NEES Consortium Operation: FY 2005 - FY 2014

NEES 联盟运营情况：2005 财年 - 2014 财年

• 批准号: 0402490
• 负责人: Steven McCabe
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: NEES Consortium, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-10-01 至 2010-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0402490&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NEES; Consortium; Operation; FY; 2005

NEES Consortium, Inc., through this cooperative agreement, will manage, operate, and maintain the national George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) infrastructure during FY 2005 - FY 2014. This infrastructure consists of (1) Consortium headquarters led by an Executive Director, (2) 15 shared use, state-of-the-art earthquake engineering experimental research sites located across the U.S., and (3) an information technology (IT)/NEESgrid cyberinfrastructure. The equipment sites and cyberinfrastructure provide a user-friendly, collaborative, accessible, and data-rich experimental and analytical infrastructure for research, education, and technology transfer across the earthquake engineering field. The equipment sites include single (outdoor), dual, and triple shake tables; geotechnical centrifuges with in-flight biaxial shakers and robotic tools; a tsunami wave basin; large laboratories for testing structures, soil-foundation-structure interaction systems, and lifeline systems; mobile geotechnical and structural testing field equipment; and two permanently instrumented field sites in southern California. The NEESgrid cyberinfrastructure seamlessly integrates the 15 equipment sites and their telepresence capabilities, a national curated data repository, web-based collaborative tools, access to leading edge compute resources, and open-source computational tools such as OpenSees. This cyberinfrastructure will enable hybrid testing methods (coupled computational and physical simulations) as well as multi-site distributed experimentation. Technical staff at Consortium headquarters, the equipment sites, and the NEES cyberinfrastructure center will help potential and funded investigators discover and use NEES resources. The Consortium will coordinate training courses on equipment site and IT usage, visiting scholar programs, development of curricular materials, research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) and research experiences for teachers (RETs), seminars for practicing engineers, and K-12 and public outreach. The capabilities provided by the NEES infrastructure will enable researchers in the U.S., along with collaborators abroad, to address the research problems outlined in Preventing Earthquake Disasters - The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering - A Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) [National Research Council, National Academy Press, 2003] to advance fundamental knowledge and develop new technologies to address a compelling national need - earthquake loss reduction. Through separate awards, NSF will fund individual investigator, small group, and grand challenge projects to conduct research using the NEES infrastructure. Through the Consortium, the U.S. is well positioned to establish a strong world leadership role in earthquake engineering. This award is for five years, and will be reviewed annually, under a cooperative agreement between the National Science Foundation and NEES Consortium, Inc. The award is renewable once, without recompetition, for an additional five years, subject to satisfactory review of performance and availability of funds. The maximum duration of the award is for ten years. Towards the end of this final award period, NSF will evaluate the needs of, and appropriate future investments in, the national infrastructure for earthquake engineering. Information about Consortium activities, including equipment site and NEESgrid cyberinfrastructure capabilities, equipment site scheduling, and training opportunities, will be posted at nees.org. This award is part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).

根据这项合作协议，NEES财团公司将在2005 - 2014财年管理、运营和维护国家乔治·e·布朗地震工程模拟网络（NEES）基础设施。该基础设施包括(1)由执行董事领导的联盟总部，(2)分布在美国各地的15个共享使用的、最先进的地震工程实验研究站点，以及(3)信息技术(IT)/NEESgrid网络基础设施。设备站点和网络基础设施为整个地震工程领域的研究、教育和技术转让提供了一个用户友好、协作、可访问和数据丰富的实验和分析基础设施。设备场地包括单台（室外）、双台、三台振动台；带有飞行双轴激振器和机器人工具的土工离心机；海啸波盆；用于测试结构、土壤-基础-结构相互作用系统和生命线系统的大型实验室；移动岩土和结构测试现场设备；以及南加州的两个永久仪器现场。NEESgrid网络基础设施无缝集成了15个设备站点及其远程呈现功能、国家管理的数据存储库、基于网络的协作工具、对领先边缘计算资源的访问以及OpenSees等开源计算工具。这种网络基础设施将使混合测试方法（耦合计算和物理模拟）以及多站点分布式实验成为可能。联盟总部、设备站点和NEES网络基础设施中心的技术人员将帮助潜在的和资助的研究人员发现和使用NEES资源。该联盟将协调设备现场和IT使用的培训课程、访问学者计划、课程材料的开发、本科生（reu）和教师（RETs）的研究经验、实践工程师研讨会以及K-12和公众宣传。NEES基础设施提供的能力将使美国的研究人员能够与国外的合作者一起解决《预防地震灾害-地震工程的重大挑战-地震工程模拟网络（NEES）的研究议程》[国家研究委员会，国家科学院出版社，[2003]推进基础知识和开发新技术，以解决迫切的国家需求——减少地震损失。通过单独的奖励，NSF将资助个人研究者、小组和大挑战项目，以使用NEES基础设施进行研究。通过该联盟，美国有能力在地震工程领域建立强大的世界领导地位。根据美国国家科学基金会和NEES联盟公司的合作协议，该奖项为期五年，每年评审一次。该奖项可再续期一次，不得重新竞争，延长五年，但须对执行情况进行令人满意的审查，并获得足够的资金。该奖项的最长期限为十年。在最后的奖励期结束时，NSF将评估国家地震工程基础设施的需求和适当的未来投资。有关联盟活动的信息，包括设备站点和NEESgrid网络基础设施能力、设备站点调度和培训机会，将发布在nees.org上。该奖项是国家减少地震灾害计划（NEHRP）的一部分。