How do you safeguard American diplomats from hurricanes and tornadoes? University of Florida engineering professor and Jefferson Science Fellow David Prevatt has spent decades answering that question, and next week he will share his findings at a prestigious National Academy of Sciences distinguished lecture series in Washington, D.C.
Prevatt is among 206 faculty nationwide to serve as a Jefferson Science Fellow since the program’s founding in 2003 — a rare distinction among tens of thousands of STEM faculty at U.S. universities. Through the fellowship, he works with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, also know as OBO.