Filled Beam-Columns (http://nees.org/resources/6326) • Development of Tsunami Design Provisions (https://nees.org/resources/6277) • Performance, Analysis and Design of Flexural Concrete Walls (https://nees.org/resources/5617) • Using the NEES@UCSB Data in Research and Education (https://nees.org/resources/5456) • Precast Concrete Walls for Seismic-Resistant Design (https://nees.org/resources/5075)

11. Public Awareness:NEES in the news 274 media mentions since Q1 FY 2013

12. Global Reach of NEEShub > 200 countries Red dots show users browsing NEEShubwhile performing 1,428,026 web and 47,998 tool sessions between 8/2010 and 3/2014. Yellow dots represent users running simulations.

13. FY 2013 Project Warehouse- NEES data repository

14. Data Re-Use Projects Yue Li (PI) Michigan Technological University Integration of Mainshock-Aftershock Sequences Into Performance-Based Engineering Using Publicly Available NEEShub Data John van de Lindt (Co-PI) Colorado State University NSF CMMI -1000567 Nicolas Luco (Co-PI) United States Geological Survey Ph.D. Students: Ruiqiang Song, Ruilong Han,NegarNazari

15. Resource: Databases Provides access to NEES and non-NEES data with common theme http://nees.org/resources/databases

16. High Performance Computing (HPC) • 158 users have accessed HPC resources through the NEEShub • In FY13 >780,000 SUs used through XSEDE (Kraken, Ranger, and Stampede) * Notes: 1. SU: Service Unit- 1 SU = 1 core-hour (single processor hour) on the allocated resources. 2. New Stampede allocation was not available until 2/14

17. Community – Network Wide EOT Collaborations • More than 25 papers and presentations • ASEE Annual Conference • Frontiers in Education • Ocean Sciences Annual Meeting • American Geophysical Union • National Conference on Earthquake Engineering • QuakeSummit • National Science Teachers Association • Assessment Instruments • Educational Modules

18. Public Awareness – NEES museum projects • Chicago Museum of Science and Industry • Ithaca Sciencenter