Engineering Group
Leads IBHS’s research and engineering projects.
Includes the operation of the Research Center and IBHS’s building code applications.
Team Members
Danny Baker
Carpenter
Rick Baker
Lab Director
Tanner Beck
Electrician
Edward Catoe
Carpenter Technician
Quinten Coles
Project Engineer
Robert ‘Snoop’ Ealey
Carpenter
Heidi Erfourth
Lab Technician
Lucas Faulkner
Lab Technician
Luvitrius Hampton
Facilities Technician
Shawn Macomber
Construction Director
Rafi Marandi, PhD
Instrumentation Electronics and Control Design Engineer
David McClain
Technician
Michelle McClain
Hail Lab Technician
Brenna Meisenzahl
Research Project Scientist
Ali Merhi, PhD
Research Engineer,
SC Wind & Hail Research Chair
Xareni Sanchez Monroy, PhD
Research Scientist
David Morris
Instrument Technician
Korah Parackal, PhD, CPEng
Research Engineer
HANK POGORZELSKI
Applied Statistician
Aaron Prabhakaran
Technical Project Designer
Justin Privette
Campus Operations Manager
Chris Sanders
Research Project Scientist
Dori Sanoulis
Cone Calorimeter Lab Technician
Milad Shabanian, PhD
Engineering Manager for Codes & Standards
Evan Sluder
Research Project Engineer
Jake Sorber
Research Project Scientist
Junior Stewart
Carpenter
Josh Sturgis
Instrumentation Technician
Tom Trout
Fabricator
David Trull
Carpentry Team Leader
