Gregory Kopp

Dr. Kopp has been a professor at Western University since 1997 where he currently holds the ImpactWX Chair in Severe Storms Engineering. He is the founding Director of the Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory (CSSL). His research focuses on mitigating damage to buildings during extreme wind storms, wind tunnel testing of buildings, full-scale testing of houses and building components at Western's '3 Little Pigs' Project, and forensic investigations of building performance following severe wind storms. Dr. Kopp is active in implementing research findings into practice. He serves on various committees of the National Building Code (Canada), is Chair of the ASCE 49 Standards Committee on Wind Tunnel Testing for Buildings and Other Structures, and is Chair of the Task Committee on the Wind Tunnel Procedure for the ASCE 7 standard.