PhD Mechanical Engineering University of California, Berkeley 2017
MS Mechanical Engineering University of California, Berkeley 2014
BS Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Case Western Reserve University 2012
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).
PhD Mechanical Engineering University of California, Berkeley 2017
MS Mechanical Engineering University of California, Berkeley 2014
BS Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Case Western Reserve University 2012
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).
James Urban, a wildfire researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering, spoke to the New York Times about how some fires can smolder undetected for long periods of time before rekindling and becoming larger and more destructive fires.
The Los Angeles fires have raised questions about how fires behave. For one: how do some wildfires generate fire whirls, or fire tornadoes? The Department of Fire Protection Engineering conducts research on wildfires that seeks to protect people and property from future fires. James Urban, assistant professor of fire protection engineering, speaks in this Associated Press video about fire whirls, and a recent demonstration of the phenomenon that was conducted in a WPI fire protection engineering laboratory.
