Assistant Professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering | Program Director for Industrial Relations
Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment | ESSIE | University of Florida
365 Weil Hall, PO Box 116580, Gainesville, Florida 32611 | (352) 392-9537 x 1505 | masters@ce.ufl.edu

• Surface-level tropical cyclone winds and wind-driven rain
• Wind and wind-driven rain effects on low-rise structures
• Stochastic simulation of natural hazard events

• 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

1. *Smith, J.T., F.J. Masters, Z. Liu and T.A. Reinhold: A simple technique to simulate prescribed boundary layer flow conditions in a multiple controlled fan wind tunnel. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Accepted for Publication
2. *Dixon, C., F.J. Masters, K.R. Gurley and D.O. Prevatt: A historical perspective of the wind resistance of asphalt shingles. RCI Interface, Accepted for Publication
3. Aung, N.N., Y. Jihong, and F.J. Masters, 2011: Simulation of multivariate non-Gaussian wind pressure on spherical latticed structures. Wind and Structures, Accepted for Publication.
4. Aung, N.N., Y. Jihong, and F.J. Masters, 2011: Simulation of non-Gaussian wind pressure fields on domed structures. Journal of Chinese Institute of Engineers, Accepted for Publication.
5. *Balderrama, J.A., F.J. Masters and K.R. Gurley. Peak factor estimation in hurricane surface winds. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 102, 1-13.
6. Gurley, K.R. and F.J. Masters, 2011: Post 2004 hurricane field survey of residential building performance. Natural Hazards Review, 12, 177-183.
7. *Balderrama, J.A., F.J. Masters, K.R. Gurley, D.O. Prevatt, L.D. Aponte-Bermudez, T.A. Reinhold, J.-P. Pinelli, C.S. Subramanian, S.D. Schiff, and A.G. Chowdhury, 2011: The Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (FCMP): A review. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 99, 979-995.
8. Zhang, J.A., P. Zhu, F.J. Masters, R.R. Rogers, and F.D. Marks, 2011: On momentum transport and dissipative heating during hurricane landfalls. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 68, 1397–1404.
9. *Lopez, C.R., F.J. Masters, and S. Bolton, 2011: Water penetration resistance of residential window and wall systems subjected to steady, rapid pulsed and fluctuating wind load pressures. Building and Environment, 46, 1329-1342.
10. Gilman, E.F., F.J. Masters, C. Harchick and M. Paz, 2010: Root growth and lateral stability of live oak following different planting treatments. Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, 36, 281–291.
11. Zhu, P., J.A. Zhang, and F.J. Masters, 2010: Wavelet analyses of turbulence in the hurricane boundary layer. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 67, 3793–3805.
12. Masters, F.J., P.J. Vickery, P. Bacon*, and E.N. Rappaport, 2010: Toward objective, standardized intensity estimates from surface wind speed observations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, 1665-1682.
13. *Fernandez, G., F.J. Masters and K.R. Gurley, 2010: Performance of hurricane shutters under impact by roof tiles. Engineering Structures, 32, 3384-3393.
14. Johnson, E., R.A. Cook, F.J. Masters, and M. Ansley, 2010: Development of hurricane resistant traffic signal structures. Engineering Structures, 33(2), 357-367.
15. Masters, F.J., H.W. Tieleman, and J.A. Balderrama*, 2010: Surface wind measurements in three gulf coast hurricanes of 2005. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 98, 533-547.
16. Prevatt, D.O., L. Dupigny-Giroux, and F.J. Masters, 2010: Engineering perspectives on reducing hurricane damage to housing in CARICOM Caribbean islands. Natural Hazards Review, 11(4), 140-150.
17. Masters, F.J., K.R. Gurley, N. Shah*, and G. Fernandez*, 2010: Vulnerability of residential window glass to lightweight windborne debris. Engineering Structures, 32(4), 911-921.
18. *Salzano, C.T., F.J. Masters, and J.D. Katsaros, 2010. Water penetration resistance of residential window installation options for hurricane-prone areas. Building and Environment, 45(6), 1373-1388.
19. Masters, F.J. and K.R. Gurley, 2010: Multivariate stochastic interpolation of wind pressure on low-rise structures. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 98(4-5), 226-235.
20. Vickery, P.J., F.J. Masters, M.D. Powell, and D. Wadheraa, 2009: Hurricane hazard modeling: the past, present and future. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 97(7-8), 392-405.
21. Yu, B., A.G. Chowdhury, and F.J. Masters, 2008: Hurricane power spectra, co-spectra, and integral length scales. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 129(3), 411-430.
22. Gilman, E., F.J. Masters, and J. Grabosky, 2008: Pruning affects tree movement in hurricane force wind. Journal of Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 34(1), 18-26.
23. Masters, F. and Gurley, K.R., 2003: Non-Gaussian simulation: CDF map-based spectral correction. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 129(12), 1418-1428.
24. Graham, L.L., K.R. Gurley, and F. Masters, 2003. Non-Gaussian simulation of local moving-window technique. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 18(3), 223-234.

• 20 grants from State, Federal and Private sources (62% PI, 38% Co-PI) since Fall 2006
• National Science Foundation Grants

  • CAREER: Behavior of Hurricane Wind and Wind-Driven Rain in the Coastal Suburban Roughness Sublayer, PI
  • Full-Scale and Modeled Hurricane Wind Loads on Residential Structures, Co-PI
  • Composite Structural Insulated Panels (CSIPs) for Hazard Resistant Structures, Co-PI
  • Advancing Performance Based Design through Full-Scale Simulation of Wind, Water and Structural Interaction, PI