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.
Research Interests
Building fire performance
Fire characteristics of materials and assemblies
Fire dynamics and fire modeling
Scholarly Work
A Sensitivity Matrix Method to Understand the building Fire Egress Performance Gap 2022
Comparison of Sensitivity Matrix Method, Power Function-based Response Surface Method, and Artificial Neural Network in the Analysis of Building Fire Egress Performance 2021
Numerical Modeling of Fabric Vertical Flame Testing: Textile Samples 2016
Thermal and Fire Characteristics of FRP Composites for Architectural Applications 2015
Evaluating Effects of Applying Different Kinetic Models to Pyrolysis Modeling of Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer Composites 2015
Parameter Estimation for Comprehensive Pyrolysis Modeling: Guidance and Critical Observations 2015
Professional Highlights & Honors
SFPE Fellow, 2010
SFPE's 2014 Jack Bono Award: Best JFPE paper for 2013, 2014
New announcement will allow WPI to build upon its longstanding expertise in fire protection to study new fire detection methods, robotics solutions to enhance first responder safety, and fire suppression systems for wildfires.
WBUR reports on the addition of WPI to a federal Wildlife Interdisciplinary Research Center. The work will focus on fire detection models, first responder safety, and wildfire suppression systems.
