
Wall of Wind Engineering Research Draws Wide Interest Among Researchers, the General Public
Widely read Florida International University research paper tackles localized wind loads on tall building façades.
NHERI Science Plan: A Guide for Future Research in Natural Hazards Engineering — In the NHERI Science Plan, Third Edition, find ways researchers can leverage NSF-funded resources — from centrifuges to cyberinfrastructure —to protect our civil infrastructure and our communities. Lead author Ian Robertson provides a 7-minute overview on the DesignSafe Radio podcast.
Planning Underway for New, National Extreme Winds Simulation Facility — Iowa State University lands a four-year, $14M NSF award for the National Testing Facility for Enhancing Wind Resiliency of Infrastructure in Tornado-Downburst-Gust Front Events, or NEWRITE.
- NHERI RAPID Empowers Post-Disaster Data Collection from the 2025 LA Wildfires
- NHERI’s DesignSafe Radio Ranks #5 in Top 40 Natural Disaster Podcasts
- 2025 NHERI Graduate Student Council Mini-Conference: In the Books
- Cold-formed steel for seismic resilience? It’s on the table
- Lehigh University Engineers Pioneer Testing for Tall Structures Under Extreme Earthquake and Wind Loading
- Ellen Rathje Elected to National Academy of Engineers

The DesignSafe Data Depot Repository is a Certified Data Repository(opens a new window) by the Core Trust Seal(opens a new window)
DesignSafe Impact
View program metrics and data reuse stories illustrating the public value of DesignSafe data and the research it facilitates.
Training & Events
JUNE 24-26, 2025
NHERI Lehigh Hybrid Simulation 101 and Researchers Workshop: Applications to Natural Hazards Mitigation
Bethlehem, PA
JULY 22-25, 2025
2025 NHERI RAPID 4-Day Intensive Hands-On Workshop
Seattle, WA
JULY 28-AUGUST 1, 2025
SimCenter Programming Bootcamp Session 2 (Introduction to C/C++)
Online
The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) is a distributed national facility that enables research discoveries that will protect human life, reduce damage, and minimize economic losses during natural hazard events.
5 Year Science Plan
A roadmap for researchers in related disciplines working together to achieve common goals.

The Workspace gives researchers the power to share and publish data, access tools for data analysis and visualization, and run simulations on state-of-the-art supercomputer resources.

The NHERI Facilities offer access to shared-use experimental laboratories, field equipment, simulation tools, and a network of social science, engineering, and interdisciplinary researchers.

The Learning Center offers training webinars from all NHERI components, as well as resources for students, post-docs, and early career researchers.
Getting Started
Learn how to get an account and the basics of DesignSafe's Workspace.