NHERI Team Shines at 2024 AGU Fall Meeting

Hundreds of attendees visited the NHERI booth to discover research possibilities at NSF-funded natural hazards facilities

Published on December 19, 2024

West Lafayette, IN, Dec. 21, 2024 — Faculty and staff volunteers from the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, NHERI, were on hand at the AGU Fall Meeting in Washington, DC, Dec. 9-13, 2024.

An estimated 25,000 individuals attended the AGU 2024 Fall Meeting, all interested in Earth and space-science-related fields. NHERI was one of 300 exhibitors, which included NASA, NOAA, and multiple aspects of the US National Science Foundation.

A stalwart group of volunteers helped set up the NHERI booth, greet and interact with conference attendees, and pack up the booth for the next conference. Many thanks to Karen Dedinsky, Andrew Lyda, and Michael Grilliot of the NHERI RAPID; Maria Esteva, DesignSafe; Koorosh Lotfizadeh, NHERI UCSD; Barbaros Centiner, SimCenter; Abdullah Braik, NHERI Grad Student Council; Mohammad Khosravi, NHERI User Forum; Julio Ramirez, JoAnn Browning, Bill Holmes, and Marti LaChance, NHERI NCO. And special thanks to Pedro Lomonaco, NHERI OSU.

Introducing NSF NHERI to AGU Attendees

NHERI booth at AGU 24.

(Right) NHERI booth at AGU 24. From left, Karen Dedinsky, RAPID; Abdullah Braik, Grad Student Council; Koorosh Lotfizadeh, UCSD; Andrew Lyda, RAPID; Marti LaChance, NCO.

JoAnn Browning, NHERI ECO, engages with a grad student.

NHERI NCO volunteers Bill Holmes and Julio Ramirez with NHERI User Forum Chair Mohammed Khosravi.

Michael Grilliot, NHERI RAPID, and Julio Ramirez, NCO.

Andrew Lyda and Karen Dedinsky, NHERI RAPID.

Michael Grilliot, NHERI RAPID, with Julio Ramirez and Bill Holmes, NHERI NCO.

Bill Holmes, Marti LaChance, NHERI NCO.

Koorosh Lotfizadeh, NHERI at UCSD.

(Left) Karen Dedinsky, NHERI RAPID, greets booth visitors.

Joe Wartman, NHERI RAPID.

Michael Grilliot, NHERI RAPID, presenting at AGU.

Engaging the Next Generation

Maria Esteva, DesignSafe, introduces undergrads to NHERI.

(Right) Michael Grilliot, NHERI RAPID, with a classroom group.

Dad and son check out the NHERI OSU wave simulator.

Undergrads from the Texas A&M Costa Rica program stop by the NHERI booth.

NHERI OSU wave tank simulator attracts classroom groups attending AGU.

Until AGU 2025!

(Below) Teardown crew disassembling the wave tank. From left: JoAnn Browning, Pedro Lomonaco, Koorosh Lotfizadeh.

(Below) Packed up! Many thanks, Pedro Lomonaco, JoAnn Browning, Bill Holmes, and Koorosh Lotfizadeh