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Dr. Bailey is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. During the past 25 years, Dr. Bailey has served as a technical consultant, researcher, and project manager for insurance companies, private industry, universities, and government. He is experienced in areas related to wind engineering, construction materials, solid mechanics, dynamics, numerical analysis, structural analysis and design, and materials testing. Dr. Bailey’s primary area of expertise is determining the risk exposure of residential, commercial, and industrial properties to hazards associated with extreme wind and flooding events. His past work at ExxonMobil included estimating wind loads on drilling structures, developing conceptual designs of gravity-based structures for arctic offshore environments, and other upstream activities associated with the petroleum industry. Dr. Bailey also has extensive experience working with FEMA under the Public Assistance Program following Tropical Storm Allison (2001-2004), and Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana (2005) and Hurricane Rita in Texas (2005-2006).
Dr. Bailey has served as a lecturer in the private sector and at the university level on subjects related to wind and petroleum engineering. He also has been responsible for the design of test facilities and the development of test programs. He is experienced with the process in Florida and in Texas for enabling a client to acquire statewide approval for a hurricane protective product. Dr. Bailey has recently served on ASCE and API committees assigned to revise specifications and guidelines for determining wind loads on onshore and offshore petrochemical structures. He has made presentations at conferences and to trade organizations nationwide, and has been interviewed on the subject of the impact of hurricanes and tornadoes on the built environment by National Public Radio, the Dallas Times Herald, and the Houston Chronicle, and also has appeared on ABC News 20/20, Fox 26 News (Houston), and on the Discovery Channel. | 