While at Clemson, he helped uncover complications of commercial roof systems that are often overlooked in standard test methods. He'll now benefit the roofing industry by using those findings to develop better analytical methods to predict roof survivability in wind storms. His findings will also begin to improve current test methods and provide greater confidence of field performance from laboratory testing. What essentially happens is these specimen test far better than they'll ever be able to actually perform under real-world conditions. I hope to implement practical applications and solutions for both new construction and repair of existing roofing problems.
Viable solutions have to address both ends of the spectrum.