FORREST JAMES MASTERS

• August 2006 - Present.  Assistant Professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering,
  University of Florida
• August 2004- August 2006.  Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University
• August 2004 - August 2006.  Director of the Laboratory for Wind Engineering Research, International Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University

• PhD, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, August 2004
  Dissertation: Measurement, Modeling and Simulation of Ground Level Tropical Cyclone Winds
• ME in Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, May 2002
  Thesis: Simulation of Stationary Non-Gaussian Processes and the CDF-Map Based Spectral Correction Method
• BS in Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, December 1999, High Honors

• Characterization of surface-level tropical cyclone winds and wind-driven rain
• Wind and wind-driven rain effects on structures
• Stochastic simulation of natural hazard events
  
  ...Learn more about my Hurricane Research in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program

• 1999 - Dennis, Floyd, Irene
• 2000 - Gordon
• 2001 - Gabrielle, Michelle
• 2002 - Isidore, Lili
• 2003 - Henri, Isabel
• 2004 - Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne
• 2005 - Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Wilma

• Masters, F. and K. Gurley (2003). “Non-Gaussian simulation: CDF map-based spectral correction,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 129(12): 1418-1428.
• Graham, L.L., K. Gurley, and F. Masters (2003). “Non-Gaussian simulation of local material properties based on a moving-window technique,” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 18(3): 223-234.

• Reinhold, T.A., K.R. Gurley, F.J. Masters and J. Burton (2005). "US Hurricanes of 2004: A clear demonstration that improvements in building codes, enforcement and construction are reducing structural damage," 2005 Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, September 12-14.
• Masters, F., T. Reinhold, K. Gurley, and L. Aponte. "In-field measurement and stochastic modeling of tropical cyclone winds," Accepted to the 4th European-African Conference on Wind Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, July 11-15, 2005.
• Masters, F., L. Aponte, K. Gurley, and T. Reinhold. "Measurement and stochastic modeling of ground-level wind velocity during landfalling hurricanes,"  Accepted to the 9th Annual International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, Rome, Italy, June 19-23, 2005.
• Blessing, C. and F. Masters. “Attrition of ground weather observations during hurricane landfall,” Tenth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 31-June 4, 2005.
• Masters, F. and K. Gurley. “Multivariate stochastic simulation of wind pressure over low-rise structures through linear model interpolation,” Tenth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 31 – June 4, 2005.
• Masters, F., K. Gurley and A. Kareem. “Gust factors: from theoretical considerations to field measurements,” Tenth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, May 31-June 4, 2005.
• Masters, F., T. Reinhold, K. Gurley and D. Prevatt. “The effect of hurricane eyewall and convective features on surface-level turbulence,” Tenth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 31–June 4, 2005.
• Masters, F., T. Reinhold, K. Gurley and M. Powell. “Gust factors observed in tropical cyclone landfalls,” Tenth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 31–June 4, 2005.
• Willoughby, H. and F. Masters. “Early 21st century hurricane threats: maximum potential intensity, the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation, global warming, and chance,” Tenth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 31–June 4, 2005.
• Gurley, K., F. Masters, D. Prevatt and T. Reinhold. "Hurricane data collection," FCMP deployments during the 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Tenth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 31–June 4, 2005.
• Powell, M., S. Murillo, T. Reinhold, K. Gurley, F. Masters and D. Prevatt.  "Hurricane winds at landfall: 2004," Tenth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 31–June 4, 2005.
• Masters, F., L. Aponte, K. Gurley, and T. Reinhold. “Gust factors observed in tropical cyclones Isabel, Lili, Isidore Gabrielle and Irene during the 1999-2003 Atlantic hurricane seasons,” 9th Annual ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 26-28, 2004.
• Masters, F. and K. Gurley. “Multivariate stochastic simulation of wind pressure over low-rise structures,” 9th Annual ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 26-28, 2004.
• Masters, F., K. Gurley, and T. Reinhold. “Ground level wind characteristics of Isidore and Lili”, 11th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, Texas, June 2-5, 2003.
• Graham, L.L., K. Gurley, F. Masters, and S. Baxter. “Analysis of random composite materials using non-Gaussian simulations,” 4th International Conference on Computational Stochastic Mechanics, Corfu, Greece, June 9-12, 2002, Balkema, Rotterdam.
• Graham, L.L., K. Gurley, and F. Masters. “Stochastic simulation of non-Gaussian material property fields in random composite materials,” Proceedings of the 15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, New York City, New York, June 2-5, 2002.
• Masters, F. and K. Gurley. “Wind load simulation: a comparison of existing methods and a proposed new method,” Proceedings from the 1st Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Clemson, South Carolina, June 11-13, 2001.

• Masters, F. “Hurricane Reconnaissance and Simulation,” University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, February 9, 2007
• Masters, F. “Coastal Impacts,” 9th Meeting of the Florida Coastal Ocean Observing System (COOS) Caucus, Gainesville, Florida, February 6, 2007
• Masters, F. “Hurricane Reconnaissance and Simulation,” North-Central Florida Chapter Florida Engineering Society Dinner Meeting, Gainesville, Florida, October 17, 2006
• Masters, F. “Hurricane Reconnaissance and Simulation for Damage Mitigation,” North-Central Florida Chapter Florida Engineering Society Dinner Meeting, Gainesville, Florida, October 17, 2006
• Masters, F. “The Wall of Wind Project: Ramifications to the Fenestration Industry in the Future,” Fenestration Manufacturers Association Fall Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2006
• Masters, F., “Florida wind engineering research:  bringing the lab to the hurricane and the hurricane to the lab ,“ IBM Distinguished Lecture Series, Boca Raton, Florida, September 14, 2006
• Masters, F., Keynote address: " Florida wind engineering research:  bringing the lab to the hurricane and the hurricane to the lab," Coastal Contractor Seminar, Daytona Beach, Florida, August 1, 2006.
• Masters, F., "Hurricane wind field reconnaissance and the full-scale simulation of hurricane winds and wind-driven rain," RenaissanceRe Tech Days, Hamilton, Bermuda, May 17, 2006.
• Masters, F., Keynote address: "Field reconnaissance and laboratory simulation of hurricane winds," 2006 Engineers Banquet, Tampa, Florida, February 23, 2006.
• Masters, F., "Tropical cyclone wind field reconnaissance," Miami-Dade ASCE Branch Meeting, January 19, 2006.
• Masters, F., "A stochastic perspective on surface level tropical cyclone winds," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, November 11, 2005.
• Masters, F., "Real-time monitoring and stochastic modeling of hurricane surface winds," University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, October 13, 2005.
• Masters, F., "Tropical cyclone reconnaissance and simulation of extreme winds," Miami City Club, October 6, 2005.
• Masters, F., "The Wall of Wind," University Research and Hurricanes Session of the 19th Annual Governor's Hurricane Conference, Tampa, Florida, May 13, 2005.
• Masters, F., "Capturing surface level wind speeds at landfall" Storm Chasers session of the 19th Annual Governor's Hurricane Conference, Tampa, Florida, May 13, 2005.
• Masters, F., "Field measurement activities to come when the next hurricane strikes Miami-Dade County," Miami-Dade County Local Mitigation Strategy, Miami, Florida, March 16, 2005.
• Masters, F., T. Reinhold, K. Gurley and D. Prevatt, "Measurement of tropical cyclone surface winds at landfall," Observing and Reconnaissance Technologies Session of the 59th OFCM Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, March 8, 2005.
• Masters, F. "Assessing structural vulnerability,"  Beach Management, Tourism and the Coastal Environment Conference, Miami, Florida, March 2, 2005.
• Masters, F., K. Gurley, D. Prevatt and T. Reinhold, "Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP) activities during the 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season," 2005 International Codes Council (ICC) Hurricane Symposium: Impact on the Built Environment and Lessons Learned, Tampa, Florida, February 11, 2005.
• Masters, F.  "FCMP logistics and capabilities," American Association for Wind Engineering Workshop, Orlando, Florida, December 7, 2004.
• Masters, F. "Capturing surface-level winds during hurricane landfall,"  Department of Earth Sciences Seminar, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, October 15, 2004.
• Masters, F., K. Gurley, and T. Reinhold, “Real-time measurement of Hurricane Isabel,” The 18th Annual Governors Hurricane Conference, Tampa, Florida, May 28, 2004.
• Masters, F., K. Gurley and T. Reinhold, “Real-time observation and stochastic modeling of ground level winds from Hurricane Isabel," National Hurricane Conference, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, April 8, 2004.

National Science Foundation Activities

• Invited Participant, National Science Board Workshop on Hurricane Science and Engineering, Pensacola, Florida, April 18, 2006
• Panel Review Member (Wind effects on infrastructure panel), 2006
• 1^st Annual US-Bangladesh Workshop in Windstorm/Storm Surge Mitigation. Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-21, 2005.  Co-authored MOU between countries
• Visiting Student Researcher, Summer Institute in Japan, June 26-August 30, 2001
• Participant, Natural Hazards Mitigation Program in Japan, June 17-26, 2001

 Training

• National Instruments Motion Control Training, Austin, Texas, June 27-28, 2006
• National Effective Teaching Institute.  Portland, Oregon, June 9-11, 2005
• International Advanced School on Wind-Excited and Aeroelastic Vibrations of Structures, University of Genova, Italy, June 12-16, 2000

 International Conferences and Seminars

• Fourth Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, June 21-23, 2006
• 9^th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR). Rome, Italy, June 19-23, 2005
• Third Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology, Cartagena, Colombia, June 6-8, 2005
• Mitigating Housing Losses in Extreme Natural Events: 2005.  Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and University of Western Ontario.  Ontario, Canada, February 21, 2005.
• US-Japan Seminar on Advanced Stability and Seismicity: Concepts for Performance Based Design of Steel and Composite Structures.  Kyoto, Japan, July 13-27, 2001

 US Conferences and Seminars

• 27^th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones, Monterey, California, April 24-28, 2006
• Tenth Americas Conference on Wind Engineering.  Louisiana, May 31 – June 4, 2005
• 59^th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference. Jacksonville, Florida, March 7-10, 2005
• International Codes Council (ICC) Hurricane Symposium: Impact on the Built Environment and Lessons Learned, Tampa, Florida, February 11, 2005
• 9th Annual ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability.  Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 26-28, 2004
• 2004 National Hurricane Conference.  Lake Buena Vista, Florida, April 5-9, 2004
• US Weather Research Program Seminar: The Future of Regional Real-Time Numerical Weather Prediction.  NCAR Center Green Facility, Boulder, Colorado, December 11-12, 2003
• 11^th International Conference on Wind Engineering.  Lubbock, Texas, June 2-5, 2003
• The 15^th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference of the ASCE.  Columbia University, Manhattan, New York, June 2-5, 2002
• 1^st Americas Conference on Wind Engineering.  Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, June 11-13 2001

• Advancing Performance Based Design through Full-Scale Simulation of Wind, Water and Structural Interaction, NSF-PATH (PI, 300K). Active
• Direct Measurement of Extreme Wind Loads on Residential Structures, and Evaluation of Retrofit Effectiveness, DCA (Co-PI, $198K)
• Wind Resistance of Florida Residential Construction: In-Field Evaluation of Practicality, Acceptability and Effectiveness of Retrofit Mitigation Measures, DCA (Co-PI, $143K), Active
• Florida Hurricane Alliance Round II: Monitoring Surface Level Winds in Real-Time, NOAA (PI,143K). Completed
• Florida Hurricane Alliance Round I: Surface Wind Measurements, NOAA (PI,94K). Completed
• Residential Construction Mitigation Program, DCA (Co-PI, 200K). Completed
• Hurricane Resistant Support System for Traffic Signals, FDOT (PI,$5K), Completed
• Post 2004 Hurricane Field Survey - an Evaluation of the Relative Performance of the Standard Building Code and the Florida Building Code, DCA (PI,10K). Completed

• Jason Smith, PhD Student (beginning Summer 2007)
• Nirav Shah, Masters Student
• Jorel Vaccaro, Masters Student (beginning Fall 2007)

• Bo Yu, PhD Student, Civil and Environmental Eng., Florida International University
• Ryan Eckstein, Master’s Student, Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida
• Dezhi Liao, PhD Student, Computer Science, University of Central Florida

• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Association for Wind Engineering
• American Meteorological Society
• Tau Beta Pi
• Chi Epsilon

• ASCE/SEI Technical Activities Division Wind Effects Committee
• ASCE/SEI Technical Activities Division Sub-Committee on Computer-Aided Wind Engineering of the Technical Administrative Committee on Dynamics Effects
• ASTM E6 Performance of Buildings
• ASTM E6.51 Performance of Windows, Doors, Skylights and Curtain Walls
• ASTM Coastal Windstorm PML Standard Development