Upcoming Seminars

October 23, 2025 – Updates on Tsunami Modeling from Hub Researchers. Watch Here
Speakers: Randy LeVeque, Yong Wei, Bering Tse, and Erick Velasco-Reyes
Join us for a wide-ranging update on various aspects of tsunami research occurring in the Cascadia CoPes Hub. Collectively, our team is combining new computer models and geologic evidence to better understand how past earthquakes and tsunamis unfolded along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. By studying both the geologic record and realistic simulations of future events, we aim to improve forecasts of tsunami impacts and support safer, more resilient coastal communities across the Pacific Northwest. Hear from four of our researchers on their current work in the Hub!

September 25, 2025 – Updates on the 2024 Cascadia CoPes Hub Pilot Projects. Watch Here
    “Collaborative Mural with Latine Youth in Newport” – Dr. Felicia Olmeta Schult
    “Building Inclusive Multihazard Evacuation Map Prototypes for Coastal Communities” – Dr. Jenna Tilt
    “Remotely sensed inundation to support community planning and flood modeling” – Dr. Christie Hegermiller

May 22, 2025 – Planning for Rising Tides: Comparative Analysis of Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessments in the Pacific Northwest  – Rachel Luther, Teagan Darmody, Ethan Clarke, and Caylene Castagno (UW). Watch here. Slides here

October 24, 2024 – Predicting Liquefaction-Induced Damage in Cascadia During M9 CSZ Earthquakes – Brett Mauer (UW). Watch here

September 26, 2024 – Visualizing dynamic processes and social-ecological systems to advance coastal resilience action: A Hub Pilot Project – Celina Balderas Gúzman (UW), Jackson Blalock (Pacific Conservation District). Watch here

July 25, 2024 – AeoLiS: Modeling wind-driven sediment transport for coastal engineering applications  – Sierd de Vries, Caroline Hallin, Bart van Westen, Quentin Laporte-Fauret, Nick Cohn, Christa van IJzendoorn and Glenn Strypsteen  

May 23, 2024 – The cascading impacts of megathrust earthquakes: Connecting ground shaking and tsunamis in the Cascadia Subduction Zone  – Audrey Dunham (USGS), Erin Wirth (USGS), Randy LeVeque (UW), Yong Wei (UW). Watch here

April 25, 2024 – Living in the ‘Blue Zone’ of a Sea-Level Rise Inundation Map: Community perceptions of coastal flooding in King Salmon, California – Laurie Richmond (Cal Poly Humboldt). Watch here

Updates on the 2022 Cascadia CoPes Hub Pilot Projects-
October 26, 2023 – Watch here

“Collecting Critical Infrastructure Inventories in the Tokeland to Taholah Collaboratory”
“Inclusive Community-based STEAM Identity-building in Coastal Hazards Research: Pilot Activities for Cascadia TEACH with the Ocosta School District, WA”
“Enhance Community Disaster Preparedness and Resiliency through Physical and Virtual Drills”
“Evaluating the Role of Short- and Long-term Channel Change on Nooksack River Flooding”
“Advancing Inclusive Community-Driven Hazards Training”
“Rapid Response to a Large Scale Tsunami Advisory: Understanding if, how, and why Cascadia Coastal Communities Receive Warnings and Change Behaviors”

“Dynamic Cobble Berm Revetments for Coastal Protection on High-Energy Coastlines ” – Dr. Chris Blenkinsopp (University of Bath)
January 26, 2023 – Watch here