Christopher W. Lautenberger, PhD, PE

Reax Engineering, Inc.

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Berkeley, CA 94704

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Professional Profile

Dr. Lautenberger is Principal Engineer and co-founder of Reax Engineering Inc. in Berkeley, CA. His

responsibilities span building code and fire code consulting, fire science research, design of fire protection and life

safety systems, and forensic reconstruction of fires and explosions including post-fire analysis of fire suppression

and detection systems. Lautenberger regularly applies the Scientific Method to test fire investigation hypotheses

under NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, by using fire dynamics and fire modeling to assess

whether a particular hypothesis is consistent with fire science and the available forensic evidence, or should be

eliminated due to contradictions with the same.

Lautenberger's work combines analysis of fire/building codes and related standards with technical aspects of fire

science such as combustion, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, fire dynamics, and fire modeling. Chris

has over 13 years of experience applying fire dynamics and fire modeling in support of scientific research, Fire

Protection Engineering design, and fire investigation. His areas of fire expertise include structural and wildland fire

modeling; smoke, heat, and toxic species generation and transport; sprinkler and smoke detector activation and

performance; ignition and burning of gases, liquids, and solids; ignition of fuels by heated particles, sparks, and

embers; materials flammability; smoke exhaust system sizing; analysis of building and fire code requirements; fire

origin & cause analyses with an emphasis on testing fire investigation hypotheses using science.

Dr. Lautenberger teaches graduate-level courses in Fire Dynamics and Fire Modeling in the Department of Fire

Protection Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Before joining Reax

Engineering his professional experience included building and fire code consulting, fire modeling, and performance-

based design of fire protection and life safety systems at Arup Fire (San Francisco, CA) and Code Consultants, Inc.

(St. Louis, MO) as well as forensic fire reconstruction and analysis as an independent consultant.

Education

PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2007

Dissertation topic: Computational modeling of flammability and fires

Major field: Combustion

Minor fields: Wildland Fire Science and Fluid Dynamics

MS Fire Protection Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2001

Thesis topic: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of fires

BS Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1999

Professional Licensure and Certification

Licensed Professional Engineer, State of California, # FP1676 (Fire Protection Engineering)

National Association of Fire Investigators Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (NAFI-CFEI)

Fire Investigation and Wildland Fire Behavior Training

California State Fire Marshal Fire Origin and Cause Determination (Fire Investigation IA, 40 hr)

California State Fire Marshal Techniques of Fire Investigation (Fire Investigation IB, 40 hr)

International Association of Arson Investigators Certified Fire Investigator Trainer (CFI Trainer, 38 hr)

National Wildfire Coordinating Group Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (NWCG S-190, 8 hr)

National Wildfire Coordinating Group Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (NWCG S-290, 16 hr)

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Professional Experience

12/10 present California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Instructor

Fire Protection Engineering Instructor in Cal Poly s new (Fall 2010) MS program

Teaching responsibilities include FPE 502 Fire Dynamics and FPE 504 Fire Modeling

8/08 present Reax Engineering Inc. Berkeley, CA Founding Partner and Principal Engineer

Representative activities:

Fire protection engineering design of fire and life safety systems, performance-based design

Fire modeling, forensic fire reconstruction, wildland fire modeling

Fire dynamics analyses flames & plumes, flashover, glass breakage, etc.

Fire reconstruction theory, analysis, modeling, codes & standards, hypothesis testing

Modeling of smoke detector activation, heat detector activation, and sprinkler activation

Determination of time to untenability or incapacitation by smoke or heat

Prediction of smoke and heat release rates

Materials and product flammability assessment ignition, burning, flame spread

Material pyrolysis property estimation from small-scale fire test data

Computational fluid dynamics, fire and smoke modeling, heat transfer analysis

Sizing of smoke exhaust systems

Fire inspections/origin and cause analyses

Selected recent and ongoing activities/projects:

Calculation of trajectory and temperature histories of metallic particles allegedly generated by

clashing between aluminum and copper electrical conductors. Analysis of grass-fire ignition

potential, initial spread rate, and plume dynamics for same (Victoria, Australia)

Analysis of building code and testing requirements for exterior wall requirements and

development of an alternate means of protection (Burlington, VT)

Analysis of building code requirements at new commercial occupancy (Walnut Creek, CA)

Origin and cause analysis of fire allegedly caused by roofing activities (San Francisco, CA)

Flammability and thermal property assessment of new wall board product

Origin and cause analysis and assessment of whether non-compliance with fire codes and

standards contributed to serious injuries suffered in a residential fire (Redwood City, CA)

Development of generalized wildland fire propagation model to simulate wildland fire spread

Development of a comprehensive three-dimensional computational model for heat release and

emissions from smoldering combustion

Application of high-resolution numerical weather prediction and wildland fire modeling to

quantify wildland fire risk associated with overhead electrical utilities

Analysis of burn incident allegedly involving unvented ethanol-fueled decorative fireplace

Calculation of overhead electrical utility catenary curves and excursions in high winds

Origin and cause hypothesis testing of wildland fire allegedly ignited by logging activities

including assessment of early fire dynamics and plume characteristics

Flammability assessment of acrylic baby blanket

Analysis of ignition and initial spread of a wildland fire (Electra, TX)

Origin determination for fatal alleged arson fire (Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana)

Fire investigation hypothesis testing and analysis of residential LPG explosion for alleged

arson event (Round Mountain, CA)

Analysis of Wildland Urban Interface fire hazards in proposed subdivision (St. Helena, CA)

Peer review of performance-based structural fire engineering design at a large Casino

Thermo-chemical analysis and heat transfer modeling of biomass torrefaction (low

temperature pyrolysis) reactor

Calculation of Light Rail Vehicle heat release rates in the San Francisco Central Subway

using fire growth modeling and fire testing (San Francisco, CA)

Development of code compliance and fire protection strategy for rack storage of flammable

liquid/aerosol storage in multipurpose warehouse (Reno, NV)

Calculation of trajectories, temperatures at landing, and propensity of metal particles for

igniting a wildland fire (Woodland, CA)

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Fire modeling and sprinkler activation calculations for carpet warehouse fire (Oakland, CA)

Analysis of Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) fire considerations for proposed subdivision and

development of a request for alternate means of protection (Oakland, CA)

Modeling smoke and heat detector activation to develop a request for alternate means of

protection at a large theater (Cincinnati, OH)

Analysis of wildland fires ignited by exhaust particles from a locomotive (Melbourne,

Australia)

Application of wind and wildland fire modeling to develop a California wildland fire threat

map in conjunction with California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proceedings

Detailed CFD modeling of fluid flow and heat transfer in a biochar reactor

Fire reconstruction for fatal apartment fire: inter-apartment fire spread, time to smoke detector

activation, identification of building code issues (Carrboro, NC)

Origin determination for alleged arson fire (Modesto, CA)

Analysis of fire code issues related to residential gas explosion (Las Vegas, NV)

Fire modeling in fatal apartment fire: fire reconstruction, calculation of glass breakage and

smoke detector activation times in apartment of origin and adjacent apartments (Salem, OR)

Thermodynamic analysis of non-traditional methods for carbon capture and sequestration

Sizing the required atrium smoke exhaust rate in the new Student Union Building at San Jose

State University (San Jose, CA)

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of blast wave

Design of FM-200 clean agent fire suppression system for PG&E substation (San Mateo, CA)

Origin and cause analysis in camper van fire

Fire modeling and reconstruction in single family home determination of smoke detector

activation time and conditions at activation (Los Angeles, CA)

Development of a model for ignition of HEPA filters by embers at the Hanford nuclear waste

treatment plant (Richland, WA)

12/07 2/11 University of California at Berkeley Post Doctoral Researcher

Conducted research on NSF Grant 0730556, Tackling CFD Modeling of Flame Spread on

Practical Solid Combustibles

Assessed predictive capabilities of Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) for simulating flame

spread and fire growth

Modified subroutines to improve predictive capabilities of FDS for flame spread modeling

Developed pyrolysis model and material property estimation techniques needed to simulate

the pyrolysis of real-world solid fuels

Developed computer model for ignition of fuel beds by hot particles and fire brands to predict

ignition of fuel beds and initiation of spot fires

1/03 8/08 Independent technical consultant - fire research and forensic fire analysis Berkeley, CA

Conducted fire modeling and fire dynamics analyses for several cases involving explosions,

wildland fires, ignition by embers, compartment/structure fires, and vehicle fires

Developed several fire models in support of fire expert testimony, including fire growth, toxic

species (carbon monoxide) production, and smoke detector activation

Critically analyzed fire models developed by other fire experts to identify weaknesses

1/02 6/08 Arup Fire San Francisco, CA Fire Protection Engineer

Assisted clients with fire safety design and achieving code compliance or performance-based

solutions for hospitals, casinos, malls, libraries, schools, museums, airports, office buildings

Performed egress analyses to determine required exit capacity and estimate Required Safe

Egress Time (RSET) in proposed buildings

Applied FDS to simulate smoke and heat transport from fires in proposed buildings to

determine the available safe egress time (ASET)

Developed and programmed a CFAST-based Monte-Carlo fire simulator

Performed FDS simulations of flame spread and fire growth in a rail vehicle and used full-

scale experimental data to calibrate the model

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10/00 12/01 FM Global Research Norwood, MA

Examined existing soot formation and oxidation models in the literature and used this

research to postulate a new engineering soot model that is compatible with FDS

Worked with FM Global and NIST personnel to add this new model for soot formation and

oxidation to FDS, and performed simulations of laminar and turbulent diffusion flames

5/00 8/00 Code Consultants, Inc. Saint Louis, MO

Responsible for examining proposed building designs for compliance with relevant codes

Performed engineering analyses to support equivalencies

Dissertation and Thesis

1/03 12/07 Ph. D. Dissertation University of California, Berkeley

Developed a pyrolysis/material decomposition model (Gpyro) to simulate the gasification,

pyrolysis, and combustion of condensed-phase fuels

Developed a novel optimization technique that uses a genetic algorithm to extract the material

pyrolysis properties needed for simulation of solid-phase pyrolysis from bench-scale fire tests

Performed FDS-based simulations of ignition, flame spread, and fire growth in normal and

reduced gravity environments as part of a NASA-sponsored project

9/00 12/01 MS Thesis Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Developed a novel model for soot formation/oxidation in non-premixed flames

Implemented model in FDS to calculate soot formation and flame radiation

8/98 5/99 Major Qualifying Project (MQP) Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Developed an experimental program and ran several real-scale room/corner fire tests in WPI s

room calorimeter to evaluate the flame spread characteristics of composite wall linings

Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Lautenberger, C., de Ris, J., Dembsey, N.A., Barnett, J.R. & Baum, H.R., A Simplified Model for Soot

Formation and Oxidation in CFD Simulation of Non-premixed Hydrocarbon Flames, Fire Safety Journal 40

141-176 (2005).

2. Lautenberger, C., Zhou, Y.Y. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Numerical Modeling of Convective Effects on Piloted

Ignition of Composite Materials, Combustion Science and Technology 177-****-**** (2005).

3. Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Approximate Analytical Solutions for the Transient Mass Loss

Rate and Piloted Ignition Time of a Radiatively Heated Solid in the High Heat Flux Limit, Fire Safety Science

8 445-456 (2005).

4. Lautenberger, C., Rein, G. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Application of a Genetic Algorithm to Estimate Material

Properties for Fire Modeling from Bench-Scale Fire Test Data, Fire Safety Journal 41 204-214 (2006).

5. Rein, G., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Torero, J.L. & Urban, D.L., Application of Genetic

Algorithms and Thermogravimetry to Determine the Kinetics of Polyurethane Foam in Smoldering

Combustion, Combustion and Flame 146 95-108 (2006).

6. Rich, D., Lautenberger, C., Torero, J.L., Quintiere, J.G. & Fernandez-Pello, C., Mass Flux of Combustible

Solids at Piloted Ignition, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 2653-2660 (2007).

7. Kwon, J.-W., Dembsey, N.A., & Lautenberger, C.W., Evaluation of FDS v4: Upward Flame Spread, Fire

Technology 43 255-284 (2007).

8. Avila, M.B., Dembsey, N.A., Kim, M.E., Lautenberger, C., & Dore, C., Fire Characteristics of Polyester FRP

composites with Different Glass Contents, Composites Research Journal 2 1-14 (2008).

9. Lautenberger, C., Kim, E., Dembsey, N. & Fernandez-Pello, C., The Role of Decomposition Kinetics in

Pyrolysis Modeling Application to a Fire Retardant Polyester Composite, Fire Safety Science 9 1201-1212

(2008).

10. Dodd, A.B., Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Numerical Examination of Two-Dimensional Smolder

Structure in Polyurethane Foam, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 32 2497-2504 (2009).

11. Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids, Fire Safety

Journal 44 819-839 (2009).

12. Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., A Model for the Oxidative Pyrolysis of Wood, Combustion and

Flame 156-****-**** (2009).

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13. Hadden, R., Scott, S., Lautenberger, C., & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Ignition of Combustible Fuel Beds by Hot

Particles: an Experimental and Theoretical Study, Fire Technology 47 341-355 (2011).

14. Fereres, S., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D.L., & Ruff, G.A., Mass Loss Rate at Ignition in

Reduced Pressure Environments, Combustion and Flame 158-****-**** (2011).

15. Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, C., Optimization Algorithms for Material Pyrolysis Property

Estimation, Fire Safety Science 10 751-764 (2011).

16. Dodd, A.B., Lautenberger, C., & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Computational Modeling of Smolder Combustion and

Spontaneous Transition to Flaming, Combustion and Flame 159 448 461 (2012).

17. Matala, A., Lautenberger, C., & Hostikka, S., Generalized direct method for pyrolysis kinetics parameter

estimation and comparison to existing methods, Journal of Fire Sciences 30 339-356 (2012).

18. Wong, W., Alston, J., Lautenberger, C., and Dembsey, N., CFD Flame Spread Model Validation: Multi-

component Data Set Framework, Journal of Fire Protection Engineering (2012). (accepted)

Book Chapters

1. Lautenberger, C., Torero, J.L. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Understanding Materials Flammability, in

Flammability Testing of Materials Used in Construction, Transport and Mining, Edited by V. Apte, Woodhead

Publishing, Cambridge, UK pp. 1-21, 2006.

2. Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Pyrolysis Modeling, Thermal Decomposition, and Transport

Processes in Combustible Solids, in Transport Phenomena in Fires, Edited by M. Faghri and B. Sunden, WIT

Press, Billerica, MA pp. 209-248, 2008.

3. Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Spotting Ignition of fuel beds by firebrands, in Computational

Methods and Experimental Measurements XIV, Edited by C.A. Brebbia and G.M. Carlomango, WIT Press,

Billerica, MA pp. 603-612, 2009.

4. Lautenberger, C. & Hostikka, S., Large Scale Fire Modeling, in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials,

Second Edition, Edited by C.A. Wilkie and A.B. Morgan, Marcel Dekker pp. 551 585, 2010.

Lautenberger, C., Radiation Heat Transfer, in SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 5th Edition,

5.

2013 (submitted).

Selected Conference Publications and Technical Reports

1. Beyler, C., Hunt, S., Lattimer, B., Iqbal, N., Lautenberger, C., Dembsey, N., Barnett, J., Janssens, M., & Dillon,

S. Prediction of ISO 9705 Room/Corner Test Results . United States Department of Transportation. United

States Coast Guard Research and Development Center. Washington, DC. 1999.

2. Lautenberger, C., Stevanovic, A., Rich, D., & Torero, J., Effect of Material Composition on Ignition Delay of

Composites, Composites 2003, Anaheim CA, October 2003.

3. Lautenberger, C., Stevanovic, A., Rich, D., Torero, J. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., An Experimental and

Theoretical Study on the Ignition Delay Time of Composite Materials, Western States Section/The Combustion

Institute, Los Angeles CA, October 2003.

4. Rein, G., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Torero, J.L. & Urban, D.L., Derivation of the Kinetics

Parameters of Polyurethane Foam Using Genetic Algorithms, Fourth Joint Meeting of the US Sections of the

Combustion Institute, Philadelphia PA, March 2005.

5. Rein, G., Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., On the Derivation of Polyurethane Kinetics Parameters

Using Genetic Algorithms and its Application to Smoldering Combustion, Fourth International Conference on

Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, Paris France, Vol. 1 pp. 578-584, May 2005.

6. Rein, G., Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Using Genetic Algorithms to Derive the Parameters of

Solid-Phase Combustion from Experiments, 20th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and

Reactive Systems, Montreal, Canada, August 2005.

7. Rich, D., Lautenberger, C., McAllister, S. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Microgravity Flame Spread Rates Over

Samples of Polymer and Polymer/Glass Composites, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, Boise

ID, March 2006.

8. Coles, A., Wolski, A., Lautenberger, C.W., & Dembsey, N.A., Building Code Requirements for Performance

Based Designs and Fire Modeling, Composites 2006, St. Louis, MO, October 2006.

9. Lautenberger, C., McAllister, S., Rich, D., & Fernandez-Pello, C., Modeling the Effect of Environmental

Variables on Opposed-Flow Flame Spread Rates with FDS, International Congress on Fire Safety in Tall

Buildings, Santander, Spain, October 2006.

10. McAllister, S., Rich, D., Lautenberger, C., & Fernandez-Pello, C., Modeling Microgravity and Normal Gravity

Opposed Flame Spread over Polymer/Glass Composites, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,

Reno, NV, January 2007, AIAA Paper 2007-740.

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11. Lautenberger, C., McAllister, S., Rich, D., & Fernandez-Pello, C., Effect of Environmental Variables on Flame

Spread Rates in Microgravity, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2007,

AIAA Paper 2007-383.

12. Chatterjee, P., de Ris, J.L., & Lautenberger, C.W., A General Combustion Model for Radiation Dominated

Non-premixed Flames, Fifth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, UK, 2007.

13. McAllister, S., Rich, D., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, C. & Yuan, Z.G., Modeling Microgravity and

Normal Gravity Flame Spread Rates over Samples of Polymer and Polymer/Glass Composites, Fifth

International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, UK, April 2007.

14. Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, C., A Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids, Fifth

International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh, UK, April 2007.

15. Coles, A., Wolski, A., & Lautenberger, C., Using Fire Dynamics Simulator for Fire Growth Modeling,

Interflam 2007, London, UK, September 2007.

16. Dembsey, N., Avila, M., Kim, E., Lautenberger, C., & Dore, C., Fire Characteristics of Polyester FRP

Composites with Different Glass Contents, Composites & Polycon 2007 Tampa, FL, October 2007.

17. Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Modeling Ignition of Combustible Fuel Beds by Embers and

Heated Particles, Forest Fires 2008, 2008.

18. Coles, A., Lautenberger, C., Wolski, A., Smits, B., & Wong, K., Using Computer Fire Modeling to Reproduce

and Predict FRP Composite Fire Performance, Composites & Polycon 2009, 2009.

19. Kim, E., Dembsey, N., & Lautenberger, C., Parameter Estimation for Pyrolysis Modeling Applied to Polyester

FRP Composites with Different Glass Contents, Fire and Materials 2009, 2009.

20. Lautenberger, C., Wong, W., Dembsey, N., Coles, A., & Fernandez-Pello, C., Large-Scale Turbulent Flame

Spread Modeling with FDS5 on Charring and Noncharring Materials, Fire and Materials 2009, 2009.

21. Coles, A., Wolski, A., & Lautenberger, C., Predicting Design Fires in Rail Vehicles, 13th International

Symposium on Aerodynamics and Ventilation of Vehicle Tunnels (ISAVVT 13), 2009.

22. Dodd, A.B., Lautenberger, C., & Fernandez-Pello, A.C. Numerical Modeling of Smoldering Combustion and

Transition to Flaming, Sixth US National Combustion Meeting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2009.

23. Scott, S, Hadden, R., Fereres, S., Lautenberger, C., & Fernandez-Pello, A.C., Ignition of Combustible Fuel

Beds by Embers and Heated Particles, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, Irvine, CA, October

2009.

24. Fereres, S., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D., & Ruff, G., Effect of Ambient Pressure on Mass

Loss Rate at Piloted Ignition, Western States Section/The Combustion Institute, Boulder, CO, March 2010.

25. Lautenberger, C., Wong, W.C., Coles, A., Dembsey, N., & Fernandez-Pello, C., Comprehensive Data Set for

Validation of Fire Growth Models: Experiments and Modeling, Interflam 2010, Nottingham, UK, July 2010.

26. Thiry, A., Suzanne, M., Bellivier, A., Bazin, H., Coppalle, A., & Lautenberger, C., Different Approaches for

Fire Source Modeling Application to Arcueil Experiments, Interflam 2010, Nottingham, UK, July 2010.

27. Dodd, A., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, C., & Putzeys, O., Examination of the Spontaneous Transition

from Smoldering to Flaming: Comparison of Simulations and Experiments, Interflam 2010, Nottingham, UK,

July 2010.

28. Fereres, S., Lautenberger, C., Fernandez-Pello, C., Ruff, G., & Urban, D., Modeling the effect of ambient

variables on piloted ignition of solid combustible materials, Seventh US National Combustion Meeting, March

2011.

29. Matala, A., Lautenberger, C., & Hostikka, S., Direct method for estimation of pyrolysis kinetics and

comparison to existing methods, Seventh US National Combustion Meeting, March 2011.

30. Lautenberger, C., Modeling Wildland Fire Spread Using an Eulerian Level Set Method and High Resolution

Numerical Weather Prediction, International Congress on Fire Computer Modeling, October 2012, Santander,

Spain.

Short Courses

1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Fire Modeling Short Course A Short Course Presented to Fire

Protection Engineers. Co-taught, with Professor James Milke (University of Maryland) and Professor Frederick

Mowrer (California Polytechnic State University), a 3-day short course on fire dynamics and fire modeling for

Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories employees (March 20 22, 2012).

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Selected Presentations and Invited Lectures

1. A Practical CFD Model for Soot Formation and Flame Radiation, International Conference on Engineered

Fire Protection Design, San Francisco, CA, June 13, 2001.

2. Effect of Material Composition on Ignition Delay of Composites, Composites 2003 Convention and Trade

Show, Anaheim, CA, October 2, 2003.

3. Experimental and Theoretical Study on Ignition Delay of Composites, Western States Section of the

Combustion Institute Fall 2003 Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2003.

4. Approximate Analytical Solutions for the Transient Mass Loss Rate and Piloted Ignition Time of a Radiatively

Heated Solid in the High Heat Flux Limit, The Eighth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science,

Beijing, China, September 20, 2005.

Effect of Environmental Variables on Flame Spread Rates in Microgravity, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences

5.

Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 8, 2007.

6. Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids, 2007 Annual Fire Conference, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, April 4, 2007.

Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids, 5th International Seminar on Fire and Explosions

7.

Hazards, Edinburgh, UK, April 24, 2007.

8. Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids, FM Global Research, Norwood, MA, June 19, 2007

(invited seminar).

9. Pyrolysis Modeling What Level of Accuracy is Needed to Match Current Gas-Phase Accuracy?, The Ninth

International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Fire Spread Modeling Workshop, Karlsruhe, Germany,

September 21, 2008 (invited presentation).

10. Estimating Material Properties for Numerical Pyrolysis Modeling from Laboratory Experiments, The Ninth

International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 21, 2008 (invited

presentation).

11. The Role of Decomposition Kinetics in Pyrolysis Modeling Application to a Fire Retardant Polyester

Composite, The Ninth International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 26,

2008.

12. Fire Growth Modeling in Buildings Where We Are and Where We Need to Be, IIE Seminar, University of

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, October 30, 2008 (invited seminar).

13. Some Unsolved Problems in Fire Dynamics: The Needed Physics and Mathematics, Mathematical Problems

in Fire Safety Engineering Joint Workshop, Edinburgh, UK, October 31, 2008 (invited seminar).

14. Large-Scale Turbulent Flame Spread Modeling with FDS5 on Charring and Noncharring Materials, Fire and

Materials 2009, San Francisco, CA, January 26, 2009.

15. Fire Growth Modeling: Small-Scale Flammability Tests to Large Scale Fire Behavior, ASTM E5 Research

Review, Vancouver, BC, June 15, 2009 (invited presentation).

16. Optimization Algorithms for Material Pyrolysis Property Estimation, The Tenth International Symposium on

Fire Safety Science, College Park, MD, June 21, 2011.

17. The Role of Fire Science, Fire Dynamics, and Fire Modeling in Testing Forensic Fire Investigation

Hypotheses, IIE Seminar, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, August 20, 2012 (invited seminar).

18. Modeling Wildland Fire Spread Using an Eulerian Level Set Method and High Resolution Numerical Weather

Prediction, International Congress on Fire Computer Modeling, October 19 2012, Santander, Spain.

Publication and Presentation Awards

Best Paper Overall at Composites & Polycon 2007, Tampa, FL, October 2007 for Dembsey, N. et al., Fire

Characteristics of Polyester FRP Composites with Different Glass Contents, presented by N. Dembsey.

Best paper (second prize) at the Fifth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, Edinburgh,

UK, April 2007 for Lautenberger, C. & Fernandez-Pello, C., Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Simulating

Charring, Intumescent, Smoldering, and Noncharring Gasification, presented by C. Lautenberger.

2011 International Association for Fire Safety Science Best Thesis Award (Americas Region) for 2007

PhD Dissertation entitled Generalized Pyrolysis Model for Combustible Solids . This IAFSS award

recognizes the best research dissertation at the PhD and Masters levels in the field of fire safety science and

engineering that was completed between 2007 and 2010.

International Association for Fire Safety Science Best Paper Award (honorable mention) for 2008 paper

entitled The Role of Decomposition Kinetics in Pyrolysis Modeling Application to a Fire Retardant

Polyester Composite, by Lautenberger, C., Kim, E., Dembsey, N. & Fernandez-Pello, C. [Fire Safety

Science 9: 1201-1212 (2008)].

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Journal Referee / Peer Review

Advances in Engineering Software

Artificial Intelligence Review

Combustion and Flame

Combustion Science and Technology

Energy & Fuels

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Express Polymer Letters

Fire and Materials

Fire Safety Journal

Fire Safety Science (IAFSS Symposia)

Fire Technology

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

Journal of Fire Sciences

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Conference Advisory Boards/Technical Committees

Member of Scientific Advisory Board for International Congress on Combustion and Fire Dynamics,

Santander, Spain, October 2010

Member of Technical Program Committee (Compartment Fires) for the Tenth International Symposium on

Fire Safety Science (IAFSS Symposium), College Park, MD, June 2011

Member of Scientific Advisory Board for International Congress on Fire Computer Modeling, Santander,

Spain, October 2012

Professional Societies

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

California Conference of Arson Investigators (CCAI)

International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS)

International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI)

National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI)

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)

Expert Testimony

Deborah Bernard v Straus Carpet Company, State of California Superior Court Case No RG08411818

(deposition on 13 September 2010).

Cosumnes Community Service District v WRG Fire Training & Simulation Systems Inc., State of California

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