Dr. Chowdhury is Professor and Chair of CEE. He serves as PI and Director of the National Science Foundation-supported NHERI Wall of Wind (WOW) Experimental Facility, a world-renowned tropical cyclone simulator. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University (Ames, IA), his M.Tech degree from IIT Mumbai in Structural Engineering, and his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering was Jadavpur University. At FIU, he works closely with the Extreme Events Institute and InteRaCt, both of which are FIU Preeminent Programs. Since joining FIU in 2006, he has received numerous research awards, including from NSF, the Gulf of Mexico Regional Sea Grant Program, the Florida Sea Grant College Program, the Florida Department of Community Affairs, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and private industry. He has carried out groundbreaking research on wind and structural engineering to safeguard and improve the resilience of our nation’s infrastructure. Under Dr. Chowdhury’s direction, the FIU WOW research team has made a significant impact in mitigating hurricane damage to coastal communities by enhancing building codes and patenting innovative mitigation technologies.