FPE News Story Watch FPE Professor Michael Gollner Explain Fire Tornadoes and Wildfire Research A lab-created fire tornado. University of Maryland assistant professor Michael Gollner(Department of Fire Protection Engineering) explained–and demonstrated–the phenomenon known as a fire tornado in an episode of Daily Planet, airing on the Discovery Channel in Canada. The episode was part of the […]
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Wildfire Research and a Fire Tornado Appearing 4/16 on Discovery Channel in Canada, 4/23 on Science Channel in U.S!
University of Maryland assistant professor Michael Gollner (Department of Fire Protection Engineering) will explain–and demonstrate–the phenomenon known as a fire tornado in a forthcoming episode of Daily Planet, airing on the Discovery Channel in Canada and on the Science Channel in the U.S. Gollner will discuss wildfire spread research at the University of Maryland, including studies of […]
Congratulations to Brian Hall on Successfully Defending his MS Thesis!
Brian Hall, an MS student in Fire Protection Engineering successfully defended his thesis on April 9th! Title: Transient Fire Loads on Aluminum Ferries Committee: Professor Michael J. Gollner, Committee Chair Professor James Milke Professor Stanislav Stoliarov Abstract: The transient fire load aboard aluminum passenger ferries is studied to determine the contribution that baggage has on increasing the […]
Tracking the Long-Term Cost of Wildfire Emissions
When we see reports of a wildfire on TV, we see the immediate effects and aftermath: trees and meadows burning, homes threatened or destroyed, and people in danger. What we may not think about is what happens long after the fire is out: What happened to the particles and gases generated by the fire that […]
Former Student Mario Zuniga of Chula Vista Selected for Peace Corps Education Assignment in Cameroon
Mario worked on fire spread research with Dr. Gollner at UC San Diego as an undergraduate McNair Fellow. Congratulations and best wishes on your new adventure, Mario! Read the full article, here: http://nextpcvs.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/mario-zuniga-of-chula-vista-selected-for-peace-corps-education-assignment-in-cameroon/ Peace Corps Volunteer Profile: Name: Mario Zuniga Age: 23 Hometown: San Diego, Calif. Current City: Chula Vista, Calif. Alma Mater: University of California, […]
New Wildland Fire Course to be offered in Fall, 2014
A new course, “Wildland Fires: Science and Applications” will be taught for the first time in Fall, 2014 here at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering by Prof. Michael Gollner. This course will present an introduction to the global problem of wildland fires with an overview of the […]
PhD Student, Ajay Singh named Future Faculty Fellow at UMD
Congratulations to Ajay Singh who has been named a Future Faculty Fellow at the University of Maryland. This program is designed to help prepare graduates for future faculty careers after graduation. More information is available here: http://www.eng.umd.edu/academics/future-faculty. Ajay is currently a PhD student in the Gollner Fire Lab researching diffusion flames.
Prof. Gollner and Trouve awarded Collaborative Grant with UCSD on Real-time Wildland Fire Modeling
The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) is awarded a grant to build an end-to-end cyberinfrastructure (CI), called WIFIRE, for real-time and data-driven simulation, prediction and visualization of wildfire behavior. San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and Calit2’s Qualcomm Institute will build this integrated CI system for supporting social-ecological resilience to the changing fire ecology […]
Prof. Gollner and Marshall receive Department of Homeland Security Grant on Green Buildings
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 […]
UMD/USFS Collaborative Project Featured in the New York Times
With all the devastating wildland fires igniting around the nation, everyone has been asking what can be done to combat them? A recent article in the New York Times, “Into the Wildfire” features work undertaken in a collaboration between the US Forest Service’s Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory and Prof. Michael Gollner’s research group at the University […]