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 ...
Read MoreCategory: "News"
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, ...
Read More
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 ...
Read MorePhD 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 ...
Read More
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 ...
Read MoreProf. 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 ...
Read More
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 ...
Read MoreTwo 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 ...
Read More
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 ...
Read More
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 ...
Read More
