This past week at the NFPA Research Foundation’s Suppression and Detection workshop in Orlando, Fl I presented our consortium’s concept charting an outline of future research http://nfpa.typepad.com/researchfoundation/2010/02/morning-workshop-summarizes-new-approaches-for-high-challenge-warehouses.html

My masters thesis, entitled “A Fundamental Approach For Commodity Classification” was presented and has been accepted by the University for publication. You can check out a pre-print copy on my publications page: http://maeresearch.ucsd.edu/~mgollner/publications.html Abstract: Experimental tests were conducted on a single cartoned, unexpanded Group A plastic commodity to evaluate an approach to commodity classification in […]

Interesting article on some computer applications and how they have been used for wildfires, and the lack of funding to continue the research effort in this field. Understanding wildfire behavior and predicting its spread … http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/smokey-bear-now-studies-computer-science-8272/ The war being waged against wildfires from Southern California to Greece and Australia is almost as complex as the […]

Under the guidance of environmental engineering professor Jan Kleissl, a group of Jacobs School graduate students, including Michael Gollner and Karl Olney helped schools and other San Diego public institutions win more than $154 M in bonds for installing rooftop solar. We used a national renewable energy laboratory model to calculate solar potential to assist […]