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Students present at Stanford Combustion conference

March 23, 2022 by Michael Gollner

Christina Liveretou, Priya Garg and Joey Dowling all presented at the Spring meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute March 21-22. Postdoctoral scholar Hadi Hajilou also came to support the group. Jeanette Cobian, former postdoctoral scholar and now UC Merced faculty, also presented a paper on work performed at UC Berkeley. Finally, […]

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Professor Gollner testifies to Congress

March 16, 2022 by Michael Gollner

Professor Gollner was invited to testify to the House Oversight Committee on March 16, 2022 addressing federal Wildland Fire policy and mitigation. You can see watch his testimony below. A copy of his statement is also available: Gollner_Testimony and the press release. Chairman Khanna to Hold Hearing on Wildfire Response with U.S. Forest Service, Environmental Experts […]

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Christina Liveretou awarded Onassis Foundation Scholarship

July 31, 2021 by Michael Gollner

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Christina Liveretou who was awarded an Onassis Foundation Scholarship to help support her PhD. Her work is focused on microgravity flammability in collaboration with NASA and smoldering combustion research. Congratulations!    

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Congratulations to Xingyu Ren on the SFPE Student Scholar Award!

July 31, 2021 by Michael Gollner

PhD Candidate Xingyu Ren was recently awarded the SFPE Student Scholar award and will make a presentation on his recent work on wildfires at the SFPE Annual Meeting. Congratulations, Xingyu! About the award The Student Scholar Award was established in 2006 by the Board of Governors of the SFPE Foundation to recognize students who are performing […]

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Prof. Gollner Presents at 2021 UC Wildfire Symposium Series

July 31, 2021 by Michael Gollner

Prof. Gollner recently presented at the 2021 UC Wildfire Symposium on Wildland-Urban Interface Fires: What is the Wildland Urban Interface? And why should we care about it? Wildfires and their aftermath impact all Californians and cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars every year. The 2021 UC Wildfire Symposium Series focus on California’s resiliency […]

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Congratulations Ram and Joey on winning the CI Image Award Competition!

May 27, 2021 by Michael Gollner

Congratulations to Dr. Sriram Bharath Hariharan, postdoctoral scholar and Joseph Dowling, PhD candidate on their Combustion Art submission “Walls of Fire” which was selected for the Technical Merit Award in the 12th US National Combustion Meeting! Walls of Fire by Sriram Bharath Hariharan, Joseph L. Dowling, Michael J. Gollner Department of Mechanical Engineering University of […]

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Congratulations to Xingyu and Lauren on the Sheldon Tieszen Student Award and Priya on two fellowships!

April 6, 2021 by Michael Gollner

Xingyu Ren (Berkeley Fire Lab PhD Candidate at University of Maryland) and Lauren Gagnon (Combustion and Fire Processes Lab PhD Candidate at Berkeley) were both awarded Sheldon Tieszen Student Awards for the upcoming IAFSS symposium. The award recognizes excellence in an IAFSS symposium paper in fire safety science by a student making a significant contribution […]

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New paper on firebrand ignition of wood published

March 16, 2021 by Michael Gollner

Critical Ignition Conditions of Wood by Cylindrical Firebrands Hamed Salehizadeh1†, Raquel S. P. Hakes1† and Michael J. Gollner1,2* 1Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States This study investigated the thermal conditions preceding ignition of three dense woody […]

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New Paper Published in Combustion and Flame

March 8, 2021 by Michael Gollner

Comparison of particulate-matter emissions from liquid-fueled pool fires and fire whirls By: Sriram BharathHariharanabHamed FarmahiniFarahanibcAli S.RangwalacJoseph L.DowlingbElaine S.OrandMichael J.Gollnerab   Free link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ccZ%7E2KiHU7kW Regular link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010218020305824?dgcid=author   Abstract In-situ burning (ISB) is one of the most effective means of removing oil spilled over open water. While current ISB practices can eliminate a large fraction of […]

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Saffire Ignites New Discoveries in Space

February 2, 2021 by Michael Gollner

One of the projects our lab works on,  the Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment-V (Saffire-V) successfully tested larger, more dynamic fires for over 26 hours inside Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, following its primary mission of delivering supplies to the International Space Station. Check out NASA’s article and the YouTube Video below    

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4 Feb

The large #wildfires in #Chile are spreading quickly across large areas of non-native plantations of radiata pine and eucalyptus, many of them planted by foreigners during a dictatorship. These maps show recent MODIS heat detections on top of mapping of plantations (purple). 1/x

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4 Feb

Tragic wildfire situation in Chile.

Tragic wildfire situation in Chile.
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Absolute chaos in Chile today. 7 people have been reported killed so far during this week’s fires. I am getting reports from helicopter pilots down there working, seeing whole villages run over while they try to operate. Unreal accounts coming out of the country #Chile #wildfire

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2 Feb

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Boost Efficient, Effective Forest Management

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Boost Efficient, Effective Forest Management

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Boost Efficient, Effective Forest Management

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2 Feb

Western wildfires destroyed 246% more homes and buildings over the past decade – fire scientists explain what's changing via @ConversationUS

Western wildfires destroyed 246% more homes and buildings over the past decade – fire scientists explain what's changing

More homes are burning in wildfires in nearly every Western state. The reason? Humans.

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31 Jan

Excellent warning sign… though not sure this should be in a partially enclosed space….🤔🤔🤔🤔

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