Practical Engineering YouTube channel captures hurricane wave tests at NHERI Wave Laboratory
YouTuber Grady Hillhouse and crew came to Oregon State to film a large-scale engineering experiment. The episode dramatically reveals how a simple structural elevation can prevent hurricane destruction.
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.
- NSF NHERI Network Coordination: A Model for Distributed National Research Infrastructure
- Permafrost Experiments Coming to NHERI UC Davis
- Announcing the Keynote Speakers for the 2026 NHERI Computational Symposium
- Chowdhury and Puleo take NICHE to Washington
- NHERI SPARC Program Pioneers New Model for Research Acceleration
- Food After a Flood
- First Steps in Home and Building Flood Prevention
- A Decade of DesignSafe
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Dr. David Roueche, Auburn University, NSF Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance Network February 18, 2026 |
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2026 NSF NHERI Summer Institute
San Antonio, TX
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