NHERI Graduate Student Council
2024 Mini-Conference
Thank you to the NHERI GSC members who participated in the 2024 Mini-Conference. Below is a link to the NHERI GSC Mini-Conference Book of Proceedings that contain all abstracts of members who presented at this year's virtual event.
We are excited to announce that our keynote speaker will be Dr. Yasemin Didem Aktas from the University College Londen (UCL), Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering.
Updates
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Yasemin Didem Aktas, from the University College London (UCL), Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, will be delivering an enlightening talk on the EEFIT Mission, hybrid reconnaissance work, and examples from the reconnaissance missions, and to engage directly with our audience.
We are also providing an opportunity for attendees to submit questions about the topic. We encourage you to share questions here: https://bit.ly/2024NHERIGSC_KeynoteQuestions.
Program Information
The NHERI Graduate Student Council is excited to announce our second annual NHERI GSC Mini-Conference.This fully virtual one-day conference brings together graduate students in the field of natural hazards to present original, multidisciplinary research. Accepted poster and paper presentations include novel approaches to methods, empirical research, and interdisciplinary work from graduate student researchers including geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, sociologists, demographers, computer scientists, and other disciplines. Attendees will also have opportunities to network and find potential collaborators during sessions.
The NHERI GSC Mini-Conference will run from 10:00 am-5:00 pm CT on Friday, May 31, 2024.
For a full schedule of events on the program, please click the link below.
Eligibility
Anyone is welcome to attend the NHERI GSC Mini-Conference, including NHERI GSC members, non-member graduate students, faculty, administrators, industry professionals, or others interested in hearing about innovative, multidisciplinary research in the natural hazards field.
All registrants will receive a link to attend the virtual mini-conference in mid-May following successful registration. We expect all attendees to be respectful and adhere to the NHERI GSC Statement of Inclusivity.
Contact Us
For questions, please contact the NHERI GSC Organizing Committee.
- Nurullah Bektas, Chair of Research (nurullahbektas@hotmail.com)
- Soolmaz Khoshkalam, Vice Chair of Research (skhoshkalam@umassd.edu)
- Rakesh Salunke, Former Chair of Research (rakesh.salunke@students.jsums.edu)
- Natalie Coleman, Treasurer (natcoleman3@gmail.com)
- Payam Gholamalipour (payam.gholamalipour@mail.concordia.ca)
- Rajendra Gautam, Chair of Workshops and Mentoring (rgautam.nepal@gmail.com)