Wind Performance of Asphalt Shingles Intern

Job Description

Job Description

2026 Summer Internship — Wind Performance on Asphalt Shingles Internship
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is seeking interns to join our team this summer. As an IBHS intern, you’ll contribute to our mission of strengthening homes, businesses, and communities against severe weather—which means making a difference in the lives of real people. You’ll also work for a world-class organization where integrity and hard work are valued and where crash-testing homes and buildings is all part of the plan for discovering better building methods.
Learn more about IBHS at ibhs.org and hear what former interns have to say about their experience at ibhs.org/intern-with-ibhs.

Purpose

The performance of asphalt shingles has historically been difficult to quantify. We seek to capture their performance using engineering reliability concepts to calculate failure probabilities for wind loads distributions derived from full-scale testing in the IBHS wind chamber.

Project Summary

The candidate will be involved with a number of experiments sharing the common goal of quantifying the performance of asphalt shingles in a real world, predictive sense. Measuring the uplift resistance of various asphalt shingle products will provide resistance distributions that are key components in the reliability analysis. Emphasis will be placed on replicating real world exposure, and sensitivity testing will be used to determine the most appropriate method of measuring uplift resistance.

We will also quantify the representativeness of ASTM D7158 by replicating the test setup on COMET and comparing load distributions to what is seen on the full scale. Our aim is to publish this work in a journal and use it to move the needle on improving current standard test methods for wind performance.

Qualifications

• Basic statistical analysis skills
• Desire to conduct experimental testing

Preferred Majors - Bachelor's or Master's level

• Engineering
• Meteorology/Atmospheric science

Commitment to Diversity
IBHS is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives.

Applicants should be authorized to work in the US. All positions are located on site, five days/week at the named location. This is approximately a 10-week program working 40 hours/week.

Drug‐free Workplace, Equal Opportunity Employer & E‐Verify Employer

Job Types: Full-time, Internship

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Richburg, SC Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: One location