Tag: Brian Phillips

Engineering professor and natural hazards researcher Brian Phillips, Ph.D., is leading UF’s efforts in a Hurricane Maria investigation conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, known as NIST.

In October 2024, a film crew from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) visited the University of Florida’s wind-hazard research facility as part of its investigation into the building and infrastructure failure in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria in 2017. 

In the hours before Hurricane Helene made landfall, research teams from the University of Florida scrambled up Florida’s west coast in a two-day blitz to set up storm-monitoring equipment that will provide valuable insights into environmental, structural and human survival.