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Congratulations to Dan, Colin and Zhao who successfully defended their M.S. Theses!

August 22nd, 2014NewsComments Off on Congratulations to Dan, Colin and Zhao who successfully defended their M.S. Theses!

Congratulations to the 3 newest M.S. graduates from the group, Daniel Gorham, Colin Miller and Zhao Zhao! They all had excellent presentations and successfully defended their theses. Colin will be continuing ...

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Invited Talk by Xinyan Huang, Imperial Haze Lab, on Smoldering Wildfires!

August 22nd, 2014NewsComments Off on Invited Talk by Xinyan Huang, Imperial Haze Lab, on Smoldering Wildfires!

We were happy to host Xinyan Huang, from Dr. Guillermo Rein's Haze Lab at Imperial College, London this week who presented some exciting new research on Smoldering Wildfires!   Smoldering Wildland Fires: ...

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Read our NFPA FPRF Report “Literature Review on Hybrid Fire Suppression Systems”

July 21st, 2014NewsComments Off on Read our NFPA FPRF Report “Literature Review on Hybrid Fire Suppression Systems”

The objective of this project was to provide background information on hybrid fire suppression systems so that it can be ultimately determined where these systems should best be addressed within ...

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New Paper Published on “Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames”

June 7th, 2014News PublicationsComments Off on New Paper Published on “Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames”

A new paper has been published in the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute: "Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames" Ajay V. Singh and Michael J. Gollner Abstract A ...

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New Paper Published on the Burning of Flat Wicks at Various Orientations

May 20th, 2014News UncategorizedComments Off on New Paper Published on the Burning of Flat Wicks at Various Orientations

Burning on Flat Wicks at Various Orientations (PDF Pre-print) Zhang, Y., Bustamante, M.J., Gollner, M.J., Sunderland, P.B., Quintiere, J.G., Journal of Fire Sciences, In Press  

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New Article on “The Flammability of a Storage Commodity” in Fire Protection Engineering Magazine

May 3rd, 2014NewsComments Off on New Article on “The Flammability of a Storage Commodity” in Fire Protection Engineering Magazine

The article, appearing in the April 1, 2014 issue of Fire Protection Engineering Magazine, the official magazine of the SFPE highlighted previous work funded by the SFPE Research Foundation. You ...

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Prof. Gollner to Present Wildfire Modeling at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Monday

April 24th, 2014NewsComments Off on Prof. Gollner to Present Wildfire Modeling at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Monday

As part of NASA's Safety Awareness Campaign and Engineering Colloquium, Prof. Michael Gollner will present a talk on Modeling Wildfires: Past, Present and Future. Date & Time:  Monday, April 28, 3:30 ...

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Watch FPE Professor Michael Gollner Explain Fire Tornadoes and Wildfire Research

April 23rd, 2014News UncategorizedComments Off on Watch FPE Professor Michael Gollner Explain Fire Tornadoes and Wildfire Research

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 ...

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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!

April 15th, 2014News UncategorizedComments Off on 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 ...

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Congratulations to Brian Hall on Successfully Defending his MS Thesis!

April 15th, 2014News UncategorizedComments Off on 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 ...

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