Media Coverage
2016
2015
MISSOULA, Mont. – There are important new findings on how wildland fires spread, and Missoula scientists are at the forefront.
Recent research shows us wildfire behavior like never before
The Denver Channel (ABC affiliate) – July 28, 2015
DENVER – Recently published research fills some gaps in our understanding of fire behavior. This research, led by research forester Mark Finney with the USDA, shows us how buoyancy, not wind, is the driving force to a spreading fire.
California Motorists Get Scary Lesson about dangers of Wildfire-Scientific American picked up ClimateWire story July 22, 2015 (copy attached for sharing internally only as it is a subscription service)
2014
Special feature on Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet: Forces of Nature. Interviewed and lab demonstrations of wildfire research at the University of Maryland including a fire tornado (more properly called a fire whirl).
2012
Room fire test and interview at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for William Shatner’s Weird or What, on Discovery Channel (USA), History (Canada) and Discovery (Europe)
2011
[wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””][/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””]”Combustion Art is Both Beautiful and Dangerous,” Geek System, Erin Podolak, June 29th, 2011.
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[wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””] “The best combustion art goes up in flames,” New Scientist, July 1, 2011.
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[wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””] Descubren cómo se propaga el fuego en incendios de almacenes y depósitos”, Tendencias de la Ingenieria, Pablo Javier Picente, Feb. 14, 2011.
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[wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””] “UC San Diego Engineers Play Role in Warehouse Fire Safety,” UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Website Feature , February, 2011.
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[wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””] “Engineers Predict how Fires Spread in Warehouses ,” Science Daily Website Feature , Feb. 7, 2011.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202172309.htm
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2010
[wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””] “UC San Diego Students, Area Attorneys and Financial Analysts Win Sustainability Award”, UC San Diego Feature Story , Rex Grahm, May 26, 2010.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/awards/05-26SustainabilityAward.asp
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[wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””] “ Solar Success ,” Pulse, Magazine of UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering .
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2009
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[/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””] “UCSD engineering students help San Diego region secure $154 million in solar bonds ,” PhysOrg, Nov. 3, 2009.
http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/18723097/ucsd-engineering-students-help-san-diego-region-secure-154-milli.html
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[/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””]“Campus Secures $15 Million in Clean Renewable Energy Bonds,” UC San Diego Feature Story , Rex Ghram, This Week @ UCSD , Nov. 2, 2009.
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[wpcol_1quarter id=”” class=”” style=””] [/wpcol_1quarter] [wpcol_3quarter_end id=”” class=”” style=””]“County wins big share of solar funds,” San Diego Union Tribune , Onell R. Soto, Oct. 30, 2009.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/oct/30/county-wins-big-share-solar-funds/?metro
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