Researchers from WPI Fire Protection Engineering were part of a multi-institution study highlighted in the current issue of NSF Currents. Professor Meacham and his team are seeking to learn what needs to be done to ensure that high-value buildings, such as hospitals and data centers, can remain operational in the aftermath of earthquakes. Read more… [...]
March 18, 2012
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Professor Simeoni Participates in a Phased Burn in New Jersey
While the state of New Jersey is not often associated with large forests, it happens to be home to the expansive Pine Barrens. This 1.1 million acre forest was the first National Reserve established the nation. However, there are inevitably costs to maintaining such a natural resource…
March 18, 2012
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Prof. Zalosh Speaks to NPR on Safety Problems in Chinese iPad Plant
Bob Zalosh, professor emeritus in Fire Protection Engineering, was interviewed by National Public Radio for an investigative piece on safety problems at Apple iPad manufacturing plants in China, where more than 60 workers have been killed or burned from explosions caused by aluminum dust. Zalosh, who holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering, has studied dust [...]
February 15, 2012
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Professor Rangwala Promoted to Associate Professor
Ali Rangwala has been promoted to associate professor of fire protection engineering and granted tenure. In the Combustion Laboratory, which he directs, Rangwala conducts laboratory studies aimed at better understanding basic fire phenomena, including the ignition and propagation of dust explosions, particularly those caused by the accumulation of coal dust. In 2009 he received a [...]
February 6, 2012
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Discovery Channel’s Weird or What? Comes to WPI FPE
It was just another day in the office, when a producer from William Shatner’s Discovery Channel show, Weird or What?, called to ask whether it was possible that a “cursed” painting from Yorkshire, England could be responsible for setting fire to a number of flats and subsequently survive the ensuing flames. As a skeptic, of [...]
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June 11, 2012
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