Expert No. 55213 – CA(N)
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Consulting fire protection engineer, specializing in combustion science, fire modeling, fire protection engineering, fire research, heat transfer, optical properties of surfaces, and thermal physics. Experienced in matters pertaining to combustion and explosions; thermal radiation; foam, gas phase, and powder fire extinguishers; smoke detectors; private and commercial aircraft fires, vehicle fires and watercraft fires; residential building fires; commercial building fires; industrial building fires; rural, suburban, and urban fire hazards; and fire performance and spread in electrical cable arrays. Expert witness consultations, analysis, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory
U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory
- Measure the rate of delivery, intensity and spectral distribution of thermal radiation from nuclear weapons
- Research into the response of solid phase materials exposed to thermal radiation
- Research into efficiency, stability, and chemical properties of foam fire extinguishers
- Research into the effectiveness of gas phase and powder fire extinguishing agents
- Study fire characteristics of full scale building fire
- Develop engineering countermeasures for smoke exposure to HEPA filters
- Fire test development and analysis
- Fire hazards analysis for LLNL; DOE and NRC facilities
- Fire tests and analysis for ventilation enclosures
- Fire spread characterization of electrical cables
- Full-time independent consultant in fire science applications
- Analysis of commercial and private aircraft fires
- Analysis of chemical and petrochemical fires and explosions
Licenses & Certifications:
| PE - Fire Protection Engineering - State of California |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | Physical Science | San Francisco State University | |
| MS | Mechanical Engineering | University of Minnesota | |
| CA Community College Teaching Credential | Engineering and Mathematics |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SPFE), member of editorial board
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), research section
- Combustion Institute
- International Association of Fire Safety Science (IAFSS)
- ASTM Committee E-5 on Fire Standards; Research Subcommittee
- ASTM Award of Merit; ASTM Fellow
- USA Delegate to ISO TC; Fire Safety, SC 4; Fire Safety
- Engineering, WG 6; Design Fire Scenarios and Design Fires
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Sigma - XI; Chapter-at-Large
Other Career Highlights:
| Multiple classified reports on the effects of thermal radiation from nuclear weapons |
| "Total Hemispherical Emittance and Normal Spectral Emittance of Oxidation Protective Coatings" |
| "Ignition Thresholds for Large Yield Nuclear Weapons" |
