George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research

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George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research: The Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS) in the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) invites proposals for research that utilize the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) to advance earthquake loss reduction. NEES is a national, shared use experimental resource for advancing knowledge and technology to improve the design and performance of the nation's civil infrastructure when subjected to earthquake excitation and tsunamis. NEES comprises a network of 15 earthquake engineering experimental equipment sites, available for experimentation on-site or in the field and through telepresence. NEES equipment sites include shake tables, geotechnical centrifuges, a tsunami wave basin, unique large-scale testing laboratory facilities, and mobile and permanently installed field equipment.The NEES networking cyberinfrastructure, known as NEESgrid, connects, via Internet2, the equipment sites as well as provides telepresence, a curated central data repository, simulation tools, and collaborative tools for facilitating on-line planning, execution, and post-processing of experiments. Through NSF funding, NEES Consortium, Inc. (NEESinc), operates the NEES infrastructure (equipment sites and NEESgrid); coordinates education, outreach and training activities for NEES; develops partnerships nationally and internationally to enhance the capabilities of and participation in NEES; and establishes community-based policies for facilities sharing and data archiving and sharing. Projects proposed and funded under this solicitation must utilize one or more of the NEES equipment sites and the NEESgrid cyberinfrastructure operated by NEESinc. Proposals may be submitted in threecategories: Grand Challenge, Small Group, and Individual Investigator.