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

 

Left to right:

Dan Cox,
Julio Ramirez,
Jennifer Thornhill,
Allison Reilly,
Shelby Bensi, &
Jennifer Bridge