Applications now open for the 2024 NHERI REU program
NHERI’s Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program application is now open. We ask that you introduce your undergraduate students to this paid summer internship at one of 11 of NHERI’s world-class research facilities.
The NHERI REU is an exceptional learning and career-boosting opportunity, and our data show that students are more likely to apply when they’ve been directly encouraged by a professor or mentor.
We encourage undergraduates to apply at the NHERI REU website.
REU program overview. Each year, NHERI facilities host a total of 33 undergraduates to participate in natural hazards research, studying ways to mitigate damage from earthquakes, tsunamis, windstorms and hurricanes — in fields that include coastal engineering, data management, cyberinfrastructure, post-event reconnaissance, simulation and modeling, and social science research. Typical student majors include engineering, computer science, architecture, public policy, and social science.
During this NSF-funded summer experience, NHERI REU students work with faculty and graduate students to conduct research at one of NHERI’s 11 sites:
- The Wall of Wind at Florida International University
- Real-time Multi-Directional Natural Hazards Simulation Facility (RTMD) at Lehigh University
- The O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University
- The NHERI SimCenter at University of California, Berkeley
- The Center for Geotechnical Modeling (CGM) at University of California, Davis
- The Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table (LHPOST) at University of California, San Diego
- The CONVERGE Facility at University of Colorado Boulder
- The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Experimental Facility at the University of Florida
- The Large-Scale Mobile Shakers at University of Texas at Austin
- The NHERI Cyberinfrastructure and Data Management team at University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with TACC
- The Rapid Response Research Facility (RAPID) at University of Washington