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Dan Zehner from the U.S. National Science Foundation's NHERI returns to the podcast this week. He talks about some of the key reports generated by their institutions in the past year. One particular StEER report on Hurricane Milton showed a huge dataset collected about the storm and its impact on homes and other infrastructure along the storm's path.

Click to text us a QUESTION to be answered on the show! Please share your name and where you are from.Parents should feel empowered when it comes to their kids' education.  If you've ever felt frustrated or stuck or just want to try something different, listen to today's episode for some new ideas!Today's Show Sponsor is Cozy Earth.  We absolutely LOVE their bamboo bed sheets and bath towels.  Try yours today with a generous 40% off discount! Code: TRIPP  cozyearth.com/trippShannon's Resources for School Local School Districts: Call them, they can explain hybrid education or part-time enrollment.(It's the easiest place to start!)State-Specific Resources: Check My School Choice State Roadmaps for options in your state.HSLDA: Visit HSLDA's site for info on state homeschooling laws and hybrid options.State Dept. of Education: Your state's site has details on public schooling policies, often including hybrid learning.Home Education Networks: Groups like The Home School Association offer advice on hybrid models and local rules.NHERI: For deep research, NHERI has info on many homeschooling methods including hybrid.Education.com: Their Homeschooling Section has awesome articles and resources on hybrid and part-time education.FREE TRAINING WITH SHANNON Rise Above Worry: A Simple Guide for Moms to Stay Confident and Calm

Welcome back to the Disaster Podcast, your go-to resource for medical professionals, first responders, and disaster rescue experts. This week's episode features a returning guest, Dan Zehner, from the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI), alongside our cohosts Sam Bradley (retired firefighter and paramedic) and Jamie Davis (nurse and retired paramedic).

The National Science Foundation NHERI (Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure) organization had teams out in advance of the recent hurricanes to strike Florida. They set up for the Sentinel Program from the University of Florida to use sensor platforms to detect all the various forces from incoming storms. This was the first full deployment of the Sentinel system.

The cone penetration test (CPT) is a standard tool for geotechnical engineers; it's used for measuring soil sheer strength, stress history and type. Leveraging her NSF CAREER award, Portland State U researcher Diane Moug plans to improve the CPT, so engineers can make better interpretations of CPT data. Moug will employ NHERI at UC Davis centrifuges, numerical modeling, and lab experimentation.

Dan Zehner from NHERI rejoins us for today's episode. The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, NHERI, is a shared-use network funded by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation. They conduct studies of natural hazards and their effects on manmade infrastructure elements to determine safer and more resilient construction methods and materials.

In our final episode with FIU meteorologist Erik Salna, we learn about the Wall of Wind Challenge, an annual event for high school students. NHERI researchers provide a specific wind mitigation challenge. Student teams design and build a protective structure, and then get the chance to test their designs in the Wall of Wind. It's an exciting competition, which is judged by engineers who are Wall of Wind alums! See below for links to the 2024 event and Salna's template for conducting this popular STEM competition for high schools.NHERI Wall of Wind website: https://fiu.designsafe-ci.org/2024 Wall of Wind Challenge, cool video and the winning designs: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2024/june/2024-wall-of-wind-mitigation-challenge-high-school-teams-design-test-productive-wind-barriers/ Overview of the WOW Challenge event for educators, including a technical library: https://www.ihrc.fiu.edu/outreach-education/wall-of-wind-challenge/ The NSF NICHE facility, the future of wind engineering at FIU: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/experimental/niche/ Follow the Wall of Wind on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FIUWOW Follow Erik Salna on X@ExtremeWxExp

Meteorologist and educator Erik Salna provides nitty-gritty details on the gigantic, NSF-funded wind research lab called the Wall of Wind, or WOW. Located at Florida International University in Miami, the WOW facility is part of the NSF-funded NHERI network. Each of WOW's 12-fans are six feet in diameter and weigh nearly 15,000 pounds. Powered up together, the 720HP electric motors can reproduce category 5 hurricane wind speeds, 157MPH. See the WOW in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkI0UjmFFDsVisit the NSF-NHERI Wall of Wind website for details on research underway: https://fiu.designsafe-ci.org/ Follow FIU Extreme Events Institute on X: @FIUExtremeEvent Follow the Wall of Wind on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FIUWOW

UC Davis professor Alejandro Martínez is moving his bio-inspired snakeskin piles into industry practice. The novel pile-surface employs “frictional directionality” characteristic of snakeskin. Field trials provided better than expected results, and Martínez is now working to get his new design into the hands of practicing geotechnical engineers. Much of his NSF-supported research took place at the NHERI at UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling; the project is part of the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center, the Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics, CBBG, at Arizona State University. Background info on Martínez's snakeskin-inspired piles: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2022/august/piles-inspired-snakeskin/ Learn more about the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) called the Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics, CBBG, based at Arizona State University https://cbbg.engineering.asu.edu/ Engineering researchers use centrifugal force to study natural hazards at the NHERI at UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling facility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLTdPaOUFk Read up on Professor Martínez's research at UC Davis: https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/martinez/ Follow Alejandro Martínez on X: @MartVAlejandro Follow the NHERI Center for Geotechnical Modeling on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Center-for-Geotechnical-Modeling/10006311110707

UC Davis professor Alejandro Martínez explains how biogeotechnical engineers leverage solutions from lifeforms like worms, trees, and bacteria. It starts with fundamental, cross-disciplinary work with biologists. Then, at the UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling (CGM), centrifuge tests fill an important gap between laboratory ideas and full-scale field tests. For instance, by replicating ground stress and increased gravity in a centrifuge, geotechs can model and test designs at greater soil depths and across soil types. The NHERI CGM facility functions as a testbed for the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) called the Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics, CBBG, based at Arizona State University. Read up on Professor Martínez's research at UC Davis: https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/martinez/ Follow Alejandro Martínez on X: @MartVAlejandro Background info on Martínez's snakeskin-inspired piles: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2022/august/piles-inspired-snakeskin/ Using centrifugal force to study natural hazards at the NHERI at UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLTdPaOUFk Follow the Center for Geotechnical Modeling on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Center-for-Geotechnical-Modeling/100063111107077/ Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research? Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.com

Geotechnical engineer Alejandro Martínez joins us to discuss a new and multidisciplinary engineering subfield called biogeotechnics. “Bioinspired” research examines and mimics ways that plants, animals and bacteria successfully interact with soil. For example: how tree roots successfully resist wind loads. “Biomediated” research uses biological elements to improve soil. For example, byproducts of certain bacteria can cement and desaturate soil — potentially preventing liquefaction in susceptible areas. Read up on Professor Martínez's research at UC Davis:https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/martinez/ Follow Alejandro Martínez on X: @MartVAlejandro Background info on Martínez's snakeskin-inspired piles:https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2022/august/piles-inspired-snakeskin/ Using centrifugal force to study natural hazards at the NHERI at UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLTdPaOUFk Follow the Center for Geotechnical Modeling on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Center-for-Geotechnical-Modeling/100063111107077/ Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research?Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.comKeywords: biocementation, biodesaturation, liquefaction, biogeotechnics, geotechnical engineering, ground improvement, soil improvement

Meet Nurullah Bektaş, engineering PhD candidate and research chair with the NHERI Graduate Student Council. He talks with Dan Zehner about the virtual GSC Mini Conference, slated for May 31, 2024. Bektaş, who is earning his PhD from Széchenyi István University in Hungary, encourages grad students in natural hazards get involved in sharing research and conducting post-event reconnaissance. He relates his own field experience helping householders in Turkey after the devastating 2023 earthquake series in Turkey and Syria.Find out about the GSC Mini Conference: https://bit.ly/2024NHERIGSCMiniConference Get details about the NHERI Graduate Student Council: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/nheri-graduate-student-council/Bektaş is involved with StEER, the NSF-funded Structural Extreme Event Reconnaissance team:https://www.steer.network/ Bektaş worked with the UK-based group EEFIT, Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team, when conducting field work in Turkey:https://www.istructe.org/get-involved/supported-organisations/eefit/ For post-event debris management, Bektaş mentioned another NSF-funded extreme event group, SUstainable Material Management Extreme Events Reconnaissance, SUMMEER:http://summeer.org/

In this episode of The Frontline, Nathan discusses an opinion piece written in USA Today regarding homeschooling and the need to regulate it in order to prevent abuse. Nathan discusses some of the findings of researchers such as Dr. Ray and Dr. Shaquille regarding the likelihood of abuse in a homeschooling setting. Their findings directly contradict the dubious claims made in this opinion piece, and show the folly in focusing on homeschooling as "hotbed" of maltreatment of students instead of focusing on situations where abuse is much more common such as in the public school system. For more information on what Nathan discussed today, check out the links below: USA Today article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/04/04/homeschooling-child-abuse-reporting-laws/73178861007/ NHERI: https://www.nheri.org/ HSLDA: https://hslda.org/ US Department of Ed: https://www.ed.gov/ FPM Advocacy Webinar Registration: https://cheaofca.regfox.com/district-visits-101-from-advocacy-to-action

Episode 3: Sustainable Functional Recovery: A New Engineering Design Paradigm The novel Converging Design research project merges post-earthquake functional recovery with sustainability. Project PI Andre Barbosa discusses potential results from this effort, such as building code updates and new building products. Other tangible outcomes: successful industry-academia partnerships — and a cohort of engineering students who will take lessons about _sustainable functional recovery_ into the future. Barbosa welcomes individuals curious about sustainable design to contact or visit to the Tallwood Design Institute, located on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Find out the Tallwood Design Institute, a collaboration between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon: https://tallwoodinstitute.org/ Get background info on the multi-institutional NHERI Converging Design project: https://tallwoodinstitute.org/converging-design-home-5663/ Read up on Professor Barbosa's research at Oregon State University: https://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~barbosa/ The NHERI at UC San Diego shake table, LHPOST6, is the world's largest outdoor shake table: https://ucsd.designsafe-ci.org/ Follow Dr. Barbosa on X: @BarbosaRDGroup Collaborative Research: Converging Design Methodology: Multi-objective Optimization of Resilient Structural Spines NSF Award #2120683 https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120683&HistoricalAwards=false Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research? Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.com.

Episode 2. Shake-Table Testing Earthquake-Resistant Building Components Earthquake engineer Andre Barbosa joins us to describe the fascinating NHERI Converging Design project, currently testing earthquake-resilient building components on the NHERI at UC San Diego shake table. Barbosa describes U-shaped flexural plates (UFPs), which can deform and dissipate energy – and with post-tensioning rods, recenter. Also, the team is testing buckling restrained braces, which function like replaceable “structural fuses.” Lastly, the project is examining traditional steel moment frames coupled with braced frames that include energy dissipating (“yielding”) fuse-like elements. These tests will guide the future of resilient structural design in earthquake-prone regions. Get background info on the multi-institutional NHERI Converging Design project: https://tallwoodinstitute.org/converging-design-home-5663/ Read up on Professor Barbosa's research at Oregon State University: https://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~barbosa/ The NHERI at UC San Diego shake table, LHPOST6, is the world's largest outdoor shake table: https://ucsd.designsafe-ci.org/ Follow Dr. Barbosa on X: @BarbosaRDGroup Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research? Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.com.

Andre BarbosaProfessor, Structural EngineeringOregon State University Episode 1. The NHERI Converging Design project merges functional recovery with sustainability. Project PI Andre Barbosa of Oregon State University joins us to discuss how the shake table experiments at UC San Diego shake table will lead to improved building codes in seismically vulnerable zones like the Pacific Northwest. Get background info on the multi-institutional NHERI Converging Design project: https://tallwoodinstitute.org/converging-design-home-5663/Read up on Professor Barbosa's research at OSU: https://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~barbosa/ The NHERI at UC San Diego shake table, LHPOST6, is the world's largest outdoor shake table: https://ucsd.designsafe-ci.org/ Follow Dr. Barbosa on X: @BarbosaRDGroup Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research? Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.com.

This week features a rare follow-up episode where we looked back at last week's episode on Geohazard Mitigation with Colby Barrett from GeoStabilization International. This week we brought back Dan Zehner from The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI).

Alia AmerPostdoctoral ResearcherNHERI Lehigh FacilityATLASS Research CenterLehigh University   Hybrid simulation at Lehigh tests structural resilience In our second episode with NHERI Lehigh engineer Alia Amer, find out how this engineering lab performs real-time hybrid simulation, RTHS. This sophisticated, cost-effective testing method connects a numeric model of a substructure — with a physical model or device. Then researchers apply a natural hazard – wind, earthquake or waves – to test device resilience. Lehigh website: https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/facility/overview/ Follow NHERI Lehigh on X: https://twitter.com/NHERILehighRTMD Read more about Alia Amer, PhD, an up-and-coming researcher in the field of natural hazards engineering and resilience: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2023/november/researcher-alia-amer-is-all-about-resilience-large-scale-structures/ Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research? Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.com.

Alia AmerPostdoctoral ResearcherNHERI Lehigh FacilityATLASS Research CenterLehigh University Research engineer Alia Amer gives us an overview of ATLSS research center, core of the NHERI facility at Lehigh University. Amer shows examples of complex, large-scale tests – multi-hazard simulations – at Lehigh. The lab designs accurate, complete simulations, including soil-structure-interactions, of natural hazard events such as earthquakes and windstorms. Dynamic, quasi-static, and hybrid simulations! Lehigh website: https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/facility/overview/Follow NHERI Lehigh on X: https://twitter.com/NHERILehighRTMD Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research? Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.com.

If you haven't heard, there is an all-out war being waged against homeschoolers right now. Public school districts are literally closing their doors because homeschooling has become the educational methodology of choice--and for good reason! Families realized in 2020 that they had moral and academic freedom over their children, and after pulling them out of the failing public system, their kids are thriving! Scroll back on this podcast to hear all the stats on why Dr. Lisa believes as both a parent and a 25-year veteran of higher education that homeschooling is THE superior educational methodology for the current era! Join Dr. Lisa in this special episode as she interviews lifelong homeschooler Ethan Dunne as he shares his insights on school, life, theater, and the value of mental margin. At 25 years old, Ethan brings experiential data to the homeschool conversation that is already supported by 40 years of statistical research at NHERI.org. Homeschooling works! You can do this; we can help. Join the K to 12 academic rescue mission at AcademicRescueMission.com or the college mission at CVCU.us. 

This week on the Frontline, Nathan is once again joined by Dr. Brian Ray, President of the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI). In this interview, they discuss some of the most recent accusations made against homeschooling families and the homeschooling community at large by outlets such as the Washington Post. Dr. Brian Ray shares some of the results from his most recent and now largest study on homeschooling and child safety. For more information on FPM, visit https://fpmca.org For more information on NHERI and their work, visit https://www.nheri.org

Makris episode 2Testing novel pressurized sand dampers at NHERI Lehigh Nicos Makris explains his innovative protective damper system made with pressurized sand, which obviates problems presented by traditional dampers that use oil. In partnership with the NHERI Lehigh experimental facility, Makris is performing component testing and developing the numerical model in preparation for hybrid simulation testing, also at Lehigh. The cyber-physical tests allow researchers great flexibility when developing large-scale engineering devices. #dampers #CLT #sustainabiility #crosslaminatedtimber #seismic #earthquakeengineering #hybridsimulation #RTHS #naturalhazards #engineering #LehighUniversity #SouthernMethodistUniversity #SMU Read about Makris's research and testing at the NHERI Lehigh website:SMU-Lehigh Collaboration: Supplemental Energy Dissipation Through Pressurized Sand Dampers to CLT Rocking Structureshttps://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/projects/supplemental-energy-dissipation-through-pressurized-sand-dampers-to-clt-rocking-structures/ Nicos Makris at Southern Methodist University: https://www.smu.edu/Lyle/Departments/CEE/People/Faculty/Nicos-Makris NSF Award: Investigation of a Novel Pressurized Sand Damper for Sustainable Seismic and Wind Protection of Buildings: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2036131&HistoricalAwards=false Learn more about the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, NHERI:https://www.designsafe-ci.org/ Contact us: nheri.communications@Gmail.

Nicos Makris,Professor and Chair of Civil, Environmental and Construction EngineeringSouthern Methodist University Makris episode 1 Dampers: shock absorbers for buildingsEarthquake engineer Nicos Makris joins us to discuss protective dampers, large-scale devices that function like shock absorbers for buildings and bridges. Dampers built into a structure absorb and isolate earthquake, wind, and traffic vibrations. Prof Makris reveals a new type of damper he's designed that uses pressurized sand to address hydraulic failures in oil-based dampers. More info on Professor Makris's sand damper research at NHERI Lehigh:SMU-Lehigh Collaboration: Supplemental Energy Dissipation Through Pressurized Sand Dampers to CLT Rocking Structureshttps://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/projects/supplemental-energy-dissipation-through-pressurized-sand-dampers-to-clt-rocking-structures/ Investigation of a Novel Pressurized Sand Damper for Sustainable Seismic and Wind Protection of Buildings https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2036131&HistoricalAwards=false NHERI Lehigh facility: https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/facility/overview/ NHERI on Xhttps://twitter.com/NHERIDesignSafe NHERI on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/nheri-designsafe/ Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research? Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.com.

Special Episode 2November 13, 2023SCIENCE PLAN SPECIAL EPISODE: Moving civil engineering research into practice Editor Ian Robertson provides details on using the NHERI Science Plan, Third Edition, as a practical guide to successful civil engineering research, including technology transfer and interdisciplinary research teams. NEW in the third edition:· NHERI SimCenter simulation software for estimating damage and simulating mitigation measures.· NHERI CONVERGE social science resources, for incorporating social science methodologies.· PLUS extreme events teams who conduct post-event reconnaissance missions.Download the NHERI Science Plan: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.published/PRJ-4240 Learn more about the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, NHERI: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/ #techtransfer #researchtopractice #NSFfunded #Scienceplan #naturalhazardsEngineering #naturalHazards #extremeEvents #disasterScience #NHERISimCenter #simulationSoftware #hazardModeling #hazardsEngineering #engineeringResearch

SPECIAL EPISODE! Introducing the NHERI Science Plan, Third EditionWays to leverage NSF-funded facilities in natural hazards research Just released: the NHERI Science Plan, 3rd Edition! This comprehensive, 130-page research guide outlines ways researchers can use NSF-funded facilities to study natural hazards damage and prevention. With lead author Ian Robertson, research engineer with the University of Hawaii. NEW in the third edition:· NHERI SimCenter simulation software for estimating damage and simulating mitigation measures.· NHERI CONVERGE social science resources, for incorporating social science methodologies.· PLUS extreme events teams who conduct post-event reconnaissance missions.Download the NHERI Science Plan: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.published/PRJ-4240 Learn more about the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, NHERI: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/ #NSFfunded #Scienceplan #naturalhazardsEngineering #naturalHazards #extremeEvents #disasterScience #NHERISimCenter #simulationSoftware #hazardModeling #hazardsEngineering #engineeringResearch

Episode 3 Understanding major storms: key to coastal resilience Understanding the behavior of coastal systems requires specialized researchers, including engineers, to instrument shorelines before a major storm — and to collect and analyze the resulting data. Woods Hole scientist Britt Raubenheimer reiterates the vital importance of federal funding, including NSF funding, which allows for multidisciplinary teams like NEER to perform nested, coordinated reconnaissance missions with NHERI engineers and agencies like USGS and NOAA. NEER website: https://neerassociation.org/ NHERI extreme events organizations: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/converge/Follow Britt Raubenheimer on Twitter: @BrittRaubenhei1Twitter: @NHERI_EER Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research? Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.com. Entender las grandes tormentas: clave de la resistencia costera Comprender el comportamiento de los sistemas costeros exige que investigadores especializados, entre ellos ingenieros, instrumenten las costas antes de una gran tormenta y recojan y analicen los datos resultantes. Britt Raubenheimer, científico de Woods Hole, reitera la importancia vital de la financiación federal, incluida la de la NSF, que permite a equipos multidisciplinares como el NEER llevar a cabo misiones de reconocimiento anidadas y coordinadas con ingenieros del NHERI y organismos como el USGS y la NOAA.

Britt Raubenheimer, PhDSenior Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics and EngineeringWoods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionPrincipal Investigator, Nearshore Extreme Event Reconnaissance team, NEER  Episode 2 NEER: Nearshore breakwaters and unintended consequences Coastal scientist Britt Raubenheimer describes NEER's data reconnaissance missions before, during, and after Hurricane Laura, which struck southwestern Louisiana in 2020. NEER data revealed that breakwater structures could slow storm-surge inundation – but then they would also retain floodwaters passing through it, significantly slowing recovery of the shoreland marsh. NEER website: https://neerassociation.org/ NHERI extreme events organizations: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/converge/Follow Britt Raubenheimer on Twitter: @BrittRaubenhei1Twitter: @NHERI_EER Questions about NHERI or NHERI extreme events research? Contact us: nheri.communications@gmail.com. NEER: Rompeolas cercanos a la costa y consecuencias imprevistas El científico costero Britt Raubenheimer describe las misiones de reconocimiento de datos del NEER antes, durante y después del huracán Laura, que azotó el suroeste de Luisiana en 2020.Los datos del NEER revelaron que las estructuras de rompeolas podían ralentizar las inundaciones provocadas por las tormentas, pero también retendrían las aguas de crecida que las atravesaran, lo que ralentizaría considerablemente la recuperación de las marismas costeras.

In the aftermath of the Maui wildfire disaster that struck the state of Hawaii, Dan Zehner from NHERI (Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure) comes on the show. Dan shares with us the post-disaster lessons learned by looking at the effect of the fires on community and residential infrastructure.

Britt Raubenheimer, PhDSenior Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics and EngineeringWoods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionPrincipal Investigator, Nearshore Extreme Event Reconnaissance team, NEER NEER: Improving resilience of the nearshore during extreme eventsWoods Hole scientist Britt Raubenheimer talks with host Dan Zehner about coastal resiliency. Raubenheimer is principal investigator for NSF-funded Nearshore Extreme Event Reconnaissance team, NEER. NEER deploys multi-disciplinary researchers to collect data on nearshore systems before, during and after extreme events. She discusses the 2020 NEER mission during Hurricane Laura – which made useful discoveries about the efficacy of breakwater structures in the Delta marshlands. NEER website: https://neerassociation.org/ NHERI extreme events organizations: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/converge/Twitter: @NHERI_EER  NEER: Mejora de la resistencia de las zonas costeras en caso de fenómenos extremos El científico de Woods Hole Britt Raubenheimer habla con el presentador Dan Zehner sobre la resistencia costera. Raubenheimer es el investigador principal del equipo NEER (Nearshore Extreme Event Reconnaissance), financiado por la NSF. NEER despliega investigadores multidisciplinares para recoger datos sobre los sistemas costeros antes, durante y después de los fenómenos extremos. Habla de la misión NEER 2020 durante el huracán Laura, que permitió hacer útiles descubrimientos sobre la eficacia de las estructuras de rompeolas en las marismas del Delta

In this episode, we invited Dan Zehner from NHERI back on the show to talk about the recent Dam breach in Ukraine. The resulting flooding has necessitated widespread rescue attempts, many of which took place in an active war zone. We talk about the integrity of Dams, the long term impacts of such an infrastructure failure, and environmental hazards that might be encountered.

This week on the Frontline, Nathan is once again joined by Dr. Brian Ray of NHERI. They discuss the Washington Post's attack on homeschooling and the truth about homeschooling that Dr. Ray has found in his research, as well as the impact that homeschooling has on parental rights.

Even if you've never met him in person, you've no doubt heard of Dr. Brian Ray. His research spans more than three decades of American scholastic assessment, and he is the single-most quoted source of wisdom in homeschool research today. Check out his impressive peer-reviewed work at NHERI.org. In this interview, Dr. Dunne and Dr. Ray talk about all things education: what we know about the parent-directed model, what we can see coming down the behavioral pipeline based on some of the parental practices surrounding us today, and what "secret ingredients" lead to the absolute best academic outcomes. Spoiler alert: Homeschooling works! Parents, you can do this; we can help! Visit www.cvcu.us to find out how you can jump into the rescue mission for your own family or your community. Just click the Start an Academy tab for more info. 

Nurses Out Loud with Nurse Michele, RN – Homeschooling – home education or home-based education – has grown from nearly extinct in the United States in the 1970s to over 2.5 million school-age students. NHERI focuses on homeschooling research, homeschool facts, homeschool fast facts, and in-depth scholarly articles...

This week, Nathan is joined by Dr. Brian Ray, Founder and President of the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI). NHERI has provided many studies showing the effective methods and results of homeschooling, both in California and nationwide. This research is vital to provide families and legislators concrete evidence of the effectiveness of homeschooling.NHERIAdvocacy From HomeJoin Nathan every week to hear the latest updates on California politics and how these events relate to the family, homeschool freedom, and religious liberty. California is the frontline of the nation in terms of attacks on these freedoms. For more information about Family Protection Ministries, visit our website at www.fpmca.org, and check out the video podcast on our YouTube channel. The Frontline Podcast is available on these platforms as well:SpotifyAmazonApple Podcasts

What You Need to Know is Speaker McCarthy has released 41,000 hours of January 6 video to Tucker Carlson. It's been difficult to figure out what really happened, because until now the illegitimate Pelosi committee has withheld all of the evidence possible. We didn't even know how many hours of footage existed! Even though I wish this footage were all public to be crowd reviewed, this is still a great step forward. If we're going to defeat the January 6 Hoax, we have to recognize the Narrative Machine and shatter it with transparent truth.  Dr. Ingrid Skop, Senior Fellow and Director of Medical Affairs for the Charlotte Lozier Institute, talks about the fight against dangerous and misrepresented abortion pills some want available by mail. CLI has filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in a case against the FDA on this topic. In a world of frantic political messaging, Dr. Skop brings a wonderful medical voice to the conversation. Visit LozierInstitute.org.  Dr. Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), gives a primer on homeschooling: what it is, what it isn't, and why a shift in society toward home education is happening now. Dr. Ray always brings the facts. Don't miss this conversation! He's speaking in St. Louis on February 23. Follow his work at NHERI.org. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we welcome special guest Dan Zehner to the podcast! Listen in as we discuss growing up in the Midwest, marching band, building nuclear submarines, engineering safe buildings on Earth and beyond, seeking adventure in life, choosing the harder path, and more. Keep up with Dan on Instagram and Twitter. Click here to see NHERI and UC San Diego violently shake a 10-story wood building. Host: Cale Matthews Audio Engineer: Art Pipok Visit us at solid7podcast.com to snag some merch, rate the show, buy us a Jocko Go, see upcoming events, follow us on social media, support worthy causes, and become a Patreon supporter. © Copyright 2023 Solid Seven Podcast. All Rights Reserved.

Dan Zehner from NHERI (Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure) joins us to talk about the initial structural engineering look at the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. As soon as the earthquake struck and the extent of the structural failures became evident, members of NHERI and their international colleagues started examining all available data to understand why the buildings failed.

U of Nevada earthquake engineer Keri Ryan shows us the external wall units on the 10-story NHERI Tallwood building: spandrels with ribbon windows and glass curtain walls, called mullions. Architects as well as engineers want to see how such non-structural elements perform under earthquake loading. During the March 2023 shake table test, more than 750 sensor channels will record behaviors like drift, acceleration, and joint slip and movement. Follow the NHERI Tallwood project with the live video stream at UC San Diego: http://nheri.ucsd.edu/video/ Find Professor Keri Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keri-ryan-29332399/ Looking for earthquake shaking data? Visit the NHERI DesignSafe Data Depot, a public repository of natural hazards research data. https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/ On Twitter? Follow Shiling Pei (@slpei), Principal Investigator for #NHERITallwood. While you're at it, follow NHERI DesignSafe (@NHERIDesignSafe) for all things related to natural hazards engineering. More #NHERITallwood partners on Twitter: @NHERI_UCSD @Unevadareno @UCSanDiego @UCSDJacobs @unrengineering, @NSF @slpei @commresilience @MinesCEE @coschoolofmines @CEMCO_steel @csinconline @strongtie @TechGlassPro

In this episode, earthquake engineer and #NHERITallwood co-PI Keri Ryan gets specific about #NHERITallwood nonstructural components: non-loadbearing walls — elements extremely prone to earthquake drift and damage. Ryan shows us the cold-formed-steel exterior-wall subassemblies and some of the innovative building components that can prevent non-structural deformations due to ground shaking.CEMCO @CEMCO_steelConstruction Specialities Group @csinconlineSimpson StrongTie @strongtieNeed to know more? Get the backstory on NHERI Tallwood: http://nheritallwood.mines.edu/ Follow the NHERI Tallwood project with the live video stream at UC San Diego: http://nheri.ucsd.edu/video/Find Professor Keri Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keri-ryan-29332399/Twitter: @NHERI_UCSD @Unevadareno @UCSanDiego @UCSDJacobs @unrengineering, @NSF @slpei @commresilience @MinesCEE @coschoolofmines @CEMCO_steel @csinconline @strongtie#NHERITallwood #coldformedsteel #CFS #naturalhazards #resilience #NSFfunded #earthquakeEngineering #womeninengineering #NSFStories

Today we chat with Keri Ryan, a co-principal investigator on the NHERI Tallwood project. We catch up with her onsite at the enormous UC San Diego shake table, a NHERI experimental facility. Ryan, an earthquake engineer at University of Nevada Reno, provides a succinct primer on the Tallwood research project, a 10-story wood building designed to resist earthquake loads.Curious? More background on NHERI Tallwood: http://nheritallwood.mines.edu/ Follow the NHERI Tallwood project with the live video at UCSD: http://nheri.ucsd.edu/video/Find Professor Keri Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keri-ryan-29332399/#NHERITallwood #CLT #Crosslaminatedtimber #massTimber #rockingwalls #naturalhazards #resilience #NSFfunded #earthquakeEngineering #womeninengineering #NSFStories

Machine-learning expert Krishna Kumar joins host Dan Zehner to discuss the annual NHERI Hackathon. Kumar details this exciting event, which takes place every year at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. Leveraging DesignSafe data and computational resources, participants have three days to code solutions to natural hazards problems using machine learning. Kumar is an assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at University of Texas professor.#naturalhazards #hackathon #machinelearning #AI #engineeringeducation #simulation #modeling #NHERIHackathonRead more about the annual NHERI Hackathon and DesignSafe Academy: https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/designsafe-academy/Want to learn more about natural hazards simulation and modeling? Visit the NHERI SimCenter, headquartered at UC Berkeley: https://simcenter.designsafe-ci.org/Follow NHERI DesignSafe!LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nheri-designsafe/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nheriDesignSafeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NaturalHazardsEngineeringResearchInfrastructureInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nheridesignsafe/Twitter: @TACC @NheriGsc @NSF @NheriEco @ERathje @NHE_SimCenter#NSFStories, #naturalhazards, #NHERIhackathon

The full interview episode with Stanford-based structural engineer Barbara Simpson — in person at the Oregon State University Wave Laboratory, a NHERI experimental facility.

Today we have an exciting meet-up with Stanford-based structural engineer Barbara Simpson — in person at the Oregon State University Wave Laboratory, a NHERI experimental facility. Simpson's passionate about building computer programming skills in undergraduate engineers, particularly those in underrepresented groups who may lack such experience. She applies parallel processing in her own investigations in soil-to-fluid interactions in floating offshore wind turbines.Read more about Simpson's work training undergraduate engineers in programming:https://stem.oregonstate.edu/people/barbara-simpsonOn her blog, Simpson discusses using computational and experimental methods to solve problems in natural hazards engineering:https://simpsoba.wordpress.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-simpson-9255445b/Twitter: @StanfordEng @HinsdaleOSU, #NSFStories, @NSF, @NheriEco

Dr. Brian Ray is the president of the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) and a leader in homeschooling research. The NHERI specializes in conducting and collecting research about homeschooling and publishes the research journal, the Home School Researcher. Dr. Ray is an author, speaker, and veteran homeschool father of eight children. He received his PhD in science education from Oregon State University and his master of science in zoology in zoology from Ohio University. In this episode of Refining Rhetoric, Robert and Dr. Ray discuss his research at the NHERI, including the history of home education, the reasons families homeschool, how COVID has impacted homeschooling, and the future of the homeschool movement. Show notes: refiningrhetoric.com/brian-ray

In our final episode featuring Jeremy Waisome fromthe NHERI University of Florida facility, we learn the importance of exposing high school andcollege students to engineering education as a college major. Waisome explains enrichingopportunities such as the NHERI Research Experiences for Undergraduates program and theimportance of having role models and mentors who come from one's own community. She alsotalks about her own podcast: Modern Figures, which features Black women in computing. Catch up with Jeremy Waisome:Modern Figures podcasthttps://modernfigurespodcast.com/@jeremywaisome on TwitterLinkedIn: @jwaisomeOutreach at the NHERI at University of Florida experimental facility: https://ufl.designsafe-ci.org/outreach/

Tune in for our full interview with NHERI RAPID Director Joe Wartman. After major earthquakes, hurricanes and floods, the RAPID team springs into action with specialized tools for data reconnaissance missions. Wartman discusses the RAPID equipment, key missions — and how engineers use perishable data to make our communities more resilient.#NSFfunded #naturalhazards #engineering #research LinkedIn: @Joseph WartmanTwitter: @NHERI_RAPID, @NSF Facebook: @RAPIDNaturalHazardsReconClick here for more information on the RAPID Facility.

Joe WartmanProfessor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Washington Principal Investigator, NHERI RAPID facilityWartman introduces his NSF-funded natural hazards reconnaissance facility, called the NHERI RAPID. He clarifies the term “RAPID” (in all caps), which is a kind of generic term (not an acronym) inherited from the National Science Foundation. The actual name of Wartman's University of Washington-based group is the “Natural Hazard and Disaster Reconnaissance Facility.” It suggests the speed at which his group responds to extreme events. LinkedIn: @Joseph WartmanTwitter: @NHERI_RAPID, @NSF Facebook: @RAPIDNaturalHazardsRecon

University of Oklahoma earthquake engineer Scott Harvey is developing a base isolation system to protect valuable and sensitive contents inside buildings. He employed the shake table at the NHERI Lehigh University experimental facility to learn how his isolation system behaves under shaking. In his next experiments, Harvey will deploy the magic of real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) to numerically simulate buildings with his physical device -- using NHERI Lehigh's well-known RTHS capabilities.Video footage of Harvey's isolation system on the NHERI Lehigh shake table: https://www.facebook.com/NHERILehighRTMDHarvey's NSF base isolation research : https://sites.google.com/view/harveyresearchgroup/research-projects/3d-seismic-isolation?authuser=0A description of Harvey's isolation system at NHERI Lehigh: https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/projects/quantifying-seismic-resilience-multi-functional-floor-isolation/ This video is supported by NSF grant #2129782: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2129782 

Are charter schools an effective educational model for Christian homeschooling parents? How do we navigate multiple ages, backgrounds, and the inclusion of hobbies like sports if we aren't leaning on the government school system? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for today's interview with homeschooling parent and cheerleading coach Denise DeLorenzo. Parents, you are not alone. There are many resources available to help you succeed in this model! Visit us at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us to learn more about the community of support at your fingertips, and visit NHERI.org and CHEAofCA.com to find out more about the stats and stories of homeschool success. You can do this; we can help!