James R. "Bob" Bailey, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE

Senior Managing Engineer & Office Director

Buildings & Structures

(832) 325-5712 tel
(832) 325-5799 fax

Houston

Dr. Bailey is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. During the past 25 years, Dr. Bailey has served as a technical consultant, researcher, and project manager for insurance companies, private industry, universities, and government. He is experienced in areas related to wind engineering, construction materials, solid mechanics, dynamics, numerical analysis, structural analysis and design, and materials testing. Dr. Bailey’s primary area of expertise is determining the risk exposure of residential, commercial, and industrial properties to hazards associated with extreme wind and flooding events. His past work at ExxonMobil included estimating wind loads on drilling structures, developing conceptual designs of gravity-based structures for arctic offshore environments, and other upstream activities associated with the petroleum industry. Dr. Bailey also has extensive experience working with FEMA under the Public Assistance Program following Tropical Storm Allison (2001-2004), and Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana (2005) and Hurricane Rita in Texas (2005-2006).

Dr. Bailey has served as a lecturer in the private sector and at the university level on subjects related to wind and petroleum engineering. He also has been responsible for the design of test facilities and the development of test programs. He is experienced with the process in Florida and in Texas for enabling a client to acquire statewide approval for a hurricane protective product. Dr. Bailey has recently served on ASCE and API committees assigned to revise specifications and guidelines for determining wind loads on onshore and offshore petrochemical structures. He has made presentations at conferences and to trade organizations nationwide, and has been interviewed on the subject of the impact of hurricanes and tornadoes on the built environment by National Public Radio, the Dallas Times Herald, and the Houston Chronicle, and also has appeared on ABC News 20/20, Fox 26 News (Houston), and on the Discovery Channel.

Bailey JR, Levitan ML Lessons learned and mitigation options for hurricanes. Process Safety Progress, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 2005.

Bailey JR, Vallabahn CVG, et al. Experimental verification of the theoretical solution of laminated glass units. Proceedings, Advanced Composites Materials in Civil Engineering Structures Materials Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, Las Vegas, NV, 1991 (paper awarded Best of Session, Spring 1991, by the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers).

Bailey JR, Minor JE. Structural glazing tests show wind pressure effects. Glass Digest 1989; 68–76, October.

Bailey JR, Minor JE, Tock RW. Response of structurally glazed insulating glass units to wind pressures. Proceedings, 6th U.S. Conference on Wind Engineering, Houston, TX, March 8–10, 1989.

Bailey JR, McDonald JR. Impact Resistance of masonry walls to tornado-generated missiles. Proceedings, 3rd North American Masonry Conference, Arlington, TX, June 3–5.

Reports

Bailey JR. Finding the breaking point. Report documenting window performance following the 2004 Florida hurricanes. Prepared in conjunction with the Protecting People First Foundation, Wickford, RI, April 2005.

Bailey JR. Flood hazard assessment of critical NASA assets at the Johnson Space Center. Report prepared for NASA management by ABS Consulting, July 2004.

Bailey JR. Wind hazard assessment of critical NASA assets at the Johnson Space Center. Report prepared for NASA management by ABS Consulting, February 2001.

Bailey JR. Vulnerability assessment of Harris County to hurricane winds. Report prepared for the Harris County Commissioners Court by EQE International, June 2000.

Bailey JR. Wind and flood hazard assessment of Critical NASA assets at the Kennedy Space Center. Report prepared for NASA management by EQE International, June 2000.

Presentations

Bailey JR. Vulnerability of industrial facilities. Reinsurance Association of America Cat Modeling 2006 Conference, Tampa, FL, February 23, 2006.

Bailey JR. Safe haven considerations at industrial sites. The Private Industry Workshop, National Hurricane Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 22, 2005.

Bailey JR. Finding the breaking point. International Code Council, Tampa, FL, February 12, 2005.

Bailey JR. Identifying protective areas for people in buildings. International Conference on Wind Engineering, Texas Tech University, June 2, 2003.

Bailey JR. Assessment of extreme wind effects on industrial facilities. The Private Industry Workshop, National Hurricane Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 17, 2003.

Bailey JR. Assessing the impacts of hurricanes and earthquakes. Association for Facilities Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 25, 2001.

Bailey JR. Using Digital PhysicsTM to calculate wind loads on structures. ASCE Structures Conference, Washington, DC, May 2001.

Bailey JR. Don’t let your critical assets blow away. Houston Chapter of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), October 18, 2000.

Bailey JR. Impact resistance of wood products subjected to simulated tornado missiles. International Timber Engineering Conference, Seattle, WA, 1988.

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1989
M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1984
B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1982
American Society of Civil Engineers—ASCE (Fellow)

Professional Engineer, Texas, #74911

Patent 5,309,995: Well Treatment Using Ball Sealers, issued May 10, 1994.
Patent 5,485,882: Low-density Ball Sealer for Use as a Diverting Agent in Hostile Environment Wells, issued January 23, 1996.
Patent 5,582,251: Downhole Mixer, issued December 19, 1996.
Patent Pending: A Novel Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, 2007.