Faculty Directory

EDUCATION

• 2010 – 2012 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego
  Thesis: Studies on Upward Flame Spread
  Advisor: Prof. Forman A. Williams
   
• 2010 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego
  Thesis: A Fundamental Approach towards Storage Commodity Classification
  Advisor: Prof. Forman A. Williams
   
• 2008 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego

BACKGROUND

• Assistant Professor (2012-2017), University of Maryland, College Park
• Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant (2008-2012), University of California, San Diego

Professional Leadership

• 2016 – 2018 Board of Directors International Association of Wildland Fire
• 2015 – 2018 Research Advisory Board NFPA Fire Protection Research Foundation
• 2014 – present Principal Member NFPA Technical Committee on Wildland and Rural Fire Protection
• 2014 – 2017 Management Committee International Association of Fire Safety Science (IAFSS)
• 2012 – present Chair IAFSS Communications Subcommittee

​Editorial Positions

• 2017 – present Editorial Advisory Committee, International Journal of Wildland Fire
• 2014 – present Associate Editor Fire Technology
• 2014 – present Guest Editor Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Special Issue on Wildland Fires
• 2014 – present Guest Editor Fire Technology Special Issue on Detection and Suppression
• 2014 – present Editorial Board Member Fire Safety Journal
• 2014 – present Editorial Board Member Technology
• 2016 – present Editorial Board Member Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2018 Fire Protection Research Foundation Medal (e-Sanctuary advisory committee), National Fire Protection Association
• 2017 Proulx Early Career Award International Association of Fire Safety Science
• 2016 Fire Protection Research Foundation Medal (Pathways to Fire Spread in the WUI Review), National Fire Protection Association
• 2016 CAREER Award National Science Foundation
• 2013 Jack Watts Award Outstanding Reviewer for Fire Technology
• 2010 Chancellor’s Award for Sustainability University of California, San Diego
• 2010 Recipient, Student Research Grant SFPE Educational and Scientific Foundation
• 2010 Honorable Mention NSF Graduate Student Researcher Program
• 2010 Rae K. Hepps Graduate Fellowship University of California, San Diego
• 2010 Gordon Scholar Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego

 BEST POSTERS AND PAPERS

• 2017 Delegates Choice Outstanding Image 12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science
• 2017 Judge’s Choice Outstanding Student Poster, 12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science
• 2017 1st Prize for Artistic Merit - Photo 10th US National Combustion Meeting
• 2015 Distinguished Paper, Fire Colloquium 35th International Symposium on Combustion
• 2015 Best Workshop Paper International Conference on Computational Science
• 2014 3 Readers and Editors Choice Awards HPCwire Magazine
• 2012 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship MAE Department, UC San Diego
• 2011 Best Poster Award 10th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science
• 2011 Best Fire Science Image Award 10th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science
• 2011 3rd Place, Science Art Competition US National Combustion Meeting, Atlanta, GA

• Wildland and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
• Fires Buoyancy-Driven Fluid Dynamics
• Environmental sustainability
• Fire Dynamics
• Combustion
• Material Flammability

Newly Discovered Blue Whirl Fire Tornado Burns Cleaner for Reduced Emissions; Could Lead to Better Oil Spill Cleanup

Clark School researchers describe a previously unobserved flame phenomenon in a new peer-reviewed paper.

• ENFP 611, Fire Induced Flows
• ENFP 489/629, Special Topics

Recent Publications and Preprints are available here