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BFRL Staffer Named SFPE Fellow

David Stroup of the Fire Research Division of BFRL was elected Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), their highest level of membership. This was in recognition of his contributions to the development and implementation of computer-based fire models and performance-based fire safety designs. Stroup began his career at NIST. While working for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in the early 1990s, he developed the criteria for the first performance- based code in the United States. Stroup returned to NIST in 1995 and continued his development of data and methods needed for the application of fire models. He has served on numerous SFPE committees and contributed significantly to the SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. He was chosen as GSA’s Federal Engineer of the Year in 1995 and has more than 40 research presentations and publications.

CONTACT:
Daniel Madrzykowski
301-975-6677

BFRL Invited Talk for Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series

William Pitts of the Fire Research Division will present “Use of Visual Imagery for the NIST World Trade Center Investigation” as part of Rowan University’s Henry M. Rowan Speaker Series on Sept. 28, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Rowan Hall. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001, and the immediate aftermath were extensively visually documented. As part of the NIST World Trade Center investigation, large numbers of photographs and videos were collected, assembled into databases, and catalogued for use by investigation team members. Observations from the visual record have been used to guide and validate a wide range of studies carried out as part of the investigation. This lecture will discuss the approaches used to identify, collect, and catalog visual material. Topics will include estimates of initial damage from aircraft impacts, the motion induced by the aircraft, and the behavior of the fires between the time of the impact and the collapse.

CONTACT:
William Pitts
301-975-6486

 

 

 

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