NHERI Researchers featured in PBS Home Diagnosis TV Show
Natural hazards engineers offer expertise for Home Diagnosis season 3
Published on February 13, 2024
The online television series Home Diagnosis is all about the science behind home performance. The 30-minute episodes deliver in-depth analysis of home damage, repair, protection, and resilience. Grace and Corbett Lunsford, home performance experts based in Atlanta, Georgia, create, produce, and host the show. In each episode, the Lunsfords seek out subject matter experts to provide authoritative, science-based information.
Themed “Accidents Happen,” Home Diagnosis season 3 examines natural hazards such as earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires and landslides. Experts explain these hazards — and ways people can protect against the damage they cause.
The episodes this season feature eleven NHERI researchers. The film crew also visited four NHERI facilities, where they captured exciting footage of the FIU Wall of Wind, the UC San Diego LHPOST6 shake table, the Oregon State University wave lab, and the UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling.
Home Diagnosis season three is now available online, on the website and on YouTube. Be sure to look at the episodes featuring NHERI researchers, below, and share with friends and colleagues.
The Science of Home Fires & Wildfire — Episode 301
Featuring:
- Joseph Wartman, NHERI RAPID PI and natural hazards resilience researcher at University of Washington
Science of Home Flooding, Hurricanes, Tsunamis, & Tornadoes — Episode 304
Featuring:
- Elaina Sutley, natural hazards resilience researcher at Kansas State University
- Erik Salna, meteorologist and educator at the Extreme Events Institute and International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University
- Pedro Lomonaco, coastal engineering researcher at Oregon State University
- Ian Robertson, natural hazards resilience researcher at University of Hawaii
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Footage: NHERI at OSU/OH Hinsdale Wave Research Lab
Footage: NHERI at FIU/Wall of Wind
Home Disasters: Earthquakes, Landslides, Sinkholes, and What To Do — Episode 306
Featuring:
- Joseph Wartman, NHERI RAPID PI and natural hazards resilience researcher at University of Washington
- Elaina Sutley, natural hazards resilience researcher at Kansas State University
- Ian Robertson, natural hazards resilience researcher at University of Hawaii
- Koorosh Lotfizadeh, earthquake researcher at UC San Diego
- Pedro Lomonaco, coastal engineering researcher at Oregon State University
- Dan Wilson, geotechnical researcher at UC Davis
- Ross Boulanger, geotechnical researcher at UC Davis
- Jason DeJong- NHERI at UC Davis PI and biogeotechnical researcher
- PLUS
Footage: NHERI at UC Davis 9M centrifuge
Footage: NHERI at UC San Diego LHPOST6 shake table
Extreme Home Enviornments: Volcanoes, Ice, and Disasters — Episode 308
Featuring:
- Ian Robertson – natural hazards resilience researcher at University of Hawaii
- Lori Peek – NHERI CONVERGE PI and social science researcher at University of Colorado Boulder
Social Equity and Disasters — Episode 311 — COMING SOON!
Featuring:
- Lori Peek – NHERI CONVERGE PI and social science researcher at University of Colorado Boulder