A Decade of DesignSafe

Supersized Science features research and discoveries nationwide enabled by advanced computing technology and expertise at the Texas Advanced Computing Center of the University of Texas at Austin.

In 2025, the online web platform DesignSafe proudly marks its 10th anniversary as the nation’s premier cyberinfrastructure for engineering and social science research on natural hazards.

DesignSafe’s computational resources, software, and expertise has empowered 10,000 users—scientists, engineers, students, and other researchers with tools for managing, analyzing, and sharing data on an expanding list of natural hazards including earthquakes, hurricanes, inland flooding, tornadoes, landslides, and wildfires.

As a core component of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI), ...