Dr. David O. Prevatt, PE (Massachusetts)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida

In May 2007, Dr. David O. Prevatt joined the faculty at the University of Florida as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. His research focuses on the mitigation of hurricane damage to low-rise construction. Prior to his appointment to the UF faculty, Prevatt was on the faculty of Clemson University where he was an Assistant Professor and served as Director of the Wind Load Test Facility, and conducted research to quantify the wind loading on structures. His expertise is in structural engineering, wind engineering and the performance of building envelope systems. His current research involves experimental investigation and analytical modeling of the structural load paths in wood-framed structures, and the wind uplift testing of building cladding components. After earning his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Clemson University in 1998, Dr. Prevatt worked as structural engineer with the Boston-based ENR500 consulting engineering firm, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc from 1998 through 2004. Prevatt developed his building envelope expertise in forensic investigation of and the repair and renovation of building envelope systems for contemporary and historic building facades. Prevatt is a professional engineer (registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in Trinidad and Tobago) with over 15 years consulting experience in structural engineering and building investigations. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Association for Wind Engineering, and the UK Wind Engineering Society.