Faculty & Staff

Email: asimeoni@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5162
Professor Simeoni is an internationally recognized expert in fire and wildland fire and fire science, with over 120 journal papers, conference papers, and book chapters. He has more than 20 years of experience developing experimental, analytical, and numerical techniques to better understand fire dynamics and to predict fire and wildland fire behavior. Before joining WPI, he held academic leadership positions in fire research in the UK (University of Edinburgh) and in France (University of Corsica). He has also experience as a consultant in fire science in the U.S. and has spent over 10 years ...
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Email: ndembsey@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5971
My research focuses on the building performance applications of fire dynamics, fire characteristics of materials and fire models. I am working in the following areas: closing the fire performance gap in buildings; fire safety of green buildings; development of new techniques and guidance documents for practicing engineers to measure fire properties of materials; the optimization of building assemblies for fire performance, ease of manufacturing and cost effectiveness.
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Email: kanfpe@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6786
Today, firefighters serve increasingly as first responders for emergency medical calls, civil emergencies, terrorist threats, and hazardous materials incidents, in addition to fire emergencies. The fire service needs tools and technologies that aid in carrying out their ever expanding mission without increasing costs. My research is focused on working with the fire service to achieve this important goal. I am conducting research on fire department mobilization times and exposure of fire fighters to toxic gases. I work with a team that developed and will commercialize a tool that will predict ...
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Email: milosh@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5113
Practicing fire protection engineers recognize and assess a broad range of fire and life safety risks and, possess the technical knowledge and skills needed to develop effective solutions. Through my academic endeavors and professional practice, I bring practical perspectives to our students' educational experience. My teaching incorporates situations that practicing fire protection engineers face on a routine basis facilitating our students' functional understanding of a fire's physical behavior and impact, and the role of safety systems, regulations and product ...
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Email: rangwala@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6409
Current fire-safety standards do not fully account for the wide range of combustibility of materials found in industrial settings. Nor do the standards provide for accurate measurement of hazardous dust accumulation within the environment. My research addresses combustion, industrial fire protection, and explosion protection. Among the potentially life-saving projects I’m working on is the development of measurement and ~sensing devices designed to identify the presence, velocity, and flow direction of smoke. Tunnels, tall buildings, and underground transit systems will be safer once this new ...
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Email: jurban@wpi.edu
My research focuses on the physical processes controlling whether or not flammable material ignites and then understanding how it burns. Much of this research has focused on small, hot objects such as firebrands (burning debris from an existing fire). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2476-8212
view profileEmail: dpoirier@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6333
Associated Faculty
First Name | Last Name | Title | Department | Phone Extension | Office Location | |
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William | Krein | Affiliated Faculty | wakrein@wpi.edu | |||
Jeffrey | Tubbs | Affiliated Faculty | Fire Protection Engineering | jtubbs@wpi.edu | ||
Christopher | Wood | Affiliated Faculty | Fire Protection Engineering | christopherwood@wpi.edu | ||
Collaborative Faculty
First Name | Last Name | Title | Department | Phone Extension | Office Location | |
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Leonard | Albano | Associate Professor | Civil and Environmental Engineering | ldalbano@wpi.edu | x 5492 | KH 201 |
Tahar | El-Korchi | Professor | Civil and Environmental Engineering | tek@wpi.edu | x 5530 | KH 206 |
Nikolaos | Gatsonis | Professor | Aerospace Engineering | gatsonis@wpi.edu | x 5576 | HL 244 |
Nikolaos | Kazantzis | Professor | Chemical Engineering | nikolas@wpi.edu | x 5666 | GH 224A |
Roberto | Pietroforte | Associate Professor | Civil and Environmental Engineering | roberto@wpi.edu | x 5295 | KH 209B |
Brian | Savilonis | Professor | Mechanical Engineering | bjs@wpi.edu | x 5686 | HL 108 |
Faculty Emeriti
First Name | Last Name | Title | Department | Phone Extension | Office Location | |
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Bob | Fitzgerald | Professor Emeritus | Civil and Environmental Engineering | rfitz@wpi.edu | x 5271 | KH 201 |
David | Lucht | Director Emeritus and Adjunct Professor | Fire Protection Engineering | dalucht@wpi.edu | x 5593 | HL |
Robert | Zalosh | Professor Emeritus | Fire Protection Engineering | bzalosh@wpi.edu | x 5593 | HL |