Beltsville, Maryland, United States
Performing BESS large scale fire, heat flux, and 1D heat transfer modeling and validation for hazard and risk assessments. Conducting plume dispersion modeling for hazard and risk assessments. Performing mesh sensitivity analysis studies for FDS BESS modeling.
Performed fire and plume dispersion modeling to develop a methodology for assessing health and environmental impact of lithium-ion battery energy storage systems Characterized combustion in lithium-ion battery energy storage, wind, and solar systems Collected combustion byproducts to develop cleaning protocol for fire incidents Conducted building inspections to assess code compliance Reviewed materials and evidence for fire investigation-related litigation support Assisted in fire investigations in vehicles and residential and commercial structures determining origin and cause and evidence inspections
Conduct CBP sampling and prepare cleaning protocol Perform fire and plume dispersion modeling to assess health and environmental impact Characterize Li-ion and solar combustion products using existing literature Present research at the SFPE conference
Assisted in fire investigations to determine cause and origin Presented on research projects at the SFPE and NFPA conferences Conducted literature review for lithium ion BESS thermal runaway incidents and aggregated data to perform fire and plume dispersion modeling for human health and environmental impacts analysis Used SEM imaging and EDS to determine composition of soot particles Proposal writing for research grants Assisted in writing GSA technical reports to assess building compliance with NFPA codes
Assisted in writing peer reviewed publications for NFPA and SFPE Wrote GSA survey technical reports Assisted in fire investigations to determine origin and cause Used SEM imaging and EDS to determine the composition of soot particles
Teaching assistant for ENFP413 Human Response to Fire, focus on human egress modeling and impact of fire on human health, including toxicology. Graded student assignments and held office hours.