COMPLETED PROJECTS
Year 1 (2019/2020)
- 2019_01 Investigation of Wind Performance of Roofing Elements Using Full-Scale Experimentation; Co-PIs: Arindam Chowdhury and Ioannis Zisis; Mentor: Ming Shiao (GAF)
- 2019_02 Prediction of wind and surge damage to buildings by hurricane; PI: Doug Smith; Mentor: Tim Doggett (BHS)
- 2019_04 Investigation of wind-driven rain and wind-induced vibrations effects on curtain wall systems; Co-PIs: Amal Elawady and S. J. Lee; Co-PIs: Arindam Chowdhury and Ioannis Zisis: Mentors: Guido Lori (Permastelisa S.P.A) and Karthik Ramanathan (Verisk)
- 2019_06 Estimation of Interior and Contents Damage Due to Wind Driven Rain Ingress into Mid/High-Rise Buildings; PI: Jean-Paul Pinelli (M.S. Thesis by Zhouxuan Wei)
Year 2 (2020/2021)
- 2020_01 Investigation of Wind Performance of Roofing Elements Using Full-Scale Experimentation; Co-PIs: Arindam Chowdhury and Ioannis Zisis; Mentor: Ming Shiao (GAF)
- 2020_02 Prediction of wind and surge damage to buildings by hurricane; PI: Doug Smith; Mentor: Tim Doggett (BHS)
- 2020_04 Investigation of wind-driven rain and wind-induced vibrations effects on curtain wall systems; Co-PIs: Amal Elawady and S. J. Lee; Co-PIs: Arindam Chowdhury and Ioannis Zisis: Mentors: Guido Lori (Permastelisa S.P.A) and Karthik Ramanathan (Verisk)
- 2020_06 Estimation of Interior and Contents Damage Due to Wind Driven Rain Ingress into Mid/High-Rise Buildings; PI: Jean-Paul Pinelli; Mentors: Maurizio Savina (SCOR Global P& C) and Karthik Ramanathan (Verisk)
Year 3 (2021/2022)
- 2021_01 Development of Fragility Curves for Tornadic Loading on Low-Rise Buildings; PI: Delong Zuo; Mentors: Tim Doggett (BHS) and Tim Johnson (Verisk)
- 2021_02 Prediction of wind and surge damage to buildings; PI: Doug Smith; Mentors: Eric Haefli (State Farm Insurance), Tim Doggett (BHS) , and Tim Johnson (Verisk)
- 2021_03 Investigation of installation and anchor requirements of roof systems under high wind conditions; Co-PIs; Arindam Chowdhury and Ioannis Zisis; Mentor: James Kirby (GAF)
- 2021_04 Probabilistic Modelling of Household Recovery after Hurricane and Wind Disaster; PI; Brad Ewing; Mentor: Daniel Diaz (USAA)
- 2021-05 Time related expenses model, based on combination of exterior, interior, and contents damage; PI; Jean-Paul Pinelli; Mentors: Karthik Ramanathan (Verisk) and Daniel Diaz (USAA)
- 2021_06 Exploratory investigation of field damage, hazard, and institutional data for potential use in risk models; Co-PIs: Jean-Paul Pinelli, Kishor Mehta, Ioannis Zisis, and Delong Zuo; Mentors: Tim Doggett (BHS), Eric Haefli (State Farm Insurance), and Karthik Ramanathan (Verisk)
- 2021_07 Empirical vulnerability model to assess impact of windborne tree debris on low-rise construction; Co-PIs: Amal Elawady and Jean-Paul Pinelli; Mentors: Tim Johnson (Verisk) and Eric Haefli (State Farm Insurance)
Year 4 (2022/2023)
- WHIP2022_01 – Development of Fragility Curves for Tornadic Loading on Low-Rise Buildings, PI: Delong Zuo – Mentors: Tim Doggett (BHS), Marc Levitan and Dan Rhee (NIST), and Tim Johnson (Verisk)
- WHIP2022_02- Prediction of wind and surge damage to buildings by hurricane, PI: Doug Smith – Mentors: Eric Haefli (State Farm Insurance), Tim Doggett (BHS), Karthik Ramanathan and Tim Johnson (Verisk), GAF, and NIST
- WHIP2022_03 – Wind effects on ballasted rooftop photovoltaic systems, Co-PIs: Arindam Chowhury, Ioannis Zisis, Amal Elwady – Mentors: Erica Sherman (GAF) and NIST
- WHIP2022_04 – Wind-induced loads on irregular shaped buildings, Co-PIs: Ioannis Zisis and Arindam Chowdury – Mentors: Abby Scott and Chris Kang (State Farm Insurance), Verisk and NIST
- WHIP2022_05 – was not used
- WHIP2022_06 – Integration of field damage, hazard, and exposure data for potential use in risk models – Co-PIs: Nezamoddini-Kachouie Nezamoddin and Jean- Paul Pinelli – Mentors: Karthik Ramanathan and Tim Johnson (Verisk) and Eric Haefli (State Farm Insurance)
- WHIP2022_07-Empirical vulnerability model to assess impact of windborne tree debris on low-rise construction. PI: Amal Elawady, Co-PI: Jean-Paul Pinelli – Mentors: Tim Johnson (Verisk), Abby Scott and Chris Kang (State Farm Insurance), Tanya Brown-Giammanco and Dan Rhee (NIST) and Daniel Diaz (USAA)