Therese McAllister
Position
Research Structural Engineer
Task
Co-Project Leader, Project 6:
Structural Fire Response and Collapse
Education
Florida Atlantic University, 1979, BS Ocean Engineering
Oregon State University, 1986, MS Ocean Engineering
Johns Hopkins University, 1998, MS Structural Engineering
Johns Hopkins University, 2000, PhD Structural Engineering
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Dr. McAllister’s research interests include reliability-based structural assessment, performance of structures in fire, structural stability and progressive collapse, and improved prediction of structural performance in extreme events. Dr. McAllister will be conducting research in the Structural Fire Response and Collapse project of the NIST World Trade Center Investigation.
Prior to joining NIST in 2002, she was FEMA’s Technical Project Manager for the ASCE/FEMA World Trade Center Building Performance Study. She has conducted engineering research and development projects on the design and construction practices for multi-hazard mitigation; the design and construction of critical facilities and shelters, and their performance during high winds, coastal storm surge, and flooding events; and technical guidance and metrics for manufactured housing foundation systems in floodplains.
Her experience includes providing structural and coastal engineering expertise for a number of forensic engineering investigations and as an expert witness. She has conducted applied research in support of Navy ocean facilities and vessel moorings. Significant projects included a floating anti-terrorist physical barrier and an advanced mooring system for the USS Pigeon ASR-21, a submarine rescue vessel.
Her research at Johns Hopkins University proposed a method to estimate the time-varying reliability of welded steel structures, which was validated for documented fatigue damage in two steel miter gates in the inland waterway lock and dam system.
Dr. McAllister is the editor and co-author of FEMA Report 403: World Trade Center Building Performance Study: Data Collection, Preliminary Observations, and Recommendations. She has published papers on mitigation practices for multi-hazards, the design of wind shelters, and the reliability of redundant steel structures subject to fatigue damage.
Dr. McAllister is a registered professional engineer in the Maryland. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Committee on Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures. |
