Venue & Travel
Located in the heart of the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland, the venue for both days of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Summit and the third day of Post-Summit Workshops is the historic Adele H. Stamp Student Union Hall. There are many great places to see while in College Park and the greater Washington DC metro area, plus a large number of options for travel to the Summit. All sessions will be held on the second floor except the Day 1 Poster Session which is in the Grand Ballroom on the first floor. Please note that the "first floor" in the Stamp building is not the same as the "ground floor." Click to enlargen:
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Additional building details available at the University of Maryland website.
Who Was Adele H. Stamp?
Adele H. Stamp served as the University of Maryland's first Dean of Women from 1922 to 1960. A champion of diversity, she was a community leader key to many organizations like the first Women's Student Government Assocation of Maryland, the Senior Honor Society, the College Park Branch of the American Association of Unversity Women, and a local chapter of the American Red Cross. The student union named in her honor is a vital resource in the heart of the University of Maryland campus, with a mission to continue her work and provide a safe and inviting campus center to all.
Learn more about the history of Adele H. Stamp and the Student Union building
The Summit committee has selected two official hotels for attendees within a short walk to the Adele H Stamp Student Union across the University of Maryland campus. Group rates have been negotiated between a check-in of Monday, May 13, and a check-out of Thursday, May 16.
Cambria Hotel College Park
The Cambria Hotel College Park is offering a group rate discount of $179 a night for one king bed or $189 a night for two double beds to summit attendees when using the link below, while availability remains:
Book your group rate stay at the Cambria Hotel College Park
The Hotel at UMD
The Hotel at Univesrity of Maryland is offering a group rate discount of $219 a night to summit attendees using the link below, while availability remains:
Book your group rate stay at The Hotel at UMD
Traveling to & around University of Maryland
The University of Maryland is located in College Park, a few miles northeast of Washington DC. Travel to and from the area can be handled via Washington DC and Baltimore area airports with a network of public transit and shuttle or taxi options between the nation's capitol and campus. See more details at the university's official guide for visitors.
Whether arriving at Baltimore's Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), Reagan National Airport (DCA), or Dulles International Airport (IAD), visitors have the option of using the Washington metro area train system to reach College Park. The College Park stop on the Green Line features a shuttle bus outside the station with frequent trips to the center of the UMD campus and requires no university ID to ride. See more details at the university's visitor guide.
For attendees who wish to use a taxi or ride-share service, the distances between each airport and the University of Maryland are approximately the following:
- From BWI: 25 miles
- From DCA: 20 miles
- From IAD: 35 miles