Research Expertise and Interest

fire, combustion, flammability of materials, wildland fire spotting, wildland fire propagation, ignition and fire spread, smoldering and flaming, self heating and ignition, small scale energy generation

Research Description

Primary areas of specialty include: flammability of combustible materials; wildland fire spotting by embers and burning particles; wildland fire propagation; spacecraft/aircraft fire safety; ignition and fire spread in solid and liquid fuels; self heating and self ignition of combustible materials; smoldering and transition to flaming; liquid fuel pool burning.