Daniel Smith

Dr. Smith is a senior research fellow with the Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University. His research experience covers a wide range of wind engineering disciplines including: insurance claims analysis for severe wind events, field-deployed anemometry for cyclones, vulnerability and fragility modelling, wind-borne debris trajectory modelling, post-event damage assessment, wind resistance of roofing systems, structural retrofitting for wind and water ingress, wind tunnel testing, behavioural aspects of community cyclone preparedness, etc. Dr. Smith is also Director of ResilientResidence™, a mobile application tool that allows homeowners to self-asses the vulnerability of their home to wind and wind-driven rain damages. The tool aims to put wind engineering research directly into the hands of homeowners in vulnerable regions.

Risk assessment for low-rise structures in severe wind events

Surface-level tropical cyclone winds and wind-driven rain

Wind and wind-driven rain effects on low-rise structures

Human perception of hazard risk

Behavioral aspects of mitigation investment by homeowners

Effects of insurance price signals on natural hazard mitigation