Post-Disaster-Recovery on Mohammad Movahedi

NHERI GSC RSR: Scalable Scenario-based Earthquake Risk Modeling via Linearized Ground-Motion–Fragility Coupling and Probabilistic PCA

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

NHERI Graduate Student Council

Simulation and Computational Methods RSR Meeting

Scalable Scenario-based Earthquake Risk Modeling via Linearized Ground-Motion–Fragility Coupling and Probabilistic PCA

I hosted SoungEil Houng as part of the ongoing NHERI GSC webinar series on simulation and computational methods in natural hazard research.

SoungEil Houng is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies, he gained professional experience in seismic hazard analysis for nuclear power plant sites in South Korea. He holds master’s degrees in both Seismology and Civil and Environmental Engineering, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Earth System Sciences. His research interests include seismic hazard and risk analysis, with a particular focus on developing scalable computational frameworks for large-scale regional risk assessments.

NHERI GSC RSR: Hurricane Otis Post-Disaster Assessment

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

NHERI Graduate Student Council

Reconnaissance RSR Meeting

Hurricane Otis Post-Disaster Assessment

I hosted Juan Antonio Balderrama Garcia Mendez, Associate Professor of Instruction at The University of Texas at Arlington, as part of the ongoing NHERI GSC webinar series on reconnaissance research and data collection.

In this talk, he discussed how his team assessed the impacts of Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 hurricane that made devastating landfall near the Mexican city of Acapulco in October 2023.

NHERI GSC RSR: Marshal Fire, Colorado: Field Reconnaissance Overvirew

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

NHERI Graduate Student Council

Reconnaissance RSR Meeting

Marshal Fire, Colorado: Field Reconnaissance Overvirew

I hosted Dr. Brad Wham as part of the ongoing NHERI GSC webinar series on reconnaissance research and data collection.

Dr. Brad Wham is a civil and geotechnical engineering researcher specializing in lifeline infrastructure resilience, pipeline performance, and earthquake engineering. Based at the University of Nevada, Reno, he leads research that informs the design and protection of buried utilities against extreme ground deformation events.