Nate Sauer
Fire Protection Engineering
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2016)
M.S. Fire Protection Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2018)

Nate holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Fire Protection engineering both from WPI. Nate joined the combustion lab as a Ph.D. student in January 2019 under Professor Rangwala. As a Ph.D. student, Nate's work focuses on pool fire burning rate analysis and oil spill cleanup research.

Research Interests

Pool fire burning rate
In situ burning
Oil spill science

Scholarly Work

N.G. Sauer, J. M. Cuendet, and A.S. Rangwala, “A study of thin fuel slick combustion on wavy water,” Mar. Pollut. Bull., vol. 182, p. 113932,
N.G. Sauer, A. Saar, H. Hsin-Hsiu, S. Nair, L. Zabilansky, and A.S. Rangwala, Evaporation Behavior of a Volatile Fuel in Waves. Environment Canada, Ottawa: Proceedings of the 44th Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar,
N.G. Sauer, K. S. Arsava, A.S. Rangwala, and M. Kottalgi, Burning Behaviour of an Oil Slick with Waves. Proceedings of the 43rd Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar,
N.G. Sauer, X. Pi, K. S. Arsava, and A. S. Rangwala, Controlling mechanisms of burning rate enhancement while using Flame Refluxer technology during in situ burning of crude oil spills. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings,