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Dr. Melissa Burton joined BMT Fluid Mechanics in 2011 as Regional Manager for the Americas. She is a wind engineering expert with recognized contributions in the effects of wind-induced vibration on occupant comfort.

Her previous over ten years’ experience in the field involved working as principal engineer or technical expert for the wind engineering studies on hundreds of international projects. She has extensive experience in wind tunnel testing and computational numerical analysis, investigating wind issues such as wind loading and dynamic response for high-rise buildings, stadiums, and long-span roof structures.

She is an accomplished advisor on microclimate strategies and helps to provide early identification of design issues which may lead to adverse microclimate response. Her technical expertise in microclimate assessment ranges from wind comfort, dispersion analysis, external and internal wind pressures, wind tower positioning, natural ventilation, and thermal comfort. In addition, she has been involved in developing climate models for various wind codes and has experience in full-scale monitoring of tall building motion and water flume visualization.

Melissa gained professional qualification as a mechanical engineer at the University of Waterloo in Canada and then later obtained her PhD in wind engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She has both lived and worked in the USA, UK and Asia and has a global portfolio of project work.

Dr. Melissa Burton joined BMT Fluid Mechanics in 2011 as Regional Manager for the Americas. She is a wind engineering expert with recognized contributions in the effects of wind-induced vibration on occupant comfort.

Her previous over ten years’ experience in the field involved working as principal engineer or technical expert for the wind engineering studies on hundreds of international projects. She has extensive experience in wind tunnel testing and computational numerical analysis, investigating wind issues such as wind loading and dynamic response for high-rise buildings, stadiums, and long-span roof structures.

She is an accomplished advisor on microclimate strategies and helps to provide early identification of design issues which may lead to adverse microclimate response. Her technical expertise in microclimate assessment ranges from wind comfort, dispersion analysis, external and…

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