Category: "News"
Watch FPE Professor Michael Gollner Explain Fire Tornadoes and Wildfire Research
FPE News Story Watch FPE Professor Michael Gollner Explain Fire Tornadoes and Wildfire Research A lab-created fire tornado. University of Maryland assistant professor Michael Gollner(Department of Fire Protection Engineering) explained–and demonstrated–the phenomenon known as ...
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Wildfire Research and a Fire Tornado Appearing 4/16 on Discovery Channel in Canada, 4/23 on Science Channel in U.S!
University of Maryland assistant professor Michael Gollner (Department of Fire Protection Engineering) will explain–and demonstrate–the phenomenon known as a fire tornado in a forthcoming episode of Daily Planet, airing on the Discovery Channel ...
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Congratulations to Brian Hall on Successfully Defending his MS Thesis!
Brian Hall, an MS student in Fire Protection Engineering successfully defended his thesis on April 9th! Title: Transient Fire Loads on Aluminum Ferries Committee: Professor Michael J. Gollner, Committee Chair Professor James Milke Professor Stanislav Stoliarov Abstract: The transient ...
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Tracking the Long-Term Cost of Wildfire Emissions
When we see reports of a wildfire on TV, we see the immediate effects and aftermath: trees and meadows burning, homes threatened or destroyed, and people in danger. What we ...
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Former Student Mario Zuniga of Chula Vista Selected for Peace Corps Education Assignment in Cameroon
Mario worked on fire spread research with Dr. Gollner at UC San Diego as an undergraduate McNair Fellow. Congratulations and best wishes on your new adventure, Mario! Read the full article, ...
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New Wildland Fire Course to be offered in Fall, 2014
A new course, "Wildland Fires: Science and Applications" will be taught for the first time in Fall, 2014 here at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Department of ...
Read MorePhD Student, Ajay Singh named Future Faculty Fellow at UMD
Congratulations to Ajay Singh who has been named a Future Faculty Fellow at the University of Maryland. This program is designed to help prepare graduates for future faculty careers after ...
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Prof. Gollner and Trouve awarded Collaborative Grant with UCSD on Real-time Wildland Fire Modeling
The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) is awarded a grant to build an end-to-end cyberinfrastructure (CI), called WIFIRE, for real-time and data-driven simulation, prediction and visualization of wildfire ...
Read MoreProf. Gollner and Marshall receive Department of Homeland Security Grant on Green Buildings
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a collaborative grant on the "Quantification of Green Building Features on Firefighter Safety" to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the University of Maryland, College Park ...
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