NEES Operations

地震和海啸有可能在美国境内造成重大伤亡，并对建筑物、桥梁、关键公用事业生命线和其他民用基础设施造成破坏。 为了降低这种风险，乔治E.小布朗地震工程模拟网络（NEES）最初是一个国家，多用户研究基础设施，以促进地震和海啸损失减少方面的研究和创新，建立一支受过教育的减灾工作队伍，并开展更广泛的推广和终身学习活动。普渡大学，通过这一合作协议，将领导，管理，运营和维护NEES从2010财年至2014财年。 NEES由（1）位于普渡大学的管理总部，（2）位于美国各地大学并由当地大学运营的14个最先进的地震工程和海啸实验设施，（3）NEEShub网络基础设施框架，以及（4）由NEEShub提供动力，NEES学院用于教育，推广和非正式科学教育。 有关NEES的信息可在http://www.nees.org.The NEES设施，位于康奈尔大学;利哈伊大学;俄勒冈州州立大学;伦斯勒理工学院;布法罗大学，纽约州立大学;加州大学伯克利分校;加州大学戴维斯分校;加州大学洛杉矶分校;加州大学圣地亚哥分校;加州大学圣巴巴拉分校;伊利诺伊大学香槟分校;明尼苏达大学双子城分校、内华达州大学里诺分校和德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校，包括单（室外）、双和三层振动台;带飞行双轴振动器和机器人工具的土工离心机;海啸波盆;用于测试大型结构、土壤-地基-结构相互作用系统和生命线系统的实验室;移动的岩土和结构测试现场设备;以及位于南加州的两个永久性仪器现场。 参与NEES运作的其他组织包括费米国家加速器实验室、圣何塞州立大学、盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学、劳伦斯的堪萨斯大学、安阿伯的密歇根大学和西雅图的华盛顿大学。对于智力价值，NEES为地震和海啸减灾社区提供研究基础设施，以进行发现，将发现转化为工程示范，开发创新技术，并将技术进步转化为工业，工程实践和抗震设计规定。由NEEShub提供支持的实验设施和用户需求驱动的网络基础设施为地震工程和相关领域的研究，教育和技术转让提供了开放访问，协作和数据丰富的实验和分析基础设施。 NEEShub基于普渡大学以前开发的HUBzero技术，无缝集成了14个设施及其远程呈现功能，一个可公开访问的策展数据存储库，基于Web的协作工具，访问领先的计算资源和开源计算工具。利用Internet 2，NEES网络基础设施将实现混合测试方法（耦合计算和物理模拟）以及多站点混合模拟。 更广泛的影响是通过开放获取NEES基础设施的研究和教育。由NEEShub提供支持的实验设施和网络基础设施的技术人员提供培训研讨会，以帮助研究人员，教育工作者和学生发现和使用NEES资源。 NEEShub的用户友好，基于网络的工具，方便访问NEES资源;研究成果，实验数据，教育材料，计算和可视化工具的贡献;和重复使用NEES实验数据进行后续研究。NEES将研究成果和活动与教育、推广和培训相结合，从而使思想从概念到教育再到实践的顺利过渡成为可能。 NEES有可能成为地震工程模拟和教育的全球资源，不仅为在地震设计和施工方面先进的国家的研究人员提供服务，而且还为民用基础设施和地震规定欠发达国家的研究人员提供24/7的资源。NEES学院提供了一个社区资源，用于教育材料，在线学习和跨年龄范围的推广。 NEES学院支持外展到专业，提供了一个机制，以桥梁理论实践和实践的需要，研究优先事项。在NEES设施的教师和工作人员支持正在进行的本地外展工作，如K-12营地，博物馆展览和非正式的科学教育。该奖项是国家减少地震灾害计划（NEHRP）的一部分，http://www.nehrp.gov。

Earthquakes and tsunamis have the potential within the United States to cause significant casualties and damage to buildings, bridges, critical utility lifelines, and other civil infrastructure. To reduce this risk, the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) originated as a national, multi-user research infrastructure to enable research and innovation in earthquake and tsunami loss reduction, create an educated workforce in hazard mitigation, and conduct broader outreach and lifelong learning activities. Purdue University, through this cooperative agreement, will lead, manage, operate, and maintain NEES from FY 2010 to FY 2014. NEES consists of (1) a managing headquarters located at Purdue University, (2) fourteen, state of the art earthquake engineering and tsunami experimental facilities located at and locally operated by universities across the United States, (3) the NEEShub cyberinfrastructure framework, and (4) powered by NEEShub, the NEES Academy for education, outreach, and informal science education. Information about NEES is available at http://www.nees.org.The NEES facilities, located at Cornell University; Lehigh University; Oregon State University; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Davis; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, San Diego; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; University of Nevada, Reno; and University of Texas at Austin, include single (outdoor), dual, and triple shake tables; geotechnical centrifuges with in-flight biaxial shakers and robotic tools; a tsunami wave basin; laboratories for testing large-scale 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. Other organizations participating in NEES operations include Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; San Jose State University; University of Florida, Gainesville; University of Kansas, Lawrence; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and University of Washington, Seattle. For intellectual merit, NEES provides the earthquake and tsunami hazard mitigation communities with a research infrastructure to make discoveries, translate discoveries to engineering demonstrations, develop innovative technologies, and transition technology advances to industry, engineering practice, and seismic design provisions. The experimental facilities and a user-requirement driven cyberinfrastructure powered by NEEShub provide an open access, collaborative, and data-rich experimental and analytical infrastructure for research, education, and technology transfer across earthquake engineering and related fields. NEEShub, which is based on HUBzero technology previously developed at Purdue University, seamlessly integrates the fourteen facilities and their telepresence capabilities, a publicly accessible curated data repository, web-based collaborative tools, access to leading edge compute resources, and open source computational tools. Using Internet2, the NEES cyberinfrastructure will enable hybrid testing methods (coupled computational and physical simulations) as well as multi-site hybrid simulation. Broader impacts are realized through open access to the NEES infrastructure for research and education. Technical staff operating the experimental facilities and cyberinfrastructure powered by NEEShub offer training workshops to help researchers, educators, and students discover and use NEES resources. NEEShub's user-friendly, web-based tools facilitate access to NEES resources; contribution of research findings, experimental data, educational materials, and computational and visualization tools; and the reuse of NEES experimental data for follow-on research. NEES provides for the integration of research findings and activities with education, outreach, and training, thus enabling the smooth transition of ideas from conception to education to practice. NEES has the potential to become the global resource for earthquake engineering simulation and education, serving not only researchers in countries advanced in seismic design and construction, but also as a 24/7 resource for researchers in countries with less developed civil infrastructure and seismic provisions. The NEES Academy provides a community resource for educational materials, on-line learning, and outreach across the age spectrum. The NEES Academy supports outreach to the profession, providing a mechanism to bridge theories to practice and the needs of practice to research priorities. Faculty and staff at the NEES facilities support ongoing local outreach efforts, such as K-12 camps, museum exhibits, and informal science education. This award is part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), http://www.nehrp.gov.