Gallery
Below find candid shots taken at the #NatHazSummit24. We’ll be adding professional photos from the Summit soon.
Keynotes and Plenaries
In the Colony Ballroom of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, attendees enjoyed presentations, panels and plenary talks — as well as meals.
Right: Summit committee co-chair Jennifer Bridge opened the event with a welcome message to community members and invited guests.
Below: NHERI organizers thank the University of Maryland for providing such an excellent space to accommodate so many gathered community members.
Susan Margulies, Assistant Director of the NSF Engineering Directorate (Day 1)
Joy Pauschke, Program Director, Engineering for Civil Infrastructure and NHERI, NSF (Day 2)
Panel: Calculations, Codes, and Communities (Day 1)
Maria Dillard, NIST
Right: Judy Metrani-Reiser, NIST
Lightning Talks
Many natural hazards research community members were invited to share exciting words about the work they are conducting.
Alia Amer, Lehigh University
Ian Robertson, University of Hawai’i, Manoa
David Prevatt, University of Florida
Adam Zsarnóczay, UC Berkeley
Joe Wartman, University of Washington
Tori Tomiczek, US Naval Academy
Parallel Breakout Sessions
The second Summit day was filled with sixteen community-hosted sessions across four parallel tracks.
Bill Holmes, NHERI Tech Transfer Committee, speaks during the NHERI ECO workshop on designing interdisciplinary NSF proposals on natural hazards research.
Lori Peek, University of Colorado Boulder, in panel on utilizing street view imaging for natural hazards assessments.
John van de Lindt, Colorado State University, in panel discussion on shake table testing of resilient tall wood buildings.
Amanda Meyer, NSF Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, speaks during the session on NSF branding and media engagement.
André Barbosa, Oregon State University, in panel discussion on shake table testing of resilient tall wood buildings.
Claudia Reis, Lehigh University
Alia Amer, Lehigh University
Amal Elawady, Florida International University
Poster Reception
University of Maryland hosts provided ample space for everyone to get involved as over one hundred community members presented posters at a catered reception closing out the first Summit day.
Sang-ri Yi, NHERI SimCenter booth and posters
Daniel Yahya, Auburn University
André Barbosa, Oregon State University
Daniel Acosta-Reyes, University of Washington
Elaina Sutley, University of Kansas; Lori Peek, University of Colorado Boulder; Karina Vielma, UT San Antonio
Amanpreet Singh, Johns Hopkins University/NIST
Najib Bouaanani, Polytechnique Montréal
Abigail Beck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2024 Summit Organizing Committee