Dr. David Surry received his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics
in 1962 and his M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Studies in
1964 and 1969 respectively - all from the University of
Toronto.
Between 1969 and 1971 he was a postdoctoral
Fellow in Industrial Aerodynamics at the National Physical
Laboratory in England. In 1971 he moved to The University
of Western Ontario where he was a Research Associate in
the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory until 1974. In
1974 he became an Associate Research Director, and in 1986,
a Research Director. He is currently Chair of the Board
of Directors, which involves management within the University
environment of BLWTL's commercial and research components
and implementation of Board initiatives. In conjunction
with this, he holds a Faculty of Engineering appointment
(Professor, part-time) which involves teaching and the supervision
of undergraduate and graduate research students in the Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Dr. Surry's Ph.D. studies of the aerodynamics
of bluff bodies in turbulent flow led to involvement in
aerodynamic testing and analysis of several civil engineering
structures subjected to wind loads while he was still a
graduate student. This interest was again pursued at the
National Physical Laboratory in England and currently at
the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory. Among the numerous
prestigious building projects on which he has worked while
at the Laboratory are the HongkongBank, Central Plaza, the
Convention Centre and the Bank of China, all in Hong Kong;
the evaluation of the post-construction wind problems for
the John Hancock Building, Boston; the World Trade Centre
in Bangkok; the Haj Pavilion in Saudi Arabia; the Westinghouse
AP600 nuclear reactor system in the U.S; and the Philadelphia
Performing Arts Centre.
Over the years, a major research focus has
been the wind loading of low-rise buildings. Early work,
undertaken in conjunction with Dr. A. G. Davenport and Dr.
T. Stathopoulos, lead to significant alterations in the
specification of low-rise building loads in the National
Building Code of Canada, and has been used in other Codes
and standards all over the world. More recently, the work
has focused on the development of an electronic data base
system for future Codes. Other research interests focus
on the problems of the building envelope related to wind
and rain, and the development of test instrumentation.
He is a member of the National Research Council's
Standing Committee on Environmental Separation (Part 5),
the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, and
the U.S. Wind Engineering Research Council. He is also a
North American Regional Editorial Board Member for the Journal
of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics.
Dr. Surry is the author and co-author of
more than 100 refereed technical papers and over 300 technical
reports on aerodynamics and wind engineering.
