Expertise
Fire and Combustion
Harmful Emissions
Analytical Chemistry
HPLC – High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
GCMS – Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectroscopy
FTIR – Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy
Particulates
DMA – Differential Mobility Analysis
Optical scattering and attenuation
Gas Sensors
Thermal Analysis
TGA – Thermal Gravimetric Analysis
Oxygen Depletion Calorimetry
Fire Retardants
Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Reacting Flows
Analysis from first principles
Computer Modelling
CFAST - Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport
FDS – Fire Dynamics Simulator
FLUENT – Computational Fluid Dynamics
CHEMKIN – complex chemical reactions
Standards and Codes Development
ISO – International Organization for Standardization
Former Secretary, ISO/TC92/SC3 (“Fire Safety”/”Effect on People and the Environment”)
Contributed to the development or revision of ~10 International Standards
NFPA – National Fire Protection Association
Fire Code, Life Safety Code, etc.
http://catalog.nfpa.org/Complete-List-of-Codes-and-Standards-C182.aspx
Public Communication
Audience-specific interpretations of technical material
Training for non-experts