member of American Association for Wind Engineering (AAWE) Member American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Member Chi Epsilon Honor Society Member Puerto Rico College of Engineers and Surveyors (CIAPR) Member
selected publications conference paper Uncertainties in the measurement and analysis of full-scale hurricane wind pressures on low-rise structures. (Proceeding). Twelfth International Conference on Wind Engineering: Cairns, Australia.. 2007 Hurricane wind loads on residential structures: full-scale measurements and analysis from 2004 and 2005. (Proceeding). 4th LACCEI International Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology: Mayaguez, PR. 2006 Lateral Length Scales Measured in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones. (Proceeding). 10th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA.. 2005 Gust factors observed in tropical cyclones Isabel, Dennis, Isidore Gabrielle and Irene during the 1999-2003 Atlantic hurricane seasons. (Proceeding). 9th Annual ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Albuquerque, NM. 2004 report Measurement, validation and dissemination of hurricane wind data 2004 thesis Measured hurricane wind pressure on full-scale residential structures: analysis and comparison to wind tunnel studies and ASCE-7 2006
professional service activities University of Florida, Gainesville Research Assistant, Department of Coastal and Civil Engineering 2002 - 2006 Delon Hampton and Associates, Chartered Civil and Bridge Engineer 2000 - 2001
education and training Ph.B. in Civil Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville 2006 M.E. in Civil Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville 2004 B.C.E. 2000
awards and honors Emergent Leader Award in Civil Engineering under 40, conferred by Puerto Rico College of Engineers and Surveyors (CIAPR), 2007 American Society of Civil Engineers Steel Bridge Competition, conferred by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2000