Congratulations are in order for our recent cohort of graduates and alumni from the group:
- Dr. Mohammadhadi Hajilou, who was a postdoctoral scholar with Prof. Gollner at the University of Maryland recently accepted a position as a Senior Engineer at Gexcon US.
- Prof. Jeanette Cobian was a postdoctoral scholar with Prof. Fernandez Pello at the University of California, Berkeley and recently started as an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Merced in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. Sriram Bharath Hariharan recently defended his Ph.D. on fire whirls at the University of Maryland and started as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley
- Michael Heck successfully defended his MS thesis in FPE at the University of Maryland on the combined effects of wind and slope on wildfire spread.
- Michael Jones successfully defended his MS thesis in FPE at the University of Maryland on microgravity fire whirl formation.
- Ashlynne Orcurto successfully defended her MS thesis in FPE at the University of Maryland on intermittent heating of fine wildland fuels
- Joseph Dowling successfully defended his MS thesis in FPE at the University of Maryland on the effects of wall height on fire whirl formation
Drs. Franz Richter (Formely Imperial Hazelab), Charles Scudiere (formerly UC Berkeley, advised by Prof. Fernandez-Pello), and Luca Carmignani (formerly SDSU/UCSD, advised by Prof. Fernandez-Pello and co-advised by Prof. Gollner) recently joined the lab as postdoctoral scholars working on firebrand combustion, robotic brazing, and microgravity fire spread, respectively.
Christina Liveretou (BS, UC Berkeley), Joseph Dowling (BS/MS, U. Maryland) and Maria Theodori (BS/MS, U. Maryland) have joined the lab as doctoral students working on smoldering combustion, fire whirls, and wildland-urban interface fire risk, respectively.
Dr. Sriram Bharath Hariharan recently moved to a postdoctoral scholar role, continuing to work on fire whirls.