DongHun Yeo (Fed)

Dr. DongHun Yeo is a research structural engineer in the Structures Group of the Materials and Structural Systems Division of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Yeo is leading the “Windstorms and Tornadoes: Hazard Characterization and Structural Design” project. His present research includes CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations and wind tunnel testing for structural engineering applications, uncertainty quantification in experimental and numerical simulations, structural reliability, advanced design of high-rise buildings for wind, extreme wind climatology, and fluid-structural interactions. 

Currently, Dr. Yeo is involved in the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Technical Investigation of Hurricane Maria and its impacts on Puerto Rico. Within the Hurricane Maria Program, he is the leader of an NCST project focused on hazard characterization, including investigation of topographic effects on the wind environment using CFD, wind tunnel studies, and field measurements. He is also involved in an NCST project focused on the performance of critical buildings in Hurricane Maria.

Dr. Yeo is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Virginia. He actively participates in the Wind Load Subcommittee of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 7-22 Standard: Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, in the Standard Committee of ASCE 49: Wind Tunnel Testing for Buildings and Other Structures, and in the Standard Committee of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) V&V 20 Standard for Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer.

Dr. Yeo is the co-author with Dr. Emil Simiu of “Wind Effects on Structures: Modern Structural Design for Wind,” 4^th edition (Wiley, 2019). He has taught Wind Engineering and Structural Dynamics in the Engineering Professionals program of The Johns Hopkins University.