Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Prevatt Lab
Led by David Prevatt · Civil and Coastal Engineering
What we study
The Prevatt Lab studies how to make buildings stronger against hurricanes and tornadoes by testing real structures and using engineering solutions. They combine field research, lab experiments, and analysis to improve building resilience.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Building & testing
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Post-hurricane building damage assessment using street-view imagery and structured data: a multimodal deep learning approach
2026 · Urban Lifeline
Creates a model to assess hurricane damage using street images and building data.
- Residential Wind Vulnerability and the Priorities of Structural Engineering
2026 · Journal of Structural Engineering
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- Normalizing Failure: Residential Infrastructure Performance, Risk Governance, and Extreme Wind
2026 · Journal of Architectural Engineering
- A unified framework for post-disaster hazard and structural assessment data collection across hazards and infrastructure typologies
2025 · Frontiers in Built Environment
Designs a standard way to collect and share post-disaster damage data.
- Wind Uplift Resistance of Discontinuous Metal Roofing Systems: Literature Review and Experimental Research
2024 · Journal of Architectural Engineering
Studies how metal roofing holds up in high winds and suggests improvements.
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How to reach out
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