NHERI Lehigh RTMD Experimental Facility

[NHERI Lehigh Facility Capabilities] Did unique features of the NHERI Lehigh facility make the experiments that were conducted by your project possible (i.e., was it impossible to conduct these specific experiments at another experimental facility within the U.S)?
Yes
No

[NHERI Lehigh Facility Capabilities] If it was possible to conduct these experiments elsewhere in the U.S, why were they performed at Lehigh (check all that apply)?
Experiments had to be at NHERI Lehigh facility and could not be scheduled at another facility
NHERI Lehigh facility provided the best technical approach for the experiments
Support provided by NHERI Lehigh staff during the proposal preparation stage
Previous experience/familiarity with NHERI Lehigh facility and staff

[NHERI Lehigh Facility Capabilities] What features of the Lehigh NHERI facility made your experiments successful (check all that apply)?
Multidirectional reaction wall and strong floor
Large facility size and large force capacity loading equipment (= large-scale experiments)
Existing test beds
Large number of hydraulic actuators (=large number of experimental DOF)
Complex, multi-actuator load control programming (including hybrid simulation)
High velocity hydraulic actuators for dynamic testing
Large-scale Real-time hybrid simulation capabilities
Data acquisition capabilities
Large number and various types of available instrumentation

[NHERI Lehigh Test Methodologies] Which of the following methods were utilized in your research (check all that apply)?
Large-scale Real-time hybrid simulation
Large-scale Real-time hybrid simulation with multiple experimental substructures
Geographically distributed non real-time hybrid simulation
Geographically distributed real-time hybrid simulation
Predefined loading/displacement protocols
Dynamic testing

[NHERI Lehigh Facility Staff] During your proposal preparation, the staff was helpful in providing the service that you needed to accomplish your research goals (check one):
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Agree Strongly

[NHERI Lehigh Facility Staff] During design and construction of your test specimen(s) the staff was helpful in providing the service that you needed to accomplish your research goals (check one):
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Agree Strongly

[NHERI Lehigh Facility Staff] During the development of experimental protocols and load control programming for your experiments the staff was helpful in providing the services that you needed to accomplish your research goals (check one):
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree

[NHERI Lehigh Facility Staff] During the development of an instrumentation plan and during the installation of the instrumentation for your experiments, the staff was helpful in providing the services that you needed to accomplish your research goals (check one):
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree

[NHERI Lehigh Facility Staff] During planning for telepresence and during processing, post-processing, and archiving of your experimental data, the IT staff was helpful in providing the services that you needed to accomplish your research goals (check one):
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree

[NHERI Lehigh Facility Staff] During the time that your experiments were conducted (e.g., during the days that experiments were conducted), the staff was helpful in providing the services that you needed to accomplish your research goals (check one):
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree

[Impact of NHERI Lehigh Facility on EQ Engineering through Your Research] How has the NHERI Lehigh facility impacted earthquake engineering through your research (explain)?

[Impact of NHERI Lehigh Facility on EQ Engineering through Your Research] How has your research using experiments at the NHERI Lehigh facility impacted national codes or standards (i.e., give the research project and outcome(s), and a brief description of the impact on codes or standards)?

[Dissemination of Your Research to the Community] Please provide citations for the accepted and/or published papers from your research using experiments at the NHERI Lehigh facility (Journals, Conference proceedings, Technical reports). Identify any papers or presentations that received an award.

[Education and Training of Engineers and Educators] How has the NHERI Lehigh facility helped you in your EOT activities (describe anything specific)?

[Education and Training of Engineers and Educators] Please list the students who participated in your experiments at the NHERI Lehigh facility (list names) and identify if they were UG, MS or PhD students.

[Education and Training of Engineers and Educators] How many of the above students are from underrepresented groups (give number)? Identify groups by UG, MS and PhD students.

[Education and Training of Engineers and Educators] How many degrees have been awarded for these students (give number)? Identify groups by UG, MS and PhD students.

[Challenges in EQ Engineering and Emerging Discoveries] Are there future research project(s) that you would like to conduct at the NHERI Lehigh facility? If Yes, please consider providing a title of the project(s) in the box below and click the check box also.
Yes
No

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