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The Engineering Laboratory at NIST, Gaithersburg, hosted a symposium featuring the 2016 Disaster Resilience Grant Research Program recipients. 12 of 172 disaster resilience research proposals were awarded totaling just over $6 million.
In August of 2018 recipients convened to share insights and findings based on the research topics funded under the 2016-NIST-DR-01. Recipients presented their research and findings from the first year of their award from topics that include Disaster and Failure Studies, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, Wind Impact Reduction, and Reduced Ignition of Building Components in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires Project. Additionally, NIST researchers presented their work that supports advancement in U.S. Disaster Resilience. The symposium was held over 2 days with each recipient presenting their work and answering questions about their research and related topics.
UPDATE:
10/24/2018
Thank you to everyone who participated in the symposium. Presentation videos are now available in the 2018 Disaster Resilience Symposium Presentation Gallery. Please stay tuned for the next symposium tentatively scheduled for late summer or early fall 2019.