Grants Awarded by the Foundation &

Publications From Grants

 

Educational and Scientific Foundation

Student Research Grants

 

2005
Andre W. Marshall, Characterization of Fire Induced Convective Heat Transfer to Ceilings Using Salt-Water Modeling, University of Maryland

 

2004

Keum Ran Choi, Heat Flux Mapping, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Choi, K-R., "3D Thermal Mapping of Cone Calorimeter Specimen and Development of a Heat Flux Mapping Procedure Utilizing an Infrared Camera", Ph.D. dissertation, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (2005)

 

2003

Christopher Wieczorek, Transport of Carbon Monoxide from Compartment Fires to Remote Locations, Virginia Institute of Techchnology

Wieczorek, C.J., Vandsburger, U., and Westman, E., "Combustion
Characteristics and Transport of CO, CO2 and O2 from a Fire in an
Underground Mine," South African Journal of Mining and Minerals, (2004).

Wieczorek, C.J., Vandsburger, U., and Floyd, J.E., "Evaluating the
Global Equivalence Ratio Concept for Compartment Fires: Part II -
Limitations for Correlating Species Yields," Journal of Fire Protection
Engineering, 14:3 (2004).

Wieczorek, C.J., Vandsburger, U., and Floyd, J.E., "Evaluating the
Global Equivalence Ratio Concept for Compartment Fires: Part I - Data
Analysis Methods," Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 14:1 (2004).

Floyd, J.E., Wieczorek, C.J., and Vandsburger, U., "Simulation of the
Virginia Tech Fire Research Laboratory Using Large Eddy-Simulations with
Mixture Fraction Chemistry and Finite Volume Radiative Heat Transfer,"
Proceedings of the 9th International Fire Science and Engineering
Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, (2001) 767-778.

Wessol, S., "Hunting the Silent Killer - Carbon Monoxide," The Roanoke
Times, New River Valley Current, December 18, 2001, pp. 1,4.

 

 

Roger Harrison, Balcony Spill Plume Studies, University of Canterbury

Harrison R. Smoke Control in Atrium Buildings: A study of the thermal spill plume. Fire Engineering Research Thesis 04/1, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, April 2004.

Harrison R and Spearpoint M. Thermal spill plumes studies for the design of smoke control systems. Proceedings of Interflam 2004, Heriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-7 July 2004.

Harrison R and Spearpoint M. Entrainment of air into a balcony spill plume. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. In press, to be published mid-2006.

Harrison R and Spearpoint M. The Balcony Spill Plume: Entrainment of air into a flow from a compartment opening to a higher projecting balcony. Fire Technology. Undergoing the review process. Provisionally accepted for publication upon completion of minor revisions.

 

2002

Stephen Gwynne, Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Signage Upon An Evacuating Population, University of Greenwich,

H Xie, L Filippidis, S Gwynne, D Blackshields, P J Lawrence, E R Galea,

Understanding and Modelling the Impact of the Angle of Approach upon

the Comprehension of Signage Text, Published by CMS Press, June 2004

H. Xie, L. Filippidis, E.R. Galea, S. Gwynne, D. BlackShields, and P.J.

Lawrence, Experimental Study and Theoretical Analysis of Signage

Legibility Distances as a Function of Observation Angle, Proceedings of

the 3rd International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics,

Sept. 2005

Xie, H., Filippidis, L., Gwynne, S., Galea E.R*., BlackShields, D.,

and Lawrence, P.J., Signage Legibility Distances as a Function of

Observation Angle, Has been accepted for publication by JFPE in Jan. 2006

 

2001

Kenneth Linder Jr, Effect of Sprinklers on Smoke, University of Maryland

 

2000

Noah Ryder and Steven Wolin, Fire Resistance Contributions of Spray-Applied Fire Protection, University of Maryland

Ryder, N. L.; Wolin, S. D.; Milke, J. A. ; Investigation of the Reduction in Fire Resistance of Steel Columns Caused by Loss of Spray-Applied Fire Protection.
Combustion Science and Engineering, Inc., Columbia, MD Code Consultants, Inc., St. Louis, MO, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 4, 31-44, February
2002.

 

Chris Lautenberger, An Engineer’s Pyrolysis Model, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,

 

1998

Robert McGraw, Jr., Flammability and Dehydration of Painted Gypsum Wallboard Exposed to Fire Heat Fluxes, University of Maryland

Mowrer, F. W. and McGraw, Jr, J. R., "Flammability of Painted Gypsum

Wallboard Subjected to Fire Heat Fluxes," Interflam '99 - Proceedings of the

eight international conference, 1999.

McGraw, J. Robert McGraw, Jr., and Mowrer, F. W., "Flammability and

Dehydration of Painted Gypsum Wallboard Subjected to Fire Heat Fluxes,"

International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFFS) - Proceedings of

the sixth international symposium, 1999.

McGraw, J. Robert McGraw, Jr., Flammability and Dehydration of Painted

Gypsum Wallboard

Exposed to Fire Heat Fluxes, MS Thesis, University of Maryland -

College Park, 1998.

David Sheppard, Computer Model for Calculating Activation Times of Sprinklers, Northwestern University

 

Christopher Wieczorek, Effects of Spark Duration and Dust Cloud Velocity on Minimum Ignition Energy Requirements, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wieczorek, C.J. and Zalosh, B., "Effects of Spark Duration and Dust Cloud Velocity on Minimum Ignition Energy Requirements," International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions, Schaumburg, Illinois, 21-25 September (1998).

Michael Spearpoint, Measurement of Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient in the Cone Calorimeter, University of Maryland

Harrison R. Smoke Control in Atrium Buildings: A study of the thermal spill plume. Fire Engineering Research Thesis 04/1, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, April 2004.

Harrison R and Spearpoint M. Thermal spill plumes studies for the design of smoke control systems. Proceedings of Interflam 2004, Heriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-7 July 2004.

Harrison R and Spearpoint M. Entrainment of air into a balcony spill plume. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. In press, to be published mid-2006.

Harrison R and Spearpoint M. The Balcony Spill Plume: Entrainment of air into a flow from a compartment opening to a higher projecting balcony. Fire Technology. Undergoing the review process. Provisionally accepted for publication upon completion of minor revisions.

 

1997

Dalibour Houdek, Fire Resistance of Log Walls, Czech Republic

Houdek, D. Bahyl, V. - Fire Resistance of Log Walls, Journal of Fire

Protection Engineering, Vol. 11, Number 3 - August 2001.

Houdek, D. - Fire Resistance of Log Walls, Log Building News # 35,

International Log Builders' Association (www.logassociation.org), 2001.

Houdek, D. - Fire Resistance of Log Walls, "No Problem" Newsletter of

Log Builders' Association of New Zealand, Issue # 68, Spring 2001

Houdek, D. - Fire Resistance of Log Walls, Wood Design Focus, Volume 14,

Number 1, 2004 (http://www.forestprod.org/wdfindex.html)

The information that was gathered form this project also appeared in a

book on log construction published in the Czech Republic

Houdek, D.' Koudelka, O. - Srubove domy z kulatin, published by Era

Group spol.s.r.o., Brno, Czech Republic, 2004. ISBN: 80-86517-97-7

(http://www.erag.cz/era/kniha.asp?NEW_ID=92)

 

Amer Magrebi, Drainage, Coarsening and Evaporation in Aqueous Foams, University of Newcastle

Magrabi SA, Dlugogorski BZ, and Jameson GJ "Ostwald ripening in aqueous foams", in Foams and Films, D Weaire and J Banhart (Eds.), D Verlag MIT, 87-95, Berlin (1999).

Magrabi SA and Dlugogorski BZ "Foam drainage, coarsening and evaporation", in Transport Processes in Bubbles, Drops and Particles, Taylor and Francis, D De Kee and RP Chhabra (Eds.), 2nd ed., 128-162, New York (2002).

Journal Papers:

Magrabi SA, Dlugogorski BZ and Jameson GJ "Bubble size distribution and coarsening of aqueous foams", Chem Eng Scie 54, 4007-22 (1999). JIF = 1.224

Magrabi SA, Dlugogorski BZ and Jameson GJ "The performance of aged aqueous foams for mitigation of thermal radiation", Dev Chem Eng Min Proc J 8, 93-112 (2000). JIF = not available

Magrabi AS, Dlugogorski BZ and Jameson GJ "Free drainage in aqueous foams * A model and experimental study", AIChE J 47, 314-327 (2001). JIF = 1.620

Magrabi SA, Dlugogorski BZ and Jameson GJ "A comparative study of drainage characteristics in AFFF and FFFP compressed-air fire-fighting foams", Fire Safety J 37, 21-52 (2002). JIF = 0.421

Conference Papers:

Magrabi SA, Dlugogorski BZ and Jameson GJ "Effect of aging on the absorption of thermal radiation by aqueous foams", Proc 2nd Int Sem on Fire & Expl Haz, Moscow, Russia (July 1997), 164-76.

Magrabi SA, Dlugogorski BZ and Jameson GJ "Effect of thermal radiation on stability of aqueous foams" Proc 23rd Aust & NZ Chem Eng Conf, Auckland, New Zealand (Sept 1997) SF2a: 1-12.

Magrabi SA, Dlugogorski BZ and Jameson GJ "Model predictions of bubble coarsening in fire-fighting foams generated with inert gases and clean gases agents" Proc 24th Australasian Chem Eng Conf, Port Douglas, Australia, (Sept 1998), 73:1-11.

Magrabi SA, Dlugogorski BZ, and Jameson GJ "A model for foam drainage", Proc 25th Australasian Chem Eng Conf, Newcastle, Australia, (Sept 1999), 976-87.

Poster presentations:

Dlugogorski BZ, Magrabi SA and Kennedy EM "Cup burners revisited: extinction of co-current diffusion flames above small-scale pool fires", Proc Proc 5th Int Symp Fire Safety Scie, Melbourne, poster presentation, (March 1997) 1340.

Magrabi SA, Dlugogorski BZ and Jameson GJ "Effect of thermal radiation on stability of fire-fighting foams", Proc 5th Int Symp Fire Safety Scie, Melbourne, poster presentation, (March 1997) 1341.

Scott Anderson, Quantitative Study of the Effect of a Compartment Enclosure on Fire Plume Entrainment, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tsz Man Yau, Positive Pressure Ventilation Effects to Protect Building Escape Routes, University of Central Lancashire

J Francis & TM Yau; On radiant network models of thermocouple error in pre and post flashover compartment fires; Fire Technology, Vol 40, n3, July 2004, ISSN 0015-2684.

J Francis, A Chen & TM Yau; Empirical prediction of pre-flashover temperatures and conditions for flashover in enclosure fires;J Fire Sciences (submitted, to be revised for publication following referee’s comments).

TM Yau & J Francis; Mass burning rate in small scale compartments with different linings; Proc Third Int Sem on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Windermere 2000, Publ 2001, pp329-340.

J Francis, T Yau, T Graham & G Makhviladze; Comparison of flashover model with experiments; Proc 9th Int. Fire Science & Engineering Conf. (Interflam 2001), Vol 2, 2001, pp1033-1046, ISBN 0 9532312 9 1.

PhD thesis -2001 – TM Yau – Effect of lining thermal inertia on small-scale compartment fire; PhD supervisor Jonathan Francis, second supervisor GM Makhviladze

 

1996

Armin Wolski, Addressing Building Fire Safety as an Acceptable Risk Problem – A Guide for Developing Performance-Based Fire Safety Regulations, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

 

1995

Donald Hopkins, Jr., Fire Growth Models for Materials, University of Maryland

Hopkins, D. Jr. and Quintiere, J.G.,"Material Fire Properties and Predictions for Thermoplastics", Fire Safety Journal 26 (3), April 1996, pp 246-268

 

John Woycheese, Brand Lofting and Growth of Urban/Wildland Intermix Fires, University of California, Berkeley (and 1998)

 

Stephen Hill, Analysis of Smoke Layer Properties During the Transient Filling Period in Atria and other Large-Volume Spaces, University of Maryland,

Hill, S. M.; Quintiere, J. G.; Milke, J. A., "Analysis of Smoke Layer Properties During the Transient Filling Period in Atria and Other Large-Volume Spaces," International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering (ICFRE2), Second (2nd). Proceedings. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). August 3-8, 1997, Gaithersburg, MD, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Boston, MA, 463-474 pp, 1998. This publication received the 2nd International Conference of Fire Research and Engineering (ICFRE2)Best Paper Award, presented in October 1999.

 

1993

Sanjiev Gandhi, Promoting Ignition Resistance of Upholstered Furniture Fabrics, University of Maryland

 

1992

Gerald Haynes, Modeling of Flame Spread over Interior Finish Materials, Unversity of Maryland

Zeng P. Yuan, Ceiling Jet Flow Under Unconfined Ceilings, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (also 1993)

 

1990

Wayne Peters, Modeling of Smoke Movement in Corridors, University of New Brunswick, Canada (also 1991)

Carl Koslowski, Ceiling Jet Flow Measurements, Worcester Polytechnic Institute