Principal Investigator / Director
Prof. James Urban, PhD
Assistant Professor
Researchers
Post docs
Dr. Xiuqi Xi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects:
Graduate Students
Luqing Zhu
PhD Candidate
Projects:
Firebrand imaging
Cooperative Spot Ignition
Jorge Valvadia
PhD Student
Projects:
CAL FIRE
Rayna Vreeland
PhD Student
Projects:
FEMA
Pablo Pinto
PhD Student
Projects:
ISS
Christian Vogt
MS Student (Fire Prot Eng)
Projects:
Wildfire Exposure to Photo-votaic Farms
Samy Rosenberg
MS Student (Mech Eng)
Projects:
Spotfire Growth, non-steady Wildfire spread
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Joshua Klee (Fall 2024, Aerospace Engineering) – Wind tunnel redesign project
Alumni
Graduate Students
Alana Miska (MS, 2024)
William Calcagno (MS, 2022)
Undergraduate Student Lab Assistants
Joshua Miller (Summer 2024, Mech Eng) – Compartment Fire Experiments (CAL FIRE)
Olivia Hollenbeck (Summer 2024, Aero Eng) – Design of Tree Burner to simulate burning trees (CAL FIRE)
Olivia Diorio (Summer 2024, Civil Eng) – Ignition of Vegetation from Convection & Radiation (CAL FIRE, EREE program)
Andrew Nobrega (Summer 2024, Mech Eng) – Spot Fire Growth (NSF REU)
Nathan Raymond (2023, Civil Eng) – Compartment Fire Project (FEMA)
Grace Cummings (2023, Mech Eng. BS & Fire Protection Eng. MS) – Schlieren imaging of fires