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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 participates in SoCal Policy Forum on wildfire

April 8, 2021 by Michael Gollner

Prof. Gollner participated in a SoCal Policy Forum on Climate Change: Navigating the Challenges of a Perpetual Fire Season alongside CA Natural Reaources Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Sen. Anthony Portantino and BizFed CEO Tracy Hernandez. The forum was a partnership between the Southern California News Group and UC Riverside. Highlights of the discussion are featured in […]

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Research on Embers featured in National Geographic

November 24, 2020 by Michael Gollner

Meet the wildfire super-spreaders: Scientists study ways to stop windborne embers from sowing destruction.

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New article published in Physical Review Fluids

November 19, 2020 by Michael Gollner

We published a new article, led by former graduate student and now postdoctoral scholar Sriram “Ram” Bharath Hariharan: “Effects of circulation and buoyancy on the transition from a fire whirl to a blue whirl,” published in Physics of Fluids. Abstract: The relative influence of circulation and buoyancy on fire whirls (FWs), blue whirls (BWs), and […]

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Congratulations to Recent Graduates and New Members of the Group

November 18, 2020 by Michael Gollner

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 […]

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Article highlighting our fire research featured in Knowable Magazine

March 22, 2019 by admin

A new article by Alexandra Witze entitled “Firenadoes and drifting embers: The secrets of extreme wildfires” was recently published in Knowable Magazine. We’re really excited about this article as it does a great job of describing the type of research we do in the lab, how it impacts modeling fire behavior, and future directions in […]

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Three new articles accepted in Combustion and Flame

March 21, 2019 by admin

Three articles from the group were recently accepted in Combustion and Flame. Two address the blue whirl, further investigating its structure and the conditions under which it forms, and one looks at downstream heating from wind-blown flames. The first article by Ram on the blue whirl is available at the link below, while the other […]

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Postdoctoral Scholar Position Available

February 18, 2019 by admin

Location Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA Position Description The University of Maryland, College Park is recruiting one postdoctoral scholar to work on a project exploring the behavior of fire whirls. The postdoctoral scholar position is an immediate need, so preference will be given to candidates available in March-June […]

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Four new papers published in Fire Safety Journal to be presented at IAFSS!

May 25, 2017 by admin

Four new articles have been published in the Fire Safety Journal to be presented at the International Association of Fire Safety Science symposium this June in Lund, Sweden. The papers and authors are listed below. We’re excited to present soon and will post our photos from the symposium in Sweden!   The effect of flow […]

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Visiting IMFSE Student Cui Wuquan successfully defends MS Thesis!

May 23, 2017 by admin

Congratulations to Cui Wuquan who came to UMD from the International Masters in Fire Safety Engineering program in Europe who successfully defended his MS thesis on smoke transport in double-skinned facades!

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The International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) is delighted to announce that the 14th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science will be held from October 22 – 27, 2023 in Tsukuba, Japan.
Call for papers: https://t.co/iqzdpBxkZW

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22 Jun

A key mechanisms of wildfire spread: embers. They are pieces of biomass that are burning and fly long distances aided by wind, landing further away. They can generate spot fires ahead. Embers are also called firebrands. In 1666 London they were called fire drops.

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“La lluvia de pavesas es muy característica de los #incendiosforestales de sexta generación y pueden levantar llamas de más de 80m 🔥 Una ...

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22 Jun

True example of fire risks to critical infrastructure. Berkeley is not immune from this, our lines come into campus through Strawberry Canyon and have experienced PSPS before. Campus does not have 100% backup power capability.

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Folks may not have heard this but @Stanford is currently closed (for the indefinite future) due to 20acre wildfire that damaged the key @PGE4Me transmission lines that serve campus. I'm sure that the good people of @IBEWlocal1245 are working hard to restore power as we speak...

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21 Jun

The NJ Pine Barrens is the largest fire-adapted ecosystem in the Northeast and will occasionally see larger fires like this. I’ll be curious to see the fire effects!

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“New Start: New Jersey The Mullica River Fire. Local resources are telling me they are big boxing this fire. Currently the fire is reported at ...

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#MullicaRiverFire in New Jersey's Wharton State Forest could become state's largest in 15 years.

Mullica River Fire in New Jersey's Wharton State Forest could become state's largest in 15 years - Wildfire Today

Four miles northeast of Hammonton, NJ

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