The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a collaborative grant on the “Quantification of Green Building Features on Firefighter Safety” to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the University of Maryland, College Park and others. This research effort will address needs identified by the National Association of State Fire Marshals, the Fire Protection Research Foundation and the National Fire […]
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Two new papers published on the inclined plate problem in JFM and the Journal of Fire Sciences
Two new publications were recently published, both focused on studying inclined flames. On the heat transferred to the air surrounding a semi-infinite inclined hot plate (Final PDF) Gollner, M. J., Sanchez, A. L., and Williams, F. A., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 732, 2013, pp. 304-315. Burning on Flat Wicks at Various Orientations (PDF Pre-print) Zhang, Y., Bustamante, M.J., Gollner, M.J., […]
Western Wildfires and Climate Change
Interesting info graphic from the Union of Concerned Scientists helps to highlight the importance of understanding and controlling these large conflagrations. Infographic: Western Wildfires and Climate Change Rising temperatures are increasing wildfire risk throughout the Western U.S. DOWNLOAD: Infographic: Western Wildfires and Climate Change | Infographic: Western Wildfires and Climate Change — Panel 1 | Infographic: Western Wildfires and Climate […]
Colin Miller Wins the 2013 John L. Bryan GRA Award
Colin Miller, a Spring 2013 FPE/BS graduate and a new FPE/MS student, has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 John L. Bryan GRA Award. The John L. Bryan Chair endowment provides support for one Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) every year. Based on a newly revised, more formal selection process, the support is provided to […]
Formal Proceedings of NFPA Sustainable Buildings Symposium Released
The formal proceedings of the symposium that was hosted by NFPA and the Fire Protection Research Foundation in November, “Fire Safety Design and Sustainable Buildings: Challenges and Opportunities,” has been released. It was co-authored by: Michael Gollner, Amanda Kimball and Tracy Vecchiarelli. Foundation_Sustainable_Building_Design_Symposium_Proceedings – Final
Maryland Day Fire Tornado
Maryland day was a great success, with many visitors touring the laboratory to see what Fire Protection Engineering is all about. The main feature was our fire tornado, created in a room with 4 specially-located openings which induced a “whirl” when the hood was turned on. See below for photos of our students fully “testing” […]
Upcoming Conferences
We’re on the road over the next few months! We’re going to have presentations at several conferences: FM Global Open Source CFD Fire Modeling Workshop 2013 (May 2-3, Mass.) An Experimental Model of Upward Flame Spread through Porous Fuels Michael Gollner 8th US National Combustion Meeting (May 20-22, Utah) Flame spread through arrays of wooden […]
Michael gives invited talk at Missoula Fire Sciences Lab
Michael recently gave an invited talk at the Missoula Fire Sciences Lab on Januray 10, 2013. They’ve posted the talk online, which you can view here: http://videos.firelab.org/ffs/2012-13Seminar/011013Seminar/011013Seminar.html It was an amazing trip – they’re doing some great research on wildfires and I encourage anyone interested to checkout firelab.org to check out all of the amazing things […]
Jeanette Cobian is awarded the Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship 2012-2014
Congratulations to Jeanette Cobian, a former UCSD undergraduate and participate in the CAMP program, for being awarded the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Fellowship. She will be pursuing a Masters program in Mechanical Engineering at Cal State Los Angeles starting this Fall and will be part of the California State University LSAMP Alliance BD Cohort […]
Dr. Michael Gollner to Join FPE Faculty at the University of Maryland
Here is a re-post from the department’s homepage: The Department of Fire Protection Engineering (FPE) at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Gollner will join the department this fall as a new Assistant Professor. Michael Gollner recently graduated from the University of California, San […]