Introducing the NEEShub

IT and EOT Leadership TeamsEllen Rathje (Univ of Texas)Sean Brophy (Purdue Univ)

Thalia Anagnos (SJ State Univ)

Inform the NEES community about planned IT/EOT developments

Engage and involve the NEES community in the development process

Obtain feedback on our plans

Goals of this presentation

This Webinar represents the first in a series aimed at engaging the NEES community

IT expertise Earthquake Engineers

Rudi Eigenmann (Purdue) Ellen Rathje (UTexas)

Tom Hacker (Purdue) Shirley Dyke (Purdue)

Saurabh Bagchi (Purdue) Santiago Pujol (Purdue)

Ayhan Irfanoglu (Purdue)

Dawn Weisman- IT Director

Greg Rodgers - Sr Software Eng

Brian Rohler - Sr Software Eng

NEEScomm IT Staff

Ann-Christine Catlin – Hub Tech, Data

HUB development staff

IT Team

Strategic Leadership

Operations

Equipment Site IT

Data Sub Comm(Dyke)

RAAS(Browning

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CI Sub Comm

of PAC(Fortes)

User’s Forum

(van de Lindt)

NEES Community

o Best known through nanoHUB.org

o Serving 90,000 in highly diverse field of nanotechnology

o Proven community buildingo Underlying platform

HUBzerotm o 9 hubs exist, 11 in

development, 6 proposed

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Execute remote software tools as if they were here

Hub Technology: The Next Big Thing After

WWW

View NEES project X

View NEES project X

N3DV launches on project X

data N3DV screen is inserted inUser’s web

browser

NEEShub (www.nees.org)

NEEShub will not replace what exists today◦ Current tools/

functionalities will still be available to users

IT tools developed by:◦ NEEScomm IT staff◦ NEES community◦ Outside community

NEEShub Facilitates IT Development

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Existing Assets:

Tools and data installed @ end of Y1

New IT tools:Project Display,Data Viewer,NEES Academy

New developments:based on identified IT shortcomings

Current NEES IT tools will be available New tools developed by NEEScomm:oProject Warehouse

(Project Display, inDEED Data Viewer)oUpload and Curation ToolsoOpenSEES running on NEEShuboSite information, availability, and calendaroNEES Academy : EOT resources

Proposed NEEShub Release 1Target Date: July 31, 2010

Evolving NEEScentral interface

oMore navigableoSearchableoEasier to rapidly

view/interpret data

Interface includes:

oProject Displayo inDEED Data VieweroPlans to interface

with other viewers (e.g., RDV, 3DDV, N3DV)

Project Warehouse

Project Warehouse (Prototype)

Source: PreNEESR T-walls projectPI: Cathy French

Project Display (Prototype)

Project Display (Prototype)

Click on data to launch inDEED

inDEED Demo

Upload vs. authoring Upload tool: UT’s SingleShot

◦ Working with Site IT managers to expand to all project types

Future improvements to SingleShot◦Upload/transfer in the background◦Incremental upload

Data Upload

SingleShot (Prototype)

Curation has been a bottleneckoA significant backlog existsoData curator requires significant time to

curate each projectoDeveloping tools to speed up/improve

curation within the current framework Future: curation-at-the-source (Yr 2/3)

Curation Tools

Power of HUB technologyoRemote simulationoIntegration with data

OpenSEES will be installed on NEEShuboFuture: improved user interface,

documentation, and integrated with database tools

Other tools from community will be available through the NEEShub

Numerical Simulation Tools

Comparing Simulation and Experimental Data

Source: NEES-CABER projectPI: David Sanders

Site Information

Site Availability

@UCLA

@Berkeley

@Buffalo

@Cornell@Illinois

@Davis

@Lehigh

@Minnesota

@Nevada

@Oregon

@San Diego

@SantaBarbara

@Texas

@RPI

Site AvailabilitySeismic Behavior, Anal-ysis and Design of Com-

plex Wall Systems

Seismic Risk Mitigation for Port Systems Seismic Simulation and

Design of Bridge Col-umns under Combined

Actions, and Implications on System Response

Behavior and Design of Cast-in-Place Anchors

under Simulated Seismic Loading (NEES-Anchor)

Framework for Devel-opment of Hybrid Simu-lation in an Earthquake

Impact Assessment Context

ExVis Tool and Case Study Implementation of the Visualization, Fu-sion, and Analysis of Ex-perimental Test Data on

Concrete Structural Walls

Hybrid Masonry Seismic Structural Systems

Performance Evaluation of Semi-rigid Steel

Frames Using Hybrid Simulation

Smart and Resilient Steel Walls for Reducing

Earthquake Impacts

Damage Detection of Re-inforced Concrete Col-

umns Subjected to Combined Actions

Site Calendar

Network-wide Calendar

Transition to Purdue complete!◦March 31, 2010

Prototype schedule (targets)◦Week of April 12◦Week of May 24◦Week of July 5

NEEShub released to public◦July 31, 2010

IT Development Timeline

Thalia Anagnos, Co-PI (San José State)

Sean Brophy (Purdue)

Barbara Cooper- EOT Coordinator

Pending – Instructional Designer

Allegra East – Communications Specialist

Jared West – Technology Specialist

Jason Lambert – Software Engineer

Strategic Leadership

Operations

NEESR Proposals◦ Effective and widely disseminated “Broader Impacts”

Researchers/Instructors◦ Mentor/train graduate students for research◦ Learn to use site tools and equipment◦ Connect research with education◦ Disseminate educational resources and research◦ Integrate simulations and educational tools with courses◦ Teach graduate and undergraduate course with new

instructional methods◦ Assess student learning

NEES Community EOT Needs

How can NEEScomm Help? Partner with you to…

◦ Disseminate effective learning experiences you have developed

◦ Develop and test educational innovations◦ Prioritize your application and content needs

Training Course instruction Others

◦ Identify potential resources – existing or that need to be developed Videos, animation, interactive simulation (HUB

tools)

Video (Youtube channel)

Online simulation…

Telepresence Video

Data visualization tools

Webinar and video lectures

Wiki, blog…collaboration

Image Gallery

Leverage Growing Number of Resources

Teaching with simulationsActivities for teaching designLecture on …Principles of how people learn…Project ideas for teaching concepts…Using research data in learning activities

EOT Site InformationNEES Academy

training students to instrument specimenstraining students to run experimentsdesigning experiments conducting research at specific siteslectures Series…writing effective proposals

EOT Site InformationNEES Academy

EOT Site InformationNEES Academy

What is earthquake engineering?Basic instrumentation 101?Basics of …Introduction to computational modelingIntroduction hybrid testing…Designing effective experiments at site…

When does failure occur under different loading conditions?

What are the indicators of pending failure seen in the data?

When does failure occur under different loading conditions?

What are the indicators of pending failure seen in the data?

Example 1: Learning activities with data, video and simulations

Wrap “context” around experimental video to teach fundamental concepts, disseminate research findings

Wrap “context” around experimental video to teach fundamental concepts, disseminate research findings

• Learning Objectives• Experiment Background• Relevant Theory• Potential Student

Assignments• Potential Assessments

• Learning Objectives• Experiment Background• Relevant Theory• Potential Student

Assignments• Potential Assessments

Example 2: Modules with Embedded Experimental Video

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Students use NEES data to explore the limits of and assumptions underlying analytical models

Research data and simulations for learning

Example 3: Data and Simulation for Challenge-based Learning

Source: NEES-CABER projectPI: David Sanders

Example 4: Integrate NEEShub tools into educational modules

Use selected datasets to illustrate important concepts.

Student compare predicted and actual behavior

Example 5: Expanding the “Reach” of Outreach

Use NEEShub tools for remote participation in outreach activities

Share activities and best practices in NEES Academy

Use NEEShub tools for remote participation in outreach activities

Share activities and best practices in NEES Academy

Send questions to IT and EOT team at neescomm@purdue.edu

Questions and responses posted at www.nees.org/forums

We need you! ◦ Volunteer to test prototypes during development.

E-mail IT Director Dawn Weisman

(dweisman@purdue.edu)◦ Contribute ideas and needs for EOT/NEES

Academy E-mail EOT Director Barbara Cooper

(bcooper@purdue.edu)