Jack E. Cermak (Ph.D. Cornell University)

Wind Engineering and Fluids Laboratory, Engineering Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, Tel: 970. 491.8204, Fax: 970. 491.8235, E-mail: jecermak@lamar.colostate.edu

Research interests: fluid mechanics (turbulence, boundary layers,
diffusion), physical modeling (boundary layer wind tunnels, wind loads
on buildings, dispersion of air pollutants), micrometeorology, wind
engineering, and wind hazard reduction.

Teaching experience: fluid mechanics, engineering mechanics, nonlinear mechanics, indeterminate structures, transport phenomena, and wind engineering.

Recent research activity: physical modeling of atmospheric boundary layers, wind pressures and loads on low- and high-rise buildings, dynamic response of high-rise and long-span structures, structural damping, and dispersion in urban areas.

Research collaboration: cooperative programs for research and exchange of information on wind engineering and design of wind-tunnels to physically model wind and wind effects have been developed with India, China and Iceland. Formal agreements between CSU and the following universities have been established: University of Roorkee, Peking University, University of Iceland, Structural Engineering Research Centre, Madras, India, and the Nanjing Research Institute of Environmental Protection for Electric Power, State Power Corporation of China. Collaboration with Texas Tech University, University of Western Ontario, and National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Other current contributions: Past Chair, ASCE Aerodynamic Committee; President, Cermak Peterka Petersen, Wind Engineering Consultants.