Dr. Arindam Gan Chowdhury

Director, Laboratory for Wind Engineering Research (LWER) International Hurricane Research Center

Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

10555 W. Flagler Street, EC 3604
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33174 Phone: (305) 348-0518
Fax: (305) 348-2802
E-mail: chowdhur@fiu.edu

    Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University (Ames, IA), 2004
• Masters in Structural Engineering,  Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai), 1995
• Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University (India), 1992

 Industrial Experience

• Project Director, Thornton-Tomasetti (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), 2005-2006
• Project Engineer, Lear Corporation (Iowa City, IA), 2003-2005
• P2 Intern, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Des Moines, IA), Summer ’02
• (See Article on Iowa Conservationist March 2003)

Award

• Iowa State University Research Excellence Award for Spring 2004

Research Interests

Wind Engineering; Wind-Structure Interaction; Aerodynamic/Aeroelastic Phenomena; Wind-Tunnel and Full-Scale Testing; Hurricane Simulation, Testing and Damage Mitigation:

Dr. Chowdhury’s prior research at Iowa State University (ISU) focused on flutter instability, an aeroelastic self-excited oscillation that can occur mainly in suspension or cable-stayed long-span bridges. His research has important potential applications in the development of future elements of the national transportation infrastructure.

Dr. Chowdhury’s current research at Florida International University (FIU) is enabling innovative testing of full-scale structures fully engulfed in properly simulated hurricane flows, leading to performance-based design for hurricanes through direct correlation of wind speed with performance and damage levels. Dr. Chowdhury’s current projects, funded by federal and state agencies and by private industry, is creating a sound scientific basis for developing risk-based and performance-based design criteria, and contribute to the attainment of a national objective: achieving more sustainable coastal communities.